How Worried Should We Be About the Decline in Clean Energy Investment?

The Energy Gang

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🗓️ 18 October 2013

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The clean energy industry is headed for yet another dip in global investment. Meanwhile, venture investors are shifting their money toward more "capital-lite" businesses. Should we be worried? The Energy Gang looks at the complex picture behind the numbers. We'll also ask what SolarCity's recent acquisitions mean for M&A activity in downstream solar, and we'll look at how effectively the push toward municipalizing the grid will leverage microgrids and distributed energy. The Energy Gang is produced by Greentechmedia.com. The show features weekly discussion between energy futurist Jigar Shah, energy policy expert Katherine Hamilton and Greentech Editor Stephen Lacey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey podcast listeners, you listen to this show after it's been recorded each week.
0:06.0	Well why not get an extra bonus and listen to it while it's actually being recorded
0:10.0	and get some questions in yourself?
0:12.0	The Energy Gang is going to be hosting its first live event in Washington, D.C. at MDV. Cia's Solar Focus Conference.
0:19.0	We'll be capping the conference on the evening of November 12th with a lively discussion about the future of solar on the East Coast.
0:25.0	For more information go to MDVC.org
0:30.0	slash Solar Focus 2013. We'll also have a link on the podcast page. Hope you can join us for our first live show.
0:37.0	For the week of October 18th, 2013, this is the Energy Gang Podcast from Green Tech Media.
0:47.0	From Washington, I'm Stephen Lacey, a senior editor with Green Tech Media.
0:58.0	As usual, the gang is assembled here in Washington in New York City.
1:02.0	Catherine Hamilton, the founder of 38 North Solutions, is in New York City. Catherine Hamilton, the founder of 38 North Solutions, is in DC.
1:05.0	Hey, Catherine, how are you?
1:07.0	Yeah, we're back in business here, and I'm counting, absolutely counting on the Senate
1:12.0	and House coming to agreement on some really great energy legislation.
1:15.4	Yeah, like Shaheen Portman maybe.
1:18.4	Yeah, maybe. Look, they just got done opening the government, so yeah.
1:22.4	Yeah, I gotta give him a couple of days. Yeah, it doesn't sound like sheen portman will be much of a priority.
1:27.6	Also behind the microphone this week, the ever opinionated Jigger Shaw. Jigger, what's happening in New York City with you?
1:34.1	Well you guys in DC make bombastic seem nice. Well it's not us in DC.
1:41.0	No that's true. You know there was a great op-ed in the Washington Post that said
1:46.0	our town is not this town off that book saying like DC is an actual town it's like
1:51.8	not just the government it's also other
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