Pushing for Clean Energy on Solar Appreciation Day

Welcome to “Fridays with Scott” segment of the Climate Change program. Today is Solar Appreciation Day, which was created to build awareness of the benefits of solar energy and its ability to help create sustainable energy. Solar energy continues to be one of the most popular and cost-effective sources of clean energy. In this multi-series, I explore the investment appetite for clean energy. To gauge investor confidence on the impacts of market and policy changes, the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) polled senior-level respondents across the nation’s leading banking institutions, asset managers, private equity firms, and other financial firms. The survey, "The Future of U.S. Renewable Energy Investment: A Survey of Leading Financial Institutions,” reveals a robust market with significant potential to accelerate the renewable sector’s growth. Two-thirds of respondents plan to increase investments more than 5 percent in 2018 compared to 2017, and half plan to increase investments more than 10 percent. Stay tuned next time to find out what other areas investors are looking to invest in climate change mitigation and response. And to learn more, visit https://ScottAmyx.com/.