Energy management platform Arcadia announced the acquisition of RPD Energy, which markets renewable electricity primarily to large commercial and industrial customers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Launched in 2014, Washington D.C.-based Arcadia provides energy data and management solutions, including community solar subscriptions, enabling homes and businesses to access renewable energy without needing to install solar panels by connecting…
e-Fuels project developer StormFisher Hydrogen announced that it has secured a $50 million investment from Hy24’s Clean Hydrogen Infrastructure Fund, with proceeds aimed at accelerating its pipeline of clean fuel production projects in North America. Founded in 2006, Houston-based StormFisher Hydrogen develops and operates production facilities that produce e-Fuels, providing clean fuel solutions to help decarbonize hard-to-abate industrial sectors. The…
Columbia University’s Columbia Climate School announced today the launch of a new masters degree program for climate finance, the first of its kind in the U.S., aimed at training professionals to address the challenges and opportunities of climate change and the global energy transition. The program will be offered in close collaboration with the Columbia Business School, providing an “interdisciplinary…
Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) announced that it will no longer include diversity considerations such as gender and race in its voting recommendations for boards of directors in the U.S., in light of the increased political scrutiny on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)-related practices. The move by ISS forms part of a series of major adjustments being made…