Total global corporate funding in the solar sector, including venture capital/private equity (VC), debt financing, and public market financing, raised by public companies came to $9.1 billion in 2016, compared to $25.3 billion in 2015, a 64 per cent drop, clean energy consulting firm Mercom Capital has said.
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Smart grid and solar leverages VC funding
While VC funding in smart grid jumped to $185 million globally in the first quarter of 2015, the solar sector drew the maximum attraction with $6.4 billion funding in the same period. What´s more, there was a record growth in residential and commercial solar funds to the tune of $1.9 billion.
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The sharp decline in solar PV component prices is making investors uneasy enough to look for downstream and BOS options. The remarkable decline in the price of solar photoÂvoltaic


