{"id":612,"date":"2013-04-09T16:31:48","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T16:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.renooble.com\/blog\/?p=612"},"modified":"2020-12-13T19:36:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T19:36:56","slug":"mosaic-and-investing-in-solar-photovoltaics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renooble.com\/blog\/?p=612","title":{"rendered":"Mosaic photovoltaics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.renooble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/ChristAsSol.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-613 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.renooble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/ChristAsSol.jpg\" alt=\"a mosaic about solar, kinda\" width=\"360\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe american company <a title=\"Solar Mosaic\" href=\"https:\/\/joinmosaic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solar Mosaic<\/a> has opened a new round of investment on their site\u00a0Their innovative business model marries multi-million project finance, crowdfunding and investment. \u00a0In simple terms: \u00a0Instead of seeking financing from bankers, pension funds or investment banks it connects individual investors with solar energy projects. \u00a0People can invest anything between a few tens of dollars and a couple thousands. \u00a0The payments that result from selling the electricity give each investor slow, constant and profitable returns. But above all it means their money is not invested by a bank or fund in something they\u00a0disapprove\u00a0of (say <a title=\"cluster bombs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/uk-banks-fund-deadly-clusterbomb-industry-2338168.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cluster bombs<\/a>, <a title=\"HSBC drug money laundering\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-18880269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drugs<\/a>\u00a0or <a title=\"sub prime mortgages\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_writedowns_due_to_subprime_crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sub-prime mortgages<\/a>). \u00a0Instead it&#8217;s a carefully and ethical investment. \u00a0In their <a title=\"about solar mosaic\" href=\"https:\/\/joinmosaic.com\/about-mosaic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">own words<\/a>:<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The fundamentals of solar makes it an attractive component of a diversified investment portfolio: reliable technology, predictable energy output, and stable cash flows. Every Mosaic project is carefully vetted and structured to minimize risk while maximizing benefits to investors and to the planet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=kJaI79r9L5M<\/p>\n<p>With <a title=\"treasury vs solar mosaic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-01-07\/solar-mosaic-s-crowdfunding-beats-treasuries-with-4-5-return.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">treasury notes<\/a> and savings accounts barely keeping up with inflation (1% &#8211; 2% yield) it&#8217;s no wonder people are investing in renewable energy which promises returns between 4% &#8211; 6%. \u00a0In the UK we have similar initiatives like\u00a0<a title=\"abundance generation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abundancegeneration.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abundance Generation<\/a>\u00a0or <a title=\"Energy Share\" href=\"http:\/\/www.energyshare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy Share<\/a>\u00a0but we will cover them in another article. \u00a0In the future, we are hoping to incorporate these investment opportunities to our renewable energy search engine. \u00a0<a title=\"follow us on twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/renooble\">Stay tuned<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The american company Solar Mosaic has opened a new round of investment on their site\u00a0Their innovative business model marries multi-million project finance, crowdfunding and investment. \u00a0In simple terms: \u00a0Instead of seeking financing from bankers, pension funds or investment banks it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/renooble.com\/blog\/?p=612\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,6,12,16],"tags":[39,79,80,87,132],"class_list":["post-612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americas","category-inspiration","category-renooble","category-solar-pv","tag-business-models","tag-invest","tag-investment","tag-mosaic","tag-solar-mosaic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renooble.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renooble.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renooble.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renooble.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renooble.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=612"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/renooble.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":988,"href":"https:\/\/renooble.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions\/988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renooble.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renooble.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renooble.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}