institutional investors: Large institutional investors such as Google, Honda and US Bank, in the case of SolarCity projects finance the bulk of solar projects today. While individual investors can already put money into solar projects via crowdfunding platforms such as Mosaic, SunFunder and Crowdsun.com, most of these opportunities are only available to accredited investors wealthy individuals or are limited to just one or a few states, said Tim Newell, SolarCitys vice president of financial products, according to The Guardian. Its an important shift given that investments in clean energy have been falling, even as the global solar and wind markets see double-digit growth. Investment flows have dropped about 20% in the past two years as solar and wind prices have fallen, Michael Liebreich, head of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, said during a Climate Week event in New York last month and The largest solar installer in the US announced Wednesday that it is offering up to $200m in bonds to retail investors, marking the first registered public sale of solar bonds in the country. SolarCitys landmark move toward crowdfunding could democratize the way solar projects are bankrolled and grow overall investment for clean energy. This is the first time you re seeing investment offered broadly to American investors through a public offering, Newell said on a press conference call Tuesday. In other cases, companies are allowing investors to invest in a single solar project or perhaps a small group of homes or projects.
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