Ethan Zindler returns to renewable energy with a bang

Former Cape Cod Times reporter who covered Cape Wind to edit new bi-weekly on Renewable financing

American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) and New Energy Finance to Launch Bi-weekly Briefing on US Finance and Investment

The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) and New Energy Finance Limited today announced plans for a publication devoted to tracking investment activity in the US clean energy sector.

Worldwide investment in renewables and clean-tech totaled $42 billion in 2005

The publication will be edited by an experienced journalist, Ethan Zindler, who covered the proposed Cape Wind offshore project proposed for Nantucket Sound for two years as the lead reporter on the story for the Cape Cod Times. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.

In the two years he covered Cape Wind, his reporting kept getting better and better, and his departure was but one in a series of similar decamping by Timesmen covering the wind farm. As quoted in Cape Cod Today after his departure, "the problem with the Cape Cod Times is that they can't keep their reporters or get rid of their editors." 

According to New Energy Finance's research, worldwide investment in renewables and clean-tech totaled $42 billion in 2005. With BP, GE, GM, Goldman Sachs, President Bush and others actively touting their support for the sector, interest has never been higher.

"Demand and investment in clean energy are quickly ramping up in North America, so the time is right for a publication devoted entirely to new energy finance issues in the region," said New Energy Finance Founder and CEO Michael Liebreich. "We are pleased to partner with ACORE, the preeminent advocate for green energy in the US, on this important new venture."

Bi-monthly to debut next month, one year subscription is $1,290.

The New Energy Finance / ACORE US Briefing will report on issues ranging from seed and start-up investment, to IPOs, M&A activity and project finance. The twice-monthly newsletter will follow the rapid growth of North American wind power, solar energy, and biofuel production and track developments in geothermal, biomass, fuel cell, marine, and small-scale hydropower projects and companies. It will also cover investment activity in power storage, smart power distribution and energy savings, as well as the important emerging area of carbon capture and sequestration.

"ACORE is exceedingly pleased to work with Michael Liebreich and his team at New Energy Finance on the development and promotion of a US finance newsletter," said ACORE President Michael T. Eckhart. "This is a high value, data-driven information service that meets the market's need for more accurate and timely information about the financing of renewable energy companies and projects."

ACORE and New Energy Finance said they plan to debut the new publication in April at the POWER-GEN Renewable Energy & Fuels conference in Las Vegas, which ACORE is co-hosting with PennWell Corporation. The new publication additionally will hold a briefing at PGRE&F on April 11th entitled "$42 Billion Briefing" looking at where renewables finance came from and where it went in 2005.

The one-year subscription rate to The New Energy Finance / ACORE US Briefing will be $1,290. Discounts are available to registered ACORE members.