Green Venture Partners has been established to provide a unique approach to clean energy project funding and venture development.

Our aim is simple: build collaboration partnerships with funding sources and experienced project developers and create funding structures that help reduce the cost of capital for project development, whilst pursuing above average returns, by providing a practical, sustainable and ethical service.

Our approach is collaborative, holistic, team-focused, creative, innovative and entrepreneurial, and we work with clients in all stages of growth who are seeking funding.

We pride ourselves in approaching projects with academic rigour, strategic foresight and relevant practical outcomes for all of our clients.

Our philosophy is to provide a quadruple bottom line (QBL) outcome and create value not only for our clients, investors, and stakeholders but for the community, in general.

We look for opportunities to invest in, but we also like to collaborate and connect investors and opportunities in cross border transactions.

•  Our partner network extends into North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific.

About You

You are an experience project developer with a track record and a number of projects on hand, and you are looking at establishing your own clean energy or cleantech project fund. You will have a number of diverse interests and projects and you are looking to either replicate or scale your projects through a joint venture.

Or you are a publically listed company with a good trading history looking for a stable source of funding, through the creation of a joint venture with us.

We will be more than happy to discuss your project with you and steer you in the right direction.If you want to speak to us, simply contact us by phone or email

Why wind is cutting energy costs

The most common critique of wind energy, and renewables in general, in the mainstream media and anywhere the issue is discussed is that it is expensive.

The problem is, this is only half true. Or at least, it only tells half the story. While the levelised cost of energy from wind farms is higher than that of baseload coal and gas, the deployment of wind energy here and overseas is having a surprising impact on energy market prices: it is causing them to fall.

Source: Giles Parkinson
September 5, 2011
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A review has found that the government's carbon price negotiations are founded on emissions data for solar PV that may underestimate its cost effectiveness by up to a factor of 10.

The Australian PV Association (APVA) has done analysis of the recent Productivity Commission report being used by the government, Greens and independents in negotiations about a carbon price. The APVA findings show that solar PV could be between four and 11 times more effective as a way to cut greenhouse pollution than the Commission has calculated.

The Commission claims that the cost of emissions reduction achieved via solar PV is $432-$1043/tonne CO2. According to the APVA, the true figure is $90-$95/t CO2, depending on the installation location. This discrepancy is explained by the following errors in the Commission report:

Source: Dan Cass
28 Jun 2011
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