Global solar corporate funding reached $22.2 billion in 2025
While global solar corporate funding in 2025 fell to the lowest level recorded since 2020, deal count rose to its highest level since 2017. Mercom Capital Group says investors favored smaller, lower-risk, execution-ready projects last year amid policy uncertainty, trade pressures and higher financing costs.
Energy storage finance fell 41%, year-to-June, despite rebound in project deals
Political uncertainty and new trade tariffs have been cited by Mercom Capital Group as dampening activity.
Global corporate solar funding falls 41% to $4.8 billion
Corporate funding in solar fell 41% year-over-year in Q1, 2025 due to policy reversals, tariff shocks and regulatory uncertainties, said a report from Mercom Capital.
Solar corporate funding rises 42% globally in 2023
Over $34.3 billion was raised over 160 deals, said a report from Mercom Capital.
Venture capital funding in energy storage increases 59% year over year
Mercom Capital reported the U.S. invested $9.2 billion of venture capital in energy storage in 2023.
Global solar industry corporate funding grows 55% year-over-year
Through the first nine months of 2023, $28.9 billion of venture capital, public market, and debt financing was injected into solar, said a report from Mercom Capital Group.
U.S. corporate funding of solar reached $18.7 billion through nine months this year
Mercom Capital Group’s Q3 report shows 51 GW of solar projects were acquired over this period.
Storage companies raised $244 million in corporate funding to start 2020
A new report released by Mercom Capital shows that while funding is down from Q4 2019, it is up substantially year-over-year.
Solar industry gets $27.8 billion in corporate finance for company building and projects in 2019
Mercom Capital has released their annual report – describing the year as robust – showing company funding of $11.7 billion, up 20% over 2018, and announced project deals of $16.1 billion, up 14%.
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