Ian Bowles

Ian Bowles, managing director of Windsail Capital Group and former Massachusetts secretary of energy and environmental affairs, said when it comes to new construction, the zero-energy home is where the state should be heading, but it’s a matter of getting the market to catch up.

Ian Bowles, WindSail Capital Group Managing Director, said the company decided to invest in Go Electric because it sees a bright future for microgrid solutions across both military and commercial applications as sites rely more on renewable energy.

Boston-based WindSail Capital Group, which lends to clean energy-related businesses in need of growth financing, has raised $20.4 million for its first dedicated fund.

WindSail Capital Group, a Boston firm co-managed by former state energy and environmental secretary Ian Bowles, expects to fund a dozen cleantech services companies in the next two years, Bowles said in an interview.

Michael Rand and Ian Bowles are talking more openly this spring about a new financing firm they formed last year — perhaps because they're out shaking the money tree: WindSail Capital Group.