Total global corporate funding in the solar sector, including venture capital (VC), private equity (PE), debt financing, and public market financing raised by public companies, jumped to $9.8 billion, compared to $6.3 billion in Q2 2014. This quarter also saw the third yieldco Initial Public Offering (IPO) so far this year, the $577 million IPO of TerraForm Power, a yieldco subsidiary of SunEdison.