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Ep84: 2019 Review of Renewables

Sue Wang, senior counsel in our Washington office, joins us to discuss the banner year that renewables had in 2019. We get into the different changes in step-down dates for tax credits, what types of projects..

Soundbites from Infocast's Wind Power & Finance Summit

David Burton shares soundbites from Infocast’s Wind Power Finance & Investment Summit held in San Diego.

Cost of capital: 2020 Outlook

A group of industry veterans talked in late January about what to expect in the year ahead for tax equity, bank and term loan B debt and project bonds in a widely heard conference call.

Lending to hedged wind and solar projects

Quasi-merchant projects that sell into the spot electricity market and use hedges to put a floor under the electricity price are becoming more common, particularly in ERCOT where power purchase agreements...

Reading the market

A group of investors and the CEO of one of the most successful independent power companies had a wide-ranging discussion about the state of the market and where they see opportunities.

Renewables and PJM capacity auctions

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is likely to hold a rehearing of its controversial decision in late December to require renewable energy and nuclear generators bidding into PJM capacity auctions...

DFC replaces OPIC

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation changed in January into the United States Development Finance Corporation.

Power contracts and utility bankruptcies

A US appeals court made it easier in December for long-term power purchase agreements that independent generators sign with utilities to be set aside in utility bankruptcies.

Environmental update

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with $6.8 trillion in assets under management, declared in January that “climate risk is investment risk” and announced that sustainability...

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