May 2012
IN THIS ISSUE Euro Headaches Interest Growing in US PPPs Roughly 25 infrastructure projects have been funded to date in the United States through public-pr
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November 2011
IN THIS ISSUE Is the US Independent Generator Model Dead? Independent power companies in the United States are having a hard time persuading utilities to e
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June 2011
IN THIS ISSUE New California Energy Rules May Complicate Financing of Renewable Energy Projects Proposed changes in market rules and in future power purcha
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March 2011
IN THIS ISSUE Storm Clouds In The Middle East Political unrest has turned what looked like a promising year for project finance in the Middle East into ano
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January 2011
IN THIS ISSUE More Subsidies for US Energy Projects Congress gave developers of US renewable energy projects in late December another year through December
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November 2010
IN THIS ISSUE What the US Election Results Mean for Renewable Energy More than 1,400 people listened to a roundtable discussion among five Washington insid
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September 2010
IN THIS ISSUE Renewables Spread to the Near East Countries in the Middle East and North Africa — the so-called MENA region — are moving to diversify the po
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July 2010
IN THIS ISSUE The Search for Lowest Cost Capital Rates in both the debt and tax equity markets appeared to touch bottom in late May or early June and then
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April 2010
IN THIS ISSUE Strategies for Starting Construction The race is on to get renewable energy projects in the United States under construction by year end to q
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February 2010
IN THIS ISSUE The Year Ahead: What to Expect from Washington The Obama administration got off to a rousing start in 2009 with visible momentum for its prog
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January 2009
IN THIS ISSUE A Look Forward Into 2009 A new president and a new Congress will take office in January determined to play an active role in restoring the ec
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November 2008
IN THIS ISSUE New Tax Incentives for Energy The massive Wall Street rescue package approved by the US Congress in early October included a series of tax in
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June 2008
IN THIS ISSUE A Hot Solar Market There are two types of solar projects: photovoltaic, where sunlight is converted directly into electricity through solar p
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April 2007
IN THIS ISSUE The Tax Equity Market Only five developers in the United States are in a position currently to use the large tax subsidies that the United St
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January 2007
IN THIS ISSUE The Road Ahead Two factors have great influence on winners and losers in the US energy market: oil prices and government policy... A New Stru
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