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May 2015
IN THIS ISSUE Solar Tax Equity Market: State of Play Many US solar projects are financed in the tax equity market. Solar tax equity deal volume hit $4... T
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February 2015
IN THIS ISSUE Cost of Capital: 2015 Outlook More than 1,700 people listened in January as a group of project finance industry veterans talked about the cur
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November 2014
IN THIS ISSUE US Renewable Energy After the November Elections The United States went to the polls on November 4. The news organizations described the elec
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September 2014
IN THIS ISSUE The Business Model in Transition David Crane, president and CEO of NRG Energy, said provocatively in the spring that people will soon be buyi
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June 2014
IN THIS ISSUE Renewable Energy Policy Changes Lead to Damages Claims Wind and solar companies and investors backing their projects have filed a large numbe
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April 2014
IN THIS ISSUE Outlook for Utility-Scale Renewables in California Near-term surpluses of renewable energy, a sharper focus on costs and heightened concerns
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February 2014
IN THIS ISSUE Cost of Capital: 2014 Outlook A group of industry veterans talked in late January about the current cost of capital in the tax equity, bank d
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December 2013
IN THIS ISSUE Doubts About State-Mandated Power Contracts Two recent federal district court decisions, one in Maryland and one in New Jersey, found that st
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October 2013
IN THIS ISSUE Islamic Bonds Go Mainstream Sukuk or Islamic bond financing still has the reputation of being a niche product. Despite this, it is showing si
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August 2013
IN THIS ISSUE New Financing Strategies A wave of new strategies has started to appear in the US to drive down the cost of capital... Powering Africa It is
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June 2013
IN THIS ISSUE The Rush To Start Construction A lot of talk at recent renewable energy conferences in the United States is about how much of a rush there wi
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April 2013
IN THIS ISSUE Drive to Reduce the Cost of Capital Renewable energy companies and the Obama administration are looking for ways to reduce the cost of capita
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February 2013
IN THIS ISSUE Cost of Capital: 2013 Outlook A group of industry veterans talked in early January about the current cost of capital in the tax equity, comme
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November 2012
IN THIS ISSUE US Policy Outlook for Renewable Energy Saudi Arabia: The Future Solar Leader (Special Update) Europe Moves Closer to Taxing Financial Transac
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September 2012
IN THIS ISSUE Survival Strategies: The Challenges In Utility-Scale Renewable Energy The US put incentives in place in 1978 after the Arab oil embargo to en
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