October 2020
IN THIS ISSUE SPACs gain in popularity Some renewable energy companies are thinking about special-purpose acquisition companies — called SPACs — as a possi
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August 2020
IN THIS ISSUE Disappearing tax equity Tax equity is emerging as a potential major choke point for the US renewable energy market. PURPA overhauled Independ
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June 2020
IN THIS ISSUE Trump bulk-power system order: Market reaction Market reaction to the Trump bulk-power system order has been mixed. Some tax equity investors
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April 2020
IN THIS ISSUE Coronavirus: Economic relief measures for companies The massive relief bill – the CARES Act – that cleared Congress on March 27 has several p
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February 2020
IN THIS ISSUE 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
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December 2019
IN THIS ISSUE Mexican CEL ruling roils market More than 20 requests for injunctions have been filed by generators, industry associations and other interest
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October 2019
IN THIS ISSUE PURPA projects become more difficult to finance Independent cogeneration and small renewable energy projects known as “qualifying facilities”
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August 2019
IN THIS ISSUE Financing in an era of shorter PPAs What is the future for project finance when corporate PPAs and hedges make up a growing share of the mark
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June 2019
IN THIS ISSUE Beneath the surface: The emerging US consensus on climate change A conservative Republican former congressman, an associate editor of the con
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December 2018
IN THIS ISSUE Uncertainty in Mexico as new president takes office Many people have been asking since Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office as Mexican pre
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October 2018
IN THIS ISSUE How safe are corporate PPAs? Bankruptcy analysis has become a central part of due diligence on renewable and other power projects as project
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August 2018
IN THIS ISSUE US to review more inbound investments Congress passed legislation in early August that will subject more in-bound US investments to review by
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June 2018
IN THIS ISSUE Big changes in how new power projects connect to the grid A Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order in mid-April made significant changes
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April 2018
IN THIS ISSUE Community choice aggregators and community solar New community choice aggregators may face delays in starting up in California. Solar tax equ
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February 2018
IN THIS ISSUE Cost of capital: 2018 outlook The tax equity market managed to function all year in 2017 despite uncertainty about what the US tax code would
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