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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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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