Project Finance Blog

Brazil holds auction to cancel renewable energy contracts

Diego Brandao
September 20, 2017

On August 28, 2017, Brazil conducted something relatively unheard of -- its first ever cancellation auction.  Wind, hydro and solar developers were given t

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Hawaii’s utilities moving forward on state’s ambitious RPS goals

Admin
September 7, 2017

Hawaii’s big utilities now have a plan for meeting the most ambitious renewable portfolio standards (RPS) in the country. The Hawaii Public Utilities Commi

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Power ledger concludes token offering

Jason Lewis
September 6, 2017

Power Ledger, a company based in Perth, Australia, has now concluded its sale of tokens for a peer-to-peer platform that will enable renewable energy tradi

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Chile's renewable goals

Jacob Yaniero
August 15, 2017

The Chilean renewable energy market continues its ascent towards its goal of having 70% of the country’s generation mix coming from renewable energy source

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Massachusetts sets energy storage target

Todd Alexander
August 10, 2017

Massachusetts is the third state to issue a 2020 energy storage target for its utilities: 200 MWh. This comes on the heels of California releasing a target

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More Capacity Comes with Significant Changes for Solar Developers in North Carolina

Robert Shapiro
August 4, 2017

North Carolina, the nation’s second-leading state for solar, passed a law last week that could fundamentally change how developers operate in the State. Se

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Federal Court in New York upholds the ZEC Program

Shellka Arora
July 28, 2017

The US District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed all challenges brought against New York’s nuclear generation subsidies and upheld New

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States push to keep nuclear plants alive In the US

Todd Alexander
July 24, 2017

Nuclear reactors provide close to 20 percent of domestic electricity generation, and approximately 60 percent of carbon-free generation, in the United Stat

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Solar Developer loses PURPA challenge to State renewable program

Robert Shapiro
July 5, 2017

A federal appellate court rejected a challenge by a solar developer to a Connecticut competitive solicitation for renewable power that would permit winning

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Historic month for renewables

Todd Alexander
June 20, 2017

March 2017 proved to be a historic month for renewable energy.  According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), March was the first time that mon

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