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PURPA and solar

Solar developers are again using a 1978 federal law that requires utilities to sign long-term power purchase agreements to secure utility PPAs after years of disuse{comma} but the recent track record of...

Emerging storage business models

It is important in any new market like electricity storage to get the business model right{comma} as that is what helps such markets get traction...

Partnership flips

Partnership flips are used to raise tax equity in the US renewable energy market...

Batteries and rooftop solar

Battery installations to supplement rooftop solar systems “behind the meter” are a growing market in the United States...

Argentina plans to auction more PPAs

Argentina is expected to auction another round of power purchase agreements for renewable energy projects as early as July or August...

Innovative structures for African projects

Africa will have to turn to innovative financing structures to reach a goal of financing the large number of power and other infrastructure projects needed to meet existing demand and satisfy the ...

Emerging themes in bankruptcies

More than 200 US oil and gas exploration and production companies carrying more than $100 billion in debt have filed for bankruptcy since late 2015...

The art of the deal revisited: Part II

by John Schuster{comma} with JLS Capital Strategies in Washington Experience is the hardest teacher because it gives its tests first and its lessons afterwards...

Environmental update

US environmental rules that encourage renewable energy are in flux as the Trump administration tries to reverse a decade of US leadership on climate change...

IN OTHER NEWS

Refined coal transaction nixed

A tax equity transaction was set aside on audit...

Nuclear disposal fees

Nuclear disposal fees that a nuclear plant owner paid to the US Department of Energy to dispose of spent fuel rods cannot be carried back 10 years for federal income tax purposes{comma} a federal distri...

Equipment leases: state tax effects

A lease-leaseback transaction did not subject the tax equity investor to taxes in New Jersey...

Oklahoma wind credit

Oklahoma is moving to repeal a tax credit for generating electricity from wind for projects put in service after July 1{comma} 2017. The credit is 0...

Power plants and use taxes

Arizona said an electric cooperative had to pay use taxes on natural gas and coal purchased from out-of-state suppliers to fuel its power plant...

Solar and wind curtailments

Curtailments are a growing problem for solar projects in California. Wind farms in west Texas are also affected...

Solar stocks fall in 2016

The solar stock index fell 37.3% in 2016. The PHOTON photovoltaic stock index PPVX tracks 30 stocks listed on public markets in different countries...

Minor memos

Developers are expected to sell more wind and solar projects at the end of construction to utilities in lieu of long-term power contracts...