New Tax Incentives for Energy
The massive Wall Street rescue package approved by the US Congress in early October included a series of tax incentives for energy projects. Some are merely extensions of existing incentives...
Heavy Demand for DOE Loan Guarantees
Demand is expected to be heavy for the next round of federal loan guarantees for energy projects through the US Department of Energy. The department is soliciting applications for up to $30...
Biofuels Strategies to Survive Loan Defaults
As the combination of closed credit markets, falling oil prices and reduced margins take a toll on biofuels producers, many companies are searching for the appropriate strategy to manage the expec...
State of the Tax Equity Market
The US government subsidizes wind farms through tax subsidies that pay a little more than half the capital cost of a typical
wind farm.
Frozen Credit Markets and Falling Oil Prices Create Challenges for Renewables Projects
Chadbourne held a “green business summit” in New York on October 17...
Mexico Goes Verde
Mexico adopted a new renewable energy law in late October that is the first step in creating a comprehensive legal framework for developing renewable energy projects in Mexico and that will open u...
Potential Effects of the Move from US GAAP to IFRS
US companies have used a set of “generally accepted accounting principles” — called US GAAP — to determine their earnings and value their assets for the past 75 years...
US Supreme Court Affirms Sanctity of Power Contracts — Sort Of
The United States Supreme Court upheld the application of the so-called “Mobile-Sierra doctrine” to certain long-term wholesale power contracts in a decision in late June...
Solar Financing Strategies from an Investor Perspective
The market for financing solar energy equipment is still evolving as capital providers and solar developers search for cost effective ways to finance the equipment...
Hydropower in Africa
A series of new hydroelectric projects in Africa are a reminder of the enormous unrealized potential for this source of electricity in the region...