Sukuk or Islamic bond financing still has the reputation of being a niche product. Despite this, it is showing signs of becoming a mainstream option to finance infrastructure projects...

Jordan has initiated the second round of its unsolicited proposals scheme that permits developers to submit renewable energy project proposals directly to the government...

The shutdown of the 2,246-megawatt San Onofre nuclear generating station — called SONGS — and the expected shutdown during the period 2017 through 2020 of 5,068 megawatts of coastal power plants t...

A series of bills that cleared the California legislature in September could dramatically alter an already rapidly-growing market for distributed solar...

What started out as an idea to make the UK government the “greenest government ever” could in fact be becoming a failing scheme...

Hawaii has ambitious renewable energy and clean infrastructure goals, including a goal of generating at least 40% of its electricity from renewable energy and at least 70% from clean energy by 203...

The California utilities are putting out requests for proposals, but they do not need the electricity until 2019 or 2020 and are asking for power purchase agreements of only 10 years...

The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote in Ode to the West Wind, “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” This is a good description of the current solar photovoltaic industry in China...

September was a tough month for developers of new coal-fired power plants...

Several Construction-Start Issues remain unsettled. Meanwhile, the market is feeling its way...

Treasury cash grants lead to more litigation.

Economic substance remains a focus in US tax cases.

Some refundable tax credits are subject to sequestration...

Investment fund managers remain troubled by a decision by a US appeals court this summer that suggests such funds may sometimes be engaged in the US trades or businesses of portfolio companies the...

Solar equipment prices continue to fall...

The Mexican Congress is expected to vote by the end of the month on a tax reform plan that President Enrique Peña Nieto proposed on September 8. The plan is being heavily lobbied...

A California property tax valuation of a power plant has come under scrutiny . . .

Argentina changed its tax laws effective September 23.

Washington State increased a tax credit for harvesting forest biomass for use as fuel to produce electricity or steam or as a feedstock for making biofuels...

Revenue collected by IRS agents declined 9% in fiscal year 2012....