The American Society of Civil Engineers finds that failing to spend on grid upgrades will end up costing U.S. homes and businesses nearly $200 billion by 2020. Here’s another grim reminder that […]
Solar Banking, Part 2: Five Key Considerations in Large-Scale Solar Financing
Bank money remains available for utility scale solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) projects, bank officers from CITI and Deutsche Bank agree, but not all the banks that participated in […]
German Solar PV Demand Still Surprisingly Strong
Despite Germany’s plan to significantly cut solar subsidies, demand is robust for the world leader in solar installations. German solar photovoltaic installations more than tripled to almost 1,800 megawatts in the first […]
GE, Arista to Build Wind, Solar Battery Backup Systems
General Electric’s Durathon batteries may be the fruit of a $100 million research effort out of GE’s transportation division. But it looks like the device’s first big applications are going to be […]
Solar Banking, Part 1: Smart Financial Engineering Funds the Big Solar Projects
Money is available for utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) projects, bank officers from CITI and Deutsche Bank said, but it is vital to know how to leverage every […]
Feed-In Tariff Sets Up Japanese Solar For Growth
Like many other countries upping their renewable energy game, Japan is pulling out all the stops to encourage new growth from solar and wind power. After the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan has […]
Investors are Making Money on Renewable Energy
When Prudential Capital Group provided $121 million in financing for an Arizona solar power project earlier this year, and General Electric hit the $1.4 billion mark in solar energy projects it has […]
The U.S. Leads in Clean Energy Investments
Last year the United States attracted more private investment in clean energy than any other country, according to a report released today by the Pew Charitable Trusts, “Who’s Winning the Clean Energy […]
New NREL Report: Impact of Financial Structure on the Cost of Solar Energy
A new report from the finance team models the effects of tax equity partnership structures on the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) from utility-scale concentrated solar power and PV facilities. The analysis […]
Energy Department Report Finds Major Potential to Increase Clean Hydroelectric Power | Department of Energy
Washington, D.C. — As part of President Obama’s all-out, all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department today released a renewable energy resource assessment detailing the potential to develop electric power generation at existing […]
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