Developers and investors are seeing increasing clean energy opportunities in Georgia. Below we discuss recent Georgia solar legislation, growth in biomass, and the major potential for wind power in the state, as well as related ancillary benefits in reduced energy-related water demands.
Topics: Utilities, Water, Biomass, Energy Policy, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Wind
Co-authors Jim Wrathall and Van Hilderbrand
Topics: Energy Policy, Structured Transactions & Tax, Energy Finance, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Wind
Topics: Carbon Emissions, Thermal Generation, Energy Policy, Power Generation, Energy Finance, Distributed Energy, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Wind
Following the model of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation, several state governments and private companies are ramping up their issuance of green bonds to finance low-carbon, environmentally beneficial projects in renewable energy, clean water, sustainability, biodiversity, energy efficiency, land conservation, river revitalization, drinking water, and infrastructure. These governments face a host of needs driven by the impacts of climate-change. But with already stretched budgets, financing sustainable infrastructure has been a challenge.
Topics: Carbon Emissions, Energy Policy, Green Bonds, Energy Finance, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Wind
As we stated yesterday in the first post in our series on hedging strategies for power contracts, one of the more popular hedging strategies is the Revenue Put Option.
Topics: Structured Transactions & Tax, Power Generation, Energy Finance, Hedging, Renewable Energy, Wind
Financings of merchant power projects – power projects without power purchase agreements (PPA) for the sale of power – have made a resurgence in recent years. Today’s market for power hedges has become more effective and robust than the hedging market for merchant projects in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Topics: Power Generation, Energy Finance, Hedging, Renewable Energy, Wind
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