Renewable Energy and the Water/Energy Nexus Series: Challenges Remain
Topics: Water Energy Nexus, Water, Energy Efficiency, Power Generation
Topics: Carbon Emissions, Thermal Generation, Energy Policy, Power Generation, Energy Finance, Distributed Energy, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Wind
Hawaii Grappling with Explosive Distributed Solar Energy Growth and Grid Impacts
Topics: Power Generation, Distributed Energy, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy
By all measures, the solar industry continues to grow. Recent data reveals tremendous growth in the industry, both in the U.S. and globally. Also, activity in various states shows that the deployment of solar continues to increase, even in places that are not traditionally hotbeds for solar installations.
Topics: Energy Policy, Power Generation, Energy Finance, Distributed Energy, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy
How to Prepare Your Solar Portfolio for Securitization – Part Two: Key Challenges
Topics: Structured Transactions & Tax, Power Generation, Energy Finance, Distributed Energy, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy
How to Prepare Your Solar Portfolio for Securitization - Part One: Introduction
Topics: Power Generation, Energy Finance, Distributed Energy, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy
Hedging Strategies for Power Contracts – Part Four: Structuring Synthetic PPAs
Topics: Power Generation, Energy Finance, Hedging
Hedging Strategies for Power Contracts – Part Three: Synthetic PPAs
Topics: Structured Transactions & Tax, Power Generation, Energy Finance, Hedging, Renewable Energy
Last week Vivint Solar registered for its initial public offering. Valued at $200 million, this looks to be the latest in a series of success stories in the residential solar market. The Vivint announcement follows the very successful run in SolarCity stock since its IPO in late 2012. This spring OneRoof Solar went public on the TSX exchange in Canada, followed by Direct Energy’s acquisition of Astrum Solar this summer. Rumors of another, even large residential solar company filing for a public offering are swirling around the industry.
Topics: Power Generation, Energy Finance, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy
Hedging Strategies for Power Contracts - Part Two: Revenue Put Options
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