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Friday, 27 May 2011 Newsletter
Solar leasing and SPPA contracts: a new asset class Solar leasing and SPPA contracts: a new asset class
Renewables finance expert, John Joshi, opens his new blog on Renewable Energy Magazine by examining Solar Lease Structures (SLS) and Solar Power Purchase Agreements (SPPA) that have developed as an alternative to the traditional financing techniques for solar in the US.
Will the Fukushima disaster spark growth in sustainable energy investments? Will the Fukushima disaster spark growth in sustainable energy investments?
While nations struggle to recover from the global economic slowdown, solar and wind energy investments are surging forward. Many investors are convinced that solar, wind, and other sustainable energy technologies will become the only viable energy options of the future as environmental and economic factors price fossil and nuclear fuels out of the market. But other investors are not so sure.
Challenges of using ‘variable’ renewables are surmountable, new IEA book says
A new book from the International Energy Agency (IEA), “Harnessing Variable Renewables: a Guide to the Balancing Challenge,” that there is a greater technical potential for balancing variable renewable energy output than is commonly assumed. That conclusion is based on case studies of eight geographic regions with sharply different power attributes.
Panorama

Europe
Pressure grows for stronger climate and energy action

Ukraine
World Bank financing to help reduce energy intensity 50%

Geothermal

US
Geothermal can supply 7% of California’s power

Freiburg geothermal conference ends on a high

Wind

Gamesa launches technological diversification strategy in new renewables

Scotland
New web resource for offshore wind sector

Miscellaneous

Developer of carbon dioxide to synthetic fuel solution gets boost

Natural gas tri-generation emit less carbon dioxide than solar PV + grid

PV

Japan
100% of new homes to be solar powered by 2030… haven't we heard that one before?

Germany
Opel to manufacture using solar power from largest rooftop solar system

Agenda

VII International Conference for Renewable Energy, Energy Saving and Energy Education

CSP Yield Optimisation


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