SEIA, kWh Analytics provide risk management recommendations
The new guide offers potential solar investors a list of best practices designed to manage unnecessary risk as they consider putting money into projects.
Goldman Sachs buys $300 million in Mosaic solar loans
The U.S. solar financing provider claims it has originated over $1 billon of loans for homeowners to date.
Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy signs deal for 100 MW project
Recurrent Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of heavyweight module manufacturer Canadian Solar has signed power purchase agreement for a 100 MW PV project to be located in Kings County, Central California.
Tenaska closes green bond refinancing of 150 MW solar project
With interest rates expected to continue rising, BNEF says that this could be the beginning of more bond activity.
#Solar 100’s Nancy Pfund: The Queen Midas of cleantech
The original VC behind SolarCity talks about what the next challenger to SolarCity will look like. As the third interview in the #Solar100 Thought Leaders series, kWh Analytics Founder Richard Matsui speaks with Founder and Managing Partner of DBL Partners, Nancy Pfund.
Solar’s next top model: SEIA unveils standard commercial PPA contract
SEIA’s C&I Working Group has created and unveiled Version 2.0 of its standard commercial PPA contract, which it hopes will help to ease project development in the sector.
Appeals court upholds SolarWorld’s $800 million debt to Hemlock
The ruling comes as the German solar manufacturer is restarting following an insolvency process, and Hemlock may have a hard time collecting.
Vivint Solar quietly prepares to raise up to $200 million
The residential solar company has opened the door to raise the funds through a variety of means including a follow-on offering.
How do independent power producers remain profitable with dwindling PPA rates?
In this guest post for pv magazine, Arbox Renewable Energy President Farid Najafi looks at how software can help boost margins for IPPs under an environment of intensely low PPA prices.
New investment vehicle could bring “patient capital” to wind and solar
Non-profit CPI says that by removing barriers to direct investment in wind and solar assets, its new vehicle could lower the cost of these projects 15-17%, while attracting $4 trillion from pension funds and insurance companies.
