renewable energy finance Articles
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Evolution of local citizen participation schemes in the German wind market
Local citizen participation schemes like the German "Bürgerwindparks" (citizen wind farm) have been an important vehicle to develop the wind energy business to its present state of market maturity. This article discusses ownership as an integrated part of the economic project design for renewable energy projects. Different forms of local citizen participation are differentiated and strategic ...
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Microfinance for Renewable Energy: financing the 'former poor'
Microbanking facilities have helped large numbers of developing country nationals by supporting the establishment and growth of microenterprises. And yet, the microfinance movement has grown on the back of passive replication and needs to be revitalised with new product offerings and innovative service delivery. Renewable Energy systems viz., solar home systems, biogas digesters, etc., serve to ...
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Rural Electrification: GEF Experience in Renewables-based Microgrids
This paper discusses how the existing 1.2 billion poor people worldwide without access to electricity can be environment-friendly electrified with the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) on energy and the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the experience of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in rural electrification ...
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Renewable, local power options expand
It makes no economic sense to run more than one set of wires from electric power generators to homes and businesses. That’s why consumers haven’t had a choice about the source of their electric power – whether it be an investor-owned utility (IOU), municipal utility or electric cooperative. Enabling consumers to choose between competing energy providers is a paradigm shift, and ...
By Triplepundit
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We learn how to finance a renewable energy project
At the 12th annual Canadian-German wind and solar energy conference, it's all about dollars and cents It’s no secret that the Germans have done a lot right when it comes to renewable power. They have some of the highest renewable capacity in the world! So, for a fledgling renewable market like Alberta, the 12th Annual Canadian-German Wind and Solar Energy Conference, held March 23 in ...
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Nominations for MENASOL Awards 2015 are now open
The Award Winning Middle East & North Africa Solar Conference & Expo is organizing for the first time the MENASOL Awards 2015 to celebrate CSP and PV companies in their effort to develop solar power in the region. The nominations will be assessed by a panellist of industry experts including: Dr. Rabia Ferroukhi, Head of Policy Unit Deputy Director – Knowledge, Policy and ...
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Harnessing nature`s power: Deploying and financing on-site renewable energy
This report offers strategies and approaches that can be valuable to a wide range of firms looking at potential investments, contracts, and facility operational decisions regarding use of renewable energy. It provides guidance on how to consider the choice to finance or purchase renewable technologies for use on corporate facilities and advice on where to go for further ...
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Sauk Trail Hills Renewable Natural Gas
Location: Sauk Trail Hills Landfill Canton, MI Partners: Republic Services Clean Energy/ Clean Energy Renewable Fuels Contact: William Held, Senior Director Republic Services (480) 627-7123 wheld@republicservices.com Feedstock: Landfill biogas Vehicles Fueled: TBD Maximum Annual Fuel Production: 6 million diesel gallon equivalents Payback Period: N/A ...
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South Africa innovates to support soaring renewables growth
Government and investors are working hard to increase the competitiveness of wind and solar projects in one of the world's fastest-growing renewable energy markets, official representatives said at the CSP Today South Africa 2016 conference on June 8. South Africa's 2010 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) targeted 8.4 GW of wind and 8.4 GW solar capacity by 2030 and in 2011 the government launched ...
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South Africa innovates to support soaring renewables growth
South Africa's 2010 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) targeted 8.4 GW of wind and 8.4 GW solar capacity by 2030 and in 2011 the government launched its Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program (REIPPPP) to accelerate development. The REIPPPP has thus far procured 3.4 GW of wind, 2.4 GW of PV and 400 MW of CSP capacity and has attracted 193 billion rand ($13 billion) of ...
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Strada Global: Why we only bill what we drill
‘As we move toward clean energy, one of the guiding principles going forward is a diversity of renewables’. David Hochschild, California Energy Commission. We couldn’t agree more. Which is why here at Strada Global, we are focused on challenging the status quo of historic geothermal mindsets with new, innovative drilling technology and approaches that make geothermal power ...
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Mobilizing Climate Investment: The role of international climate finance in creating scaled-up, low-carbon energy
Between now and 2050, developing countries need an estimated $531 billion per year of additional investment in energy supply and demand technologies in order to limit global temperature rise to 2° C above pre-industrial levels. To achieve this scale of investment, developing country governments and custodians of international public finance will need to deploy limited public finance in ways ...
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