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Who needs subsidies when there is solar market parity?

04 April Finance

Proparco: “It is the role of DFIs to support revolutionary change, and to pull commercial banks along”

In the run-up to ‘Making Solar Bankable - Evolving Business Models in Emerging Markets’, we’re speaking to Emmanuelle Matz of Proparco (part of AFD - the French Development Agency) to ...

07 Feb. Finance

Solar crypto-currency aims to sign up a million users

A digital currency designed to accelerate solar generation could be worth up to €30 per MWh in three years time.

21 Oct. Finance

How to Manage Currency Risks for RE Projects in Africa

Following our recent webinar “How to Manage Currency Risks for RE Projects in Africa”, we have summarized the most important conclusions in this article.

06 Oct. Finance

European yieldco outlook positive despite Brexit

Europe’s yieldcos have largely avoided the turmoil seen in the US and face an upbeat future despite the UK’s split from the European Union.

01 Sept. Finance

Bankability shifts focus in emerging markets

As emerging market banks gradually grow used to solar, the bankability issue for developers is increasingly around off-takers and currency, not projects.

20 July Finance

Could blockchains power PV energy transactions in future?

The database system underpinning the bitcoin currency could serve to record distributed energy transactions, an expert says.

10 June Finance

Renewables investment to hit $1 trillion a year by 2025

After an inflexion point in 2013, solar power has become a respectable asset class for capital markets wielding up to $130 trillion in funds.

Yieldcos unlikely to take on in Asia

A lack of sustainably growing markets means the yieldco phenomenon might not be much of an option for Asian solar firms, experts say

29 Feb. Finance

Green Banks To Invest USD $40 Billion Over The Next 5 Years

Moves are underway to establish a new green bank in a newly industrialised country such as Chile, India or Mexico.

03 Feb. Finance

South Africa’s carbon tax: good for solar but queries remain

A carbon tax law currently under discussion in South Africa will likely benefit solar even though there is uncertainty over some details.

15 Dec. Finance

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