Financing

BrightSource CEO Keynotes on Ivanpah, Carbon, and Financing CSP

BrightSource CEO Keynotes on Ivanpah, Carbon, and Financing CSP

Eric Wesoff: March 19, 2013

How do you decarbonize the power supply and maintain system reliability at the lowest total cost to customers?

Abengoa Solar, BrightSource Partner on World’s Biggest CSP Power Tower Project

Abengoa Solar, BrightSource Partner on World’s Biggest CSP Power Tower Project

Herman K. Trabish: March 18, 2013

Provided financing can be arranged

Energy Project Developers See Solar as Easier Than Wind

Energy Project Developers See Solar as Easier Than Wind

Herman K. Trabish: March 7, 2013

Surprisingly, the biggest difference is mineral rights.

The Key Decision That Can Make or Break an Energy Project

The Key Decision That Can Make or Break an Energy Project

Herman K. Trabish: March 7, 2013

Beware of deal creep.

Fortune 500 Bank: Tier-One Solar Panels Aren’t Necessary for Financing Projects

Fortune 500 Bank: Tier-One Solar Panels Aren’t Necessary for Financing Projects

Herman K. Trabish: March 5, 2013

“Our view is that panels are fairly plug-and-play.”

The Barrier in Front of Energy Efficiency Isn’t Capital—It’s Trust

The Barrier in Front of Energy Efficiency Isn’t Capital—It’s Trust

Jon Guerster: March 1, 2013

Customers need to trust that what they’re buying will work.

Solar Finance Innovations From SolarCity and Honda, OneRoof, SunPower, Vivint, and SolarWorld

Solar Finance Innovations From SolarCity and Honda, OneRoof, SunPower, Vivint, and SolarWorld

Eric Wesoff: February 20, 2013

SolarCity gets solar power to Honda and Acura customers.

New Trends in Financing Wind

New Trends in Financing Wind

Herman K. Trabish: February 15, 2013

The golden age of renewable energy financing is over.

REC on 15 Years of Moving Solar Into the Mainstream

REC on 15 Years of Moving Solar Into the Mainstream

Herman K. Trabish: December 3, 2012

REC Solar has installed more than 120 megawatts of solar at over 8,700 sites.

Marketing Solar: The Paramount Solar-Clean Power Finance Partnership

Marketing Solar: The Paramount Solar-Clean Power Finance Partnership

Herman K. Trabish: October 9, 2012

Third-party financing in high-growth mode. Next is driving down finance costs and soft costs.

Anatomy of a Utility-Scale PPA for Solar or Wind

Anatomy of a Utility-Scale PPA for Solar or Wind

Herman K. Trabish: October 3, 2012

“There is a huge market of parties who want to sell power and a virtually monopolistic set of buyers who can name the terms and pick the price.”

Winning Solar Strategies, Part 2: MEMC

Winning Solar Strategies, Part 2: MEMC

Herman K. Trabish: September 18, 2012

“When you own the customer, you own the price and you own the volume.”

Winning Solar Strategies, Part 1: SunPower

Winning Solar Strategies, Part 1: SunPower

Herman K. Trabish: September 17, 2012

How to sell an expensive product and succeed

Canadian Solar’s Plan for Virtual Vertical Integration

Canadian Solar’s Plan for Virtual Vertical Integration

Herman K. Trabish: September 12, 2012

Will innovative financing get Canadian a bigger piece of the middle market?

SPI 2012: Solar Industry Moving ‘Forward, Together’

SPI 2012: Solar Industry Moving ‘Forward, Together’

Herman K. Trabish: September 11, 2012

The new reality in the solar industry