If you get involved in markets outside of the US, as I have recently, you realize that complications in projects come of different shapes and sizes. In the US, tax equity creates the biggest complexity but with the right sponsor or sponsor partner, this can be solved. In other Countries you start thinking about other things like exchange rates and currency volatility. The volatility drives the cost of your financing if you are hedging (you probably should) so you have to think about events that cause issues. Brexit, the UK’s potential desire to leave the EU, has a vote coming up and such an event creates a lot of volatility and depending how the vote ends up, really changes the value of a project that was underwritten a few years ago with a feed in tariff.
- Greentech Media: UK Solar Industry Split on How a British Exit From the EU Would Impact Business
- PV-Magazine: France – EDF embraces self-consumption and digitization
- PV-Tech: Yingli Green’s shipments in Q1 lead to profit claims
- Think Progress: Another Giant Pension Fund Divested From Oil, Coal, And Gas Companies
- Utility Dive: Minnesota court upheld size limits for Xcel community solar
- Renewable Energy World: What Size is the Global Solar PV Industry? Pick a Size, Any Size
- New York Times: Energy Bill Prospects Dim in Dispute Over Drilling, Drought
- Bloomberg: GE Ventures Buys Stake in German Sonnen to Boost Solar Storage
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Have a great day!
Yann