Cost of wind power close to $0.03/kWh with incentive

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Excerpt: Briefing materials are available to summarize a recent analysis of onshore wind energy cost trends. The analysis was conducted jointly by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), titled: “Recent Developments in the Levelized Cost of …

Ontario’s property tax rules for renewables explained

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Excerpt: This article, written by Thomas J. Timmins, David Tang, and Neeta Sahadev, comes from Canada-based Gowlings Recently, the Province of Ontario added greater clarity to the property tax treatment of renewable energy generation facilities by amending Ontario Regulation 282/98 under Ontario’s Prima …

Commentary: Five reasons for optimism in wind, and more

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Excerpt: This edited commentary comes from Jukka-Pekka Mäkinen, president and CEO of  permanent-magnet-generator manufacturer TheSwitch   The Switch came to the market five years ago on a mission to bring better drive train technology to wind power generation and allows more energy per turbi …

Financial guidelines for coming wind projects

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Excerpt: With electricity demand weak and stimulus funds dwindling, the US renewable energy sector must attract new investors and make use of unique tax-based financing structures in the next 18 months or risk a sharp drop in new project builds, according to research by specialist research firm Bloomberg …

Renewable energy sector facing financial risks say execs

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Excerpt: Based on a survey of 284 senior-level renewable energy executives, a new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and sponsored by Swiss Re canvasses the risks in financing, constructing and operating renewable energy projects as well as the risk management challenges that the renewable energ …

Finding funding for fledgling companies

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Excerpt: Finding financing is not easy, so looking for backers requires attention and networking. Financial lawyer Alex Kaplun suggest these ways to find funding. Talk to people you know. “If your start-up needs money, talk first to people you know,” says Kaplun. “Ask your advisors, your lawyers, an …

Real-time wind asset valuation tool now available

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Excerpt: A power-market specialist and a renewable-energy risk analysis company have launched a real-time, interactive wind asset valuation tool. WVAL lets investors value more than 3,400 wind projects around the world at the click of a button, using up-to-date tariff, turbine. and wind resource data in the …

Report analyzes wind energy in Canada

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Excerpt: Canada ranks as the ninth largest market in the world with a wind energy capacity of 4,008 MW at the end of 2010, an increase of 21% on the prior year. The report, "Analyzing Wind Energy in Canada," is said to provide a detailed analysis of wind-energy capacity and the generation of electricity …

Wind power less expensive than nat gas in Brazil. How do they do it?

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Excerpt: The President and CEO of Brazil’s Energy Research Company (EPE), Mauricio Tolmasquim, says for the first time ever in Brazil, wind power prices are less expensive than natural gas prices. This announcement follows the results of energy auctions held last week by Brazil’s National Electric Power …

Several VCs pool $15 m for PM-generator manufacturer

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Excerpt: A company that develops and manufactures permanent magnet generators (PMGs) and related converter systems that deliver wind energy to the power grid, announced it has secured $15 million in funding. Led by four renewable energy, venture-capital firms, Khosla Ventures, CMEA Capital, GE Energy Fin …