In 2015, major energy companies were still trying to navigate a systematic re-orientation of electricity markets. NRG, E.ON, RWE and Enel all amended their corporate structures to address broader changes in the sector.
How renewable energy companies can bounce back from their Wall Street beating
Ali Mamujee / Senior Investment Associate / Mercatus Inc / Financial Modeling Best Practices: Part 1 Financial models are the backbone of the investment process in the energy industry. For most companies, it is the hub where each business unit interacts with a power project in development. While it is imperative that the economic nuances of each…
The changing function of yieldcos
This article is provided by Scott McMurtry, a professional consultant with Mercatus Inc It’s a brave new world for yieldco’s and their parent companies as a volatile stock market has dampened valuations and elevated dividend yields. While all of this is a common theme irrespective of the industry, yieldco’s are nearing a particularly painful inflection…
Mercatus releases June 2015 Distributed Energy Insight Report
Mercatus Insights has recently released its June 2015 Distributed Energy Insight Report, which examines data from the 3000+ projects processed in the Mercatus Energy Investment Management (EIM) software solution. The EIM software is used by power producers, utilities, institutional investors, and global developers to screen, process, consolidate and manage investments into over 50 GW of distributed generation…
Strategies to address YieldCo challenges
Editor’s Note: Recently, Haresh Patel posted on article for Mercatus regarding the industry’s most effective strategies to address problems created by opening up capital markets with YieldCos. The article is re-posted below. Opening up to the capital markets with a YieldCo introduces a whole menu of new business challenges for IPPs and Project Developers. Attracting…