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- Bonnie Rubey McMurtry
- Siddharth "Sid" Sethy
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- Mark J. Thurber
- Sean S. Wooden
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REFF Creates Ripples in the Clean Technology Industry
The Renewable Energy Finance Forum (REFF) held in New York this week is the annual event where industry leaders and wannabes meet and greet. It is a barometer of the industry's self confidence and prospect assessment. This is the year of the "game face." There is serious concern about industry prospects, notably sustained demand for wind. Solar's costs are declining, but sustained market interest in the absence of feed in tariffs, strong Renewable Energy Standards/RECs availability, is still problematic. The absence of US players and US banks in the project finance market drew notice. The effect on energy price points of shale gas on renewables competitiveness in particular, was noted as a major threat, as was the declining prospects of systematic carbon regulation.
Washington the New Finance Hub for Cleantech?
A year ago, the buzz was that Washington would be the new New York and Silicon Valley for cleantech. Not as untrue this year as some might think it might be.
Complimentary Live Webinar - June 17: Alternative & Renewable Energy Finance Available in Washington, DC
Obtaining funds for renewable energy and sustainability projects and companies now involves more incentives originating in Federal programs administered or legislated in Washington. Increasingly private capital has sought to utilize such incentives.
Evaluating Clean Tech Investment in Clean Transportation
Clean transportation companies are emerging players in the clean tech space. What will it take to make them successful? The answer: linkage to the continuing national call for “sustainability.” The reason is this: Transportation is a basic service whose comparative economic value is driven by its cost effectiveness for different purposes in different contexts. Clean transportation, like “clean energy”, is a market in which the parameters for success are also effectively defined by law and by public opinion. Once embedded in our economy, these additional standards serve to validate to consumers, and therefore to manufacturers, and therefore to investors, the costs incurred and tradeoffs made to meet these additional standards.
Welcome to CleanView
On this blog, we will offer our insights into current developments in the clean tech and renewable energy industries. These are broad and growing industries and we at Andrews Kurth are at the forefront of these industries as they become increasingly important to the US and world economies.
