18/10/2019
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Richard Heap
EIB MULLS FUTURE OF GAS IN ENERGY TRANSITION by Richard Heap
You would be forgiven for thinking that Brexit is the only thing the European Union’s got going on at the moment.
But there’s another negotiation happening that is set to have a major impact on the speed of the global transition to renewable energy.
What’s happening?
This week, the European Investment Bank was poised to conf ...
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16/10/2019
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HOW CAN WE DELIVER A HYDROGEN-BASED FUTURE? by Felix Fischer
It is difficult to not get excited about the potential for a large-scale hydrogen rollout. A recent poll indicated that, in Germany, nine out of ten renewables professionals regard further development of hydrogen technology as crucial for their business.
It is understandable. The potential is huge, with decarbonisation opportuniti ...
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14/10/2019
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HOW WILL THE END OF SUBSIDY SUPPORT AFFECT PROJECT FINANCE? by Richard Heap
The era of generous centrally-set government feed-in tariffs for wind is over in most of Europe. And now, with continued falls in the levelised cost of energy, the wind sector is on a path that will end any type of subsidy for new projects.
We can rail against the injustice of this.
Why is it fair that wind shoul ...
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11/10/2019
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WIND ENTERS THE NEXT WAVE OF CONSOLIDATION by Richard Heap
It's only three weeks until we host our Financing Wind Europe conference in London, in partnership with headline sponsor UL.
But we will head there with more uncertainty hanging over the future of wind in Europe than we can remember in many years.
This uncertainty is driving a new wave of consolidation in Europe.
What’s happen ...
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09/10/2019
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INTERVIEW: "IF THERE IS A HARD BREXIT, IT MAY AFFECT MORE THAN JUST THE UK..."by Ilaria Valtimora
Gill Howard Larsen is Global Director of Due Diligence, Renewables at UL. UL is host sponsor at Financing Wind Europe on 31st October in London, and platinum sponsor at our European Wind Investment Awards. We caught up to discuss UL’s expansion plans in Europe, trends in the wind sector and Brexit ...
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07/10/2019
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GENERAL ELECTRIC TAKES CENTRE STAGE IN OFFSHORE COST DEBATE by Richard Heap
And then there were three. The offshore turbines market has been dominated by two players – MHI Vestas and Siemens Gamesa – but now General Electric has stepped up by securing its biggest deal yet.
What happened?
Equinor and SSE Renewables last week revealed that they have picked General Electric as preferred sup ...
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04/10/2019
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GREEN TARIFFS: WHAT’S THE FUSS ABOUT REGOS? by Richard Heap
Consumer rights organisation Which has started a debate over how much renewable energy is actually being generated for green energy tariffs.
What’s happening?
Last Friday, Which published an article called ‘How green is your energy tariff?’ that looks at the UK utilities that offer green energy tariffs, but don’t generate the po ...
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02/10/2019
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EXTENDING TURBINE LIFE: JOHN COULTATE ON ONYX INSIGHT'S OIL ANALYSIS by Ilaria Valtimora
We are set to host our inaugural European Wind Investment Awards on 31st October. Before the event, we're looking at the companies shortlisted in our Innovation Award category, and how they could influence the industry.
In this edition, we speak with John Coultate, Head of Product Development at predict ...
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30/09/2019
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$37BN ENCAP ENTERS RENEWABLES WITH STORAGE DEAL by Richard Heap
Over the last 30 years, US private equity company EnCap Investments has ploughed $37bn of venture capital into oil and gas firms.
The business has raised 21 funds and currently manages capital on behalf of more than 350 US and international investors.
It has a strong track record in fossil fuels. But renewables? Not so much. ...
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27/09/2019
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AMERICAN GIANTS UNLEASH FLURRY OF GIANT POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS by Richard Heap
What’s the secret of the perfect press announcement? Timing.
That’s the only explanation we can find for the slew of announcements about huge corporate power purchase agreements that have landed in the last week. All of this has surely been timed to coincide with the United Nations Climate Action Summit, which ...
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