by By Staff
North American Wind Power
27 September 2007

A new report released by Lawrence Berkeley National Lab aims to provide a better understanding of the complex financial structures that govern the U.S. wind power sector.

Titled "Wind Project Financing Structures: A Review and Comparative Analysis," the report is co-authored by John P. Harper, Mark Bolinger and Matt Karcher and features discussion of recent trends in the financing of utility-scale wind projects in the U.S. The report includes descriptions of the seven principal financing structures through which most utility-scale wind projects (excluding utility-owned projects) have been financed from 1999 to the present and an analysis of the structures' effect on the levelized cost of energy from a generic wind project.

Full Story...

Posted by dcjaya at September 27, 2007 09:25 AM