If you try to recall the keynotes at the past five solar conferences you’ve attended, we suspect that at least one—if not all five—were given by Keith Martin.
#Solar100’s Jigar Shah: The Kanye West of Solar Finance
JLT Re and kWh Analytics Announce Partnership
SEIA and kWh Analytics Release the Best Practices for Solar Risk Management
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an effort to simplify the complex world of tax equity and debt investment, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and kWh Analytics released today the industry guide on the Best Practices for Solar Risk Management.
HelioStats 3.0 & ‘Best Practices for Solar Risk Management’ Released Today
solar risk management (sō-lər \ risk \ ma-nij-mənt ) noun 1. The practice of managing and measuring risk within a solar investment portfolio; a term of art directed at financial investors with exposure to operating solar projects in the form of structured investment vehicles, and in particular investors providing various forms of debt, tax equity, or cash equity.
Announcing DealFlow from kWh Analytics
We can talk about data all day long, though there’s another topic that solar financiers love even more: Deals.
Because we are in the business of helping sponsors to achieve greater leverage (and to help lenders safely deploy more capital) with our Revenue Put, we see a number of deals that seek debt financing.
#Solar 100’s Nancy Pfund: The Queen Midas of Cleantech
Addressing Solar’s Growing Pains with Data Standards & Analytics
Solar Hedge Opens Door to Greater Leverage, Says Analytics Firm
#Solar100’s Varun Sivaram: The Hamilton of the Solar Industry
#Solar100’s Danny Kennedy: The Most Interesting Man in Solar
As the first interview in the #Solar100 Thought Leaders series, kWh Analytics Founder Richard Matsui speaks with Sungevity co-Founder and Managing Director of the California Clean Energy Fund Danny Kennedy.
kWh Analytics Presents on Opportunities to Improve Solar Data Using DOE’s Orange Button
YieldCos, A Modern Solar Shakespearean Play
Now even NRG may be looking to sell NRG Yield, a top five YieldCo. With NRG under pressure to cut costs, this news stokes growing concerns about the future of YieldCos.
Solar Refinancing: When Asset Management Steals the Show
We all know that asset management is in many respects the under-loved function within a solar company. Solar asset management involves the ongoing management of financial, commercial, and administrative tasks necessary to ensure the optimal financial performance of a solar PV plant or portfolio of plants.
Opinion: Silicon Valley InsurTech
Opinion: Silicon Valley InsurTech
kWh Analytics & NREL Collaboration Wins Award at 2017 PV Reliability Workshop
My 2017 Solar Resolution — Inspiring Dialogue with Key Solar Influencers
A funny thing happened recently: We wrote an article suggesting that a lower cost of capital, driven by increased debt in project finance transactions, would help to mitigate some of the new risk the solar industry faces in 2017.