Financing Renewable Energy

With climate change visibly affecting communities around the world, it is essential to society to transition to renewable energy sources to minimize further climate warming. As for any generation source, installation of renewables is very capital intensive. This course will examine key “ingredients” necessary to finance a renewable project / make it economic, including but not limited to:

• Ability to finance at the project level
• Different forms of capital available / requirements to successfully finance
• Revenue models for renewables investors and required returns
• Role of government incentives in financing renewable energy / latest US legislation
• Key technical issues that arise with increased renewables penetration
• Global geopolitical landscape and its impact on energy transition
• Equity an inclusion in the approach to building a renewable landscape

As part of the course, we will review multiple case studies and will approach the topics both from theoretical and quantitative perspectives.