John Joshi

Government policy can help innovate the path to a clean energy future

Friday, 19 April 2013 John Joshi The key to broader penetration of solar energy depends on access to capital markets and innovative financial structures that can reduce the cost of capital for project finance as well as increase the investor ...

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How much does solar cost?

Friday, 09 March 2012 John Joshi In this article, John Joshi looks at the cost structure of solar nationally. He presents some charts, that were prepared by One Block Of The Grid, showing the variability of Solar Cost as well the savings ...

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Why solar securitization makes sense

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 John Joshi

Solar finance blogger, John Joshi, returns to one of his favourite topics: solar securitization and why it can help ramp up solar capacity.

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Observations on opportunities and challenges for solar sector - Part 2

Wednesday, 04 January 2012 John Joshi Our solar finance blogger, John Joshi, kicks off 2012 where he left off at the end of last year, continuing his analysis of the challenges and opportunities in the US solar industry, looking especially ...

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Observations on opportunities and challenges for solar sector - Part 1

Monday, 19 December 2011 John Joshi With 2011 drawing to a close, our solar finance blogger, John Joshi, takes stock of the challenges and opportunities in the US solar industry. He remains optimistic about the sector's future despite a ...

ITC 1603 cash grant – Its not over yet

Thursday, 01 December 2011 John Joshi In his latest blog piece, John Joshi gives a short update on the Treasuries ITC 1603 Cash Grant program, ahead of the ACORE Phase 2 meeting and conference next week, when he will provide a further update ...

Standardized PPA is the key to solar structured deals

Tuesday, 19 July 2011 John Joshi John Joshi believes we all need to take charge of our energy future and developing a robust SPPA (standardized power purchase agreement) market if we are to ramp up adoption of solar energy by consumers ...

DOE loan guarantee for 733 MW - Potential for Solar Securitization

Friday, 01 July 2011 John Joshi 44 million rooftops just waiting for solar panels. Is securitization all that is needed to get them up there? In this brief piece, John Joshi discusses how a recent announcement by the US’s Department ...

Financing renewable energy – A securitization approach

Monday, 20 June 2011 John Joshi In the last article we proposed a concept of a Green Bank for the US. The following article explores these ideas for renewable energy project finance and the application of securitization of renewable ...

The US needs a green bank for renewable energy financing – It’s a matter of national security

Monday, 06 June 2011 John Joshi

John Joshi discusses why a green bank would be good for the US's national security.