Federal and State Structures to Support Financing Utility-Scale Solar Projects and the Business Models Designed to Utilize Them

Technical Report · Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1039812· OSTI ID:1039812

Mendelsohn, M; Kreycik, C

Utility-scale solar projects have grown rapidly in number and size over the last few years, driven in part by strong renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and federal incentives designed to stimulate investment in renewable energy technologies. This report provides an overview of such policies, as well as the project financial structures they enable, based on industry literature, publicly availabledata, and questionnaires conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Solar Energy Technologies Program
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1039812
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-6A2-48685; TRN: US201210%%162
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
25 ENERGY STORAGE
29 ENERGY PLANNING
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FINANCING
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SOLAR ENERGY
utility-scale solar
renewable portfolio standard (RPS)
RPS
tax incentives
clean energy funds
Treasury grant
investment tax credit (ITC)
ITC
financing structures
modified accelerated cost recovery system
MACRS
loan guarantees
single owner
lease
partnership flip
utility prepay