Renewables: A Practical Handbook

This new title addresses one of the most talked-about sectors of recent times. Undoubtedly, there are political, technical, economic, commercial and legal challenges to meeting global, regional and domestic renewable, carbon and energy-efficiency targets. However, tremendous opportunities are open to those who understand the industry and its drivers. Featuring contributions by thought leaders in their fields from both the public and private sectors, this forthcoming book guides readers through key policy matters, broader challenges and future trends, all of which underpin the current and future direction of this sector. There is analysis of issues for financiers, risk identification, allocation and management and project structuring, with in-depth guidance on each. Given the diversity of technologies, specific chapters are dedicated to providing technical, commercial and legal guidance on wind, solar, hydro, embedded generation, biofuels/biomass, tidal, wave and renewable gas.Finally, the book considers clean coal technologies and carbon capture and storage which, although not renewable projects, have an important role to play in reducing global emissions and preserving a diversified fuel source mix. This book is aimed at those among the business community who want to understand how this sector will impact on their business, whether they be corporates, project developers, financiers or economists.

Table of contents Foreword Matt Bonass Michael Rudd Denton Wilde Sapte LLP Part I: Introduction Why renewable energy? Matt Bonass Denton Wilde Sapte LLP Energy efficiency- the other side of the coin Gillian Davies Mariya Kuchko Janet Laing Alejandro Saenz-Core Mott Macdonald Limited Part II: Regulation and Policy International policies supporting renewable energy Joe Muscat Ernst & Young LLP The main types of regulatory support for renewable projects Katy E Hogg Ronan O'Regan Pricewaterhouse Coopers Part III: Financing and structuring issues Issues for financiers Nicholas Sinden Siobhan Smyth HSBC Bank plc Risk allocation in a renewable project Tom Eldridge Ike Nwafor Denton Wilde Sapte LLP Structuring the project vehicle Matt Bonass Juliette Seddon Denton Wilde Sapte LLP IV. Different types of renewable energy and issues arising from them Old and new technologies Nick Kelly Sindicatum Carbon Capital Group Ltd Wind Technical David Groves Wind Prospect Ltd Commercial Eric McCartney Chapin International LLC Legal Jan-Erik Svensson Gorrissen Federspeil Kierkegaard Solar Commercial and technical Serge Younes WSP Environment & Energy Hydropower Legal Juan I. Gonzalez Ruiz Maria Jose Descalzo URAiA MENAeNDEZ Combined cooling heat and power Commercial Kerry Thompson Inventa Partners Ltd Legal Thorsten Maeger Dirk Uwer Hengeler Mueller Clean coal and CCS Thorsten Maeger Dirk Uwer Hengeler Mueller