Corporate Renewable Energy Buyers’ Principles with WRI

The Philippines, Indonesia,Vietnam among other countries in the SEA region have pursued renewable energy expansion program. But as installed solar capacity raises accross the region and pockets of know-how grow through it, solar deployment is only going to speed up. Room for growth: In-depth assessment of PV’s current and future growth potential in the South East Asian Market Understand the role of PV-powered microgrids for islands get a primer on development, regulations and financing Solar for rural electrification: find out more about plans to deploy PV to bring electricity to the millions of rural dwellers who are not connected to the grid

The 2018 Tax Plan has some unexpected benefits for commercial solar. Commercial solar installers can now depreciate 85% of the system cost in the first year of its operation, and the corporate tax rate has been lowered by 40%. In a year where there has been a lot of negative policy news for the solar industry, the new tax bill is some welcome good news. In this webinar we will design a simple commercial solar installation, and we will calculate the financial returns of cash and loan financed projects. Finally, we will give some steps on ways to sell solar under the new tax plan.

Carbon dioxide emission are widely considered to be the largest driver of climate change with around 34 billion tonnes emitted annually. In 1950 this figure stood at 6 billion tonnes. Of course, much has changed since 1950, including positive commitments to reduce CO2 emissions. Individuals and companies around the world are setting reduction and net-zero targets, publishing action plans, and reporting KPIs. Where should you begin on CO2 reductions?

The renewable energy market, primed with unique on- and off-grid solutions, is uniquely positioned for innovation in the form of FinTech digital finance, e-payments, and e-commerce. Africa’s enthusiastic embrace of transacting via mobile money, as witnessed with the advent of platforms such as e-wallet, is indicative of a continent ripe for electronic investment and funding solutions for infrastructure development.