A new insurance product from kWh Analytics guarantees up to 95 percent of forecasted energy production for a solar plant, providing security for solar developers in a regulatory environment where it’s been scarce.
Introducing the Solar Put: Insurance for Cloudy Days at the Farm
Insurance giants like Swiss Re AG, with the help of a San Francisco firm, now have a way of guaranteeing production from solar farms — not an easy feat considering supplies from these plants rise and fall with the sun.
Credit Suisse’s Michael Weinstein: Solar Revenue Put can help Sunrun and other residential sponsors to keep solar growing
Norton Rose Fulbright Ep23: Solar Revenue Puts with Richard Matsui, kWh Analytics
To offset tariffs, US solar market looks to financial innovations
Proponents of two new financial innovations in the renewable power industry are hoping they can soften the impact of tariffs imposed on solar equipment imported to the U.S.