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100 1 Fogarty, Tom,|d1963-
245 10 Investing in the renewable power market :|bhow to profit
from energy transformation /|cTom Fogarty and Robert Lamb.
260 Hoboken, N.J. :|bJohn Wiley & Sons,|cc2012.
300 xvii, 205 p.
490 1 Wiley finance ;|v614
505 0 Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv CHAPTER 1 An Overview
of Renewable Power 1 It s All About Natural Gas 2 Control
of CO2 Emissions Is Not Currently Possible 3 Reality of
Demand-Side Management 6 Summary 7 CHAPTER 2 Analyzing
Power Project Economics 9 Regulated Utilities 9 Evaluating
a Power Plant 12 Financing a Power Plant 15 Hedge
Providers 17 Opportunities with Distressed Renewables 19
Summary 21 CHAPTER 3 The Challenges of Renewable Power
Projects 23 Tax Issues 23 Special Exemptions 25 Summary 28
CHAPTER 4 Risk Assessment for Power Projects 31 Project
Risk Assessment and Risk Mitigations 32 Precompletion
Risks/Mitigants 32 Postcompletion Risks/Mitigants 39
Summary 39 CHAPTER 5 Exploiting Profitability of
Distressed and Abandoned Municipal Power Plants 41 Waste-
Fuel Projects Have Key Financial Advantages for Investors
42 Duties of Professionals in a Municipal Power Plant 42
The Professional Feasibility Study Engineer 44 Disclosures
of Risks in the Bond Offering Materials 45 Calculation of
Debt Service Coverage 50 Investment Opportunities at
Troubled Municipal Power Plants 53 Summary 54 CHAPTER 6
Energy Storage 55 Cheap Energy Storage TheMost Vital Game
Changer in the World 56 Opening theMarket for Historic
Energy Storage Financing 58 Categories of Energy Storage
Technologies 60 U.S. Regional Multi-Energy Storage
Collaborations 63 Flywheel Technology Energy Storage Has
the Lowest Cycle-Life-Cost 65 Summary 67 CHAPTER 7 Shale
Natural Gas and Its Effect on Renewable Power 69 Fracking
69 New Attitudes in Natural Gas 70 Cost of Production 72
Summary 76 CHAPTER 8 Solar PV and Solar Thermal Power
Plants 77 The Economics of Solar Power 77 Financing
Techniques 78 The Technology 80 Summary 82 CHAPTER 9 Wind
Power Plants 83 Projects Overview 83 Wind Project
Economics 85 Wind Project Power Contracting 87 Wind Energy
Prediction 90 Summary 92 CHAPTER 10 Electric Power
Transmission 93 Overview 93 Grid Input, Losses, and Exit
98 High-Voltage Direct Current 99 Controlling the
Components of the Transmission System 99 Electricity
Market Reform: Costs and Merchant Transmission
Arrangements 100 Additional Concerns 102 Summary 104
CHAPTER 11 Natural Gas Power Plants 107 Gas Turbine
Engines 107 Benefits of Gas Turbine Engines 109 Gas
Turbines and CO2 109 Gas Turbine Operations 110 Summary
111 CHAPTER 12 Coal-Fired Power Plants 113 Coal s High
Output Capacity 113 Life of a Coal Plant 115 Extending
Coal Plant Operations 116 Coal Technologies 118 Summary
120 CHAPTER 13 Biomass Energy and Biomass Power Plants 123
Wood Waste 123 Economics of Biomass 125 Summary 126
CHAPTER 14 Nuclear Power Energy Plants 127 Global Impact
of Japan s Three Nuclear Plant Meltdowns 128 Comparative
Costs of Energy 130 Key to the EIA Cost Estimates 130
Nuclear Power Plants 50 Years of Electricity Globally 135
Required Up-Front Payment for Nuclear Waste Disposal
before a New Plant s Approval 136 Asia Will Lead the Next
Shift to Nuclear Power Plant Development 137 China s New
Nuclear Reprocessing Is a Vast Expansion of Atomic Fuel
139 Summary: Nuclear Power Faces a Capital Cost and
Ongoing Local Approval Challenge 141 CHAPTER 15 Hydropower
Plants 143 A Unique Renewable Technology 143 Hydropower
and RECs 145 Hydropower Economics 149 Summary 151 CHAPTER
16 Geothermal Power Plants 153 Steam Technology 153
Geothermal Project Costs 155 Hydrothermal Power Systems
156 Ground-Source Heat Pumps 156 Standing Column Wells 158
Enhanced Geothermal Systems 158 Direct Use of Geothermal
Energy 159 Summary 161 CHAPTER 17 Energy Efficiency and
Smart Grid 163 Demand-Side Management 163 Advanced Meter
Infrastructure 166 Increasing Energy Needs 167 Summary 169
Conclusion 171 Where Do We Stand Today in Terms of
Renewable Energy? 175 Appendix A 177 Appendix B: DTC s
Coal vs. Natgas Displacement Model Methodology, January 6,
2009 183 DTC s Coal/Natgas Displacement Model Methodology
183 How Much Natgas Is Needed to Displace Coal? 190 About
the Authors 193 Index 195
506 1 400 annual accesses.|5UkHlHU
650 0 Renewable energy resources|zUnited States|xFinance.
650 0 Investments|zUnited States.
700 1 Lamb, Robert,|d1941-
830 0 Wiley finance series ;|v614.
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