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It’s been a big month for South Africa – Minister of Public Enterprises Lynne Brown gave Eskom the go-ahead to sign the 27 outstanding IPP projects under the REIPPPP and newly-elected Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as President, causing South Africa’s main stock market index to jump nearly 4% as it headed for the biggest..

When US President Donald Trump recently reduced the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% he decreased the appetite for tax equity players and accelerated the wind and solar industry’s shift towards a zero-subsidy market quicker than anticipated. Reducing the corporate tax by 14 percent point means there is much less tax equity..

The results of Taiwan’s offshore environmental permitting scheme were announced this month, closing the door on any new, as yet unpermitted offshore developments off the shores of the country. With this milestone now complete – what do the approved permits reveal and what does that mean for the next phase of offshore..

K2 Management is witnessing an especially strong interest from clients in the offshore wind market and a strong demand for project execution of wind and solar farms. "We have received so many requests to deliver solutions for the development and construction of projects, that if just half lead to final contracts, we will need..

Applying prudent, state of the art risk and uncertainty management techniques easily pays for itself and can add significant value to a wind or solar project. Poor risk management can easily increase project capital expenditures (CAPEX) by two to four percent plus. For a 400 MW offshore wind farm this can easily amount to EUR..

Taiwan has become the new, hot market for offshore wind. Ambitious governmental targets for installed offshore wind capacity of 5.5 GW by 2025 phasing out nuclear and an open economy for international investors have created an appealing market cocktail. But what do you need to consider when developing projects in Taiwan?..