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Assessing the role of a stable regulation in development of high-cost CSP projects
 
CSPToday.com Special
 
The incentives, which provide a federal tax credit for renewable-energy investment, are set to expire at the end of 2008.
 

The US Senate has yet again failed to pass legislation that would extend the Investment Tax Credits beyond their end of year expiration dates. The Senate was unable to reach a bipartisan compromise to extend solar tax credits for the eighth time since June last year.

Spanish cleantech private equity firm SI Capital Partners is one company which seems to be reaping early rewards for its perseverance in the CSP sector.

Regulatory policies and incentives to push adoption of CSP in California

"Solar power is here to stay": Climate Change Capital's Peter Sweatman

CSP and CPV Investment & Finance Summit Special
 

It is estimated that the solar industry grew from 427MW to 1,744 MW from 2002 to 2006 and from 2003 to 2006, 45 venture capital backed clean energy companies based in Europe raised over €2.5 billion from the quoted markets.

The Utility Solar Assessment (USA) Study, released by the research firm Clean Edge Inc. and the nonprofit "green-economy" group Co-op America, indicates that, "for the first time, solar power is beginning to reach cost parity with conventional energy sources."

The study is based on more than 30 interviews with solar, utility, financial, and policy experts.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company has entered into two contracts with San Joaquin Solar LLC, a subsidiary of Martifer Renewables Electricity LLC, for a combined 106.8 megawatts (MW) of solar thermal-biofuel hybrid power. 

There has been a mixed response to the US Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) cautious approach towards siting utility-scale solar farms proposed for one million acres of public land nationwide.