Renewable energy country attractiveness index

RECAI Issue 49: May 2017

Includes:

• News on how China overtook the top spot as the US fell for the first time since 2015
• Insight on the global boom in offshore wind due to the dramatic fall in costs
• Spotlight on how battery storage capacity is rising fast with installed capacity set to grow at a cumulative average rate of 44%
• How ambitious renewables energy targets pushed India to second in the index
• How solar developers in Southeast Asia are shifting their focus to the rooftops of commercial and industrial energy users
• An in-depth look at the latest developments in Malaysia and Spain

RECAI Issue 48: October 2016

Includes:

• News on how the majority of renewable energy green bond activity in 2016 hails from Europe
• How large businesses are increasingly looking to strike their own PPAs directly with developers, to reach green goals as well as avoiding price volatility
• How the oil-rich Saudi Kingdom is preparing its first renewable energy tender
• An in-depth look at the latest developments in Chile and South Africa

RECAI Issue 47: May 2016

Includes:

• A new index methodology that reflects a new world order as renewables goes beyond decarbonisation
• How grid parity affects policymakers
• How the best climate finance opportunities post COP21 are likely to be in emerging markets
• An in-depth look at the latest developments in Australia, Germany and Mexico.

RECAI Issue 46: February 2016

Includes:

• a graphic snapshot of 2015’s key investment, installation and index trends
• the latest country-specific, transaction and investment highlights
• how cost-effective subsidy-free energy is putting greater pressure on utilities, their competitors and investors
• a spotlight on how energy companies can remedy failure to ask themselves what is actually in demand.

RECAI Issue 45: September 2015

Includes:

• optimizing policy’s role in delivering utility-scale renewables
• strategic use of public-private partnerships through auctions
• deep dive articles on the US, Brazil, India, the UK and Turkey.

RECAI Issue 44: June 2015

Includes:

• empowering the Mediterranean region
• how to make storage just another energy asset
• deep dive articles on Germany, the UK and Egypt.

RECAI Issue 43: March 2015

Includes:

• exclusive interview with India’s Energy Minister Piyush Goyal
• the unique challenges and opportunities in electrifying Sub-Saharan Africa
• interview with Power Africa Coordinator Andrew Herscowitz
• deep dive articles on China, Japan, France and the Philippines.

RECAI Issue 42: September 2014

Includes:

• enabling Europe
• the creation of energy microsystems across island nations and the power of local finance
• deep dive articles on the UK, Brazil, Australia and Italy.