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Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon introduces financial concepts through a lively history of the solar industry, and cuts through the main areas of mystique and misinformation about solar technology and projects.
Introduction
Solar Technologies: The Basics
Startups
Startups: Case Study of a Startup (BloombergNEF)
Timeline of Relevant Milestones for Solar
2005–2008: The First Big Solar, Supply Constraints
The Magic of the Experience Curve
September 29, 2008: When the Solar Boom Went Bust
How Markets Set Power Prices
Forecasting Methods and Modelling Something That Has Never Happened Before
Networking and Other Stuff Not Taught at State Schools
Solar After the 2008 Crash: Finding a New Norma
Solar Failures 2009–2013: Case Studies
Project Finance and Calculating the Cost of Energy
2014 and 2015: Solar Auctions, Auto-Consumption, and Sun Taxes
2016–2021: The Early Days of Cheap Photovoltaics
Intermittency, Batteries and Hydrogen
Technology Focus: Solar Thermal Electricity Generation
Technology Focus: Photovoltaics
Operating Solar Plants
2022: Energy Is Scarce Again
Trade Wars
Will Offgrid Solar Leapfrog in the Developing World?
Can Solar Save the World?
What Next for Solar?