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Solar Energy Cash Flow Tables by Paul Gipe

July 30, 2007

Paul Gipe

The following tables calculate the revenue, expenses, and cash flow for a projected investment in a solar PV project. The tables also calculate various investment parameters.

Presentation on Feed-in Tariffs and Ontario’s SOC Program

July 14, 2007

Paul Gipe

Related Files ases_feed-in_tariff_ontario_sop_paul_gipe_01-pdf

Mag-Wind Pyramidal Power

July 12, 2007

Paul Gipe

The pyramids have always been thought to contain some magical power. Maybe they do. Maybe Mag-Wind has found a way to tap into this magical power, because they certainly are not going to get much electrical power from this contraption.

Presentation to ASES 2007 Conference on Ontario’s Standard Offer Contract Program

July 10, 2007

Paul Gipe

Preparing for Prime Time: What Small Wind Needs to Make Its Mark

July 9, 2007

Paul Gipe

Presentation to CanWEA's 2007 Conference

Annual Reoccurring Expenses

July 6, 2007

Paul Gipe

Below is a sampling of annual reoccurring expenses for three different solar investments in Germany. Note that these projections include ... Read more

Germany Upholds Groundbreaking Renewable Energy Law

July 4, 2007

Paul Gipe

Substantially Increases Tariffs for Some Technologies and Further Increases Renewable Targets

Solar Cost Calculator Using Chabot-BSi-Rate Methods

June 28, 2007

Paul Gipe

The following spreadsheet calculator is a work in progress. The workbook, or notebook in Corel terminology, contains three spreadsheets: BSi Calculator, Chabot PI Method, and Rate Calculation. The calculator determines the price or tariff per kWh necessary to arrive at the financial targets given.

Italy Launches New Solar PV Feed–In Tariffs Among the Highest in Europe

June 27, 2007

Paul Gipe

According to a recent article in Sun & Wind Energy (2/2007), Italy has launched new feed-in tariffs for Solar PV. The new tariffs replace a complex and bureaucratic system of net metering and feed-in tariff incentives.