As contract lengths shorten, U.S. solar developers and investors are relying more and more on sales of power in the spot market as the future. For as long as anyone can remember, utility-scale solar projects in the United States have been dependent upon one thing: contracts. Specifically, long-term power contracts that allow for predictable cash flows to pay off investors, and that match the high up-front cost - and conversely low operating costs - of solar as a resource. This is unlike other sources of generation, such as natural gas plants, which usually sell power into the spot market, which ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...
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