Renewable-energy yieldcos have been a huge disappointment. Although many have long-term stable cash flows from high-credit customers, 8point3 Energy Partners, TerraForm Power, and TerraForm Global ...

Large-cap ($150 billion market cap) public utility NextEra Energy (NEE) is the sponsor company of NextEra Energy Partners. As the sponsor, NEE will develop or acquire renewable energy assets, which ...

Two years ago, yieldcos were all the rage in renewable energy. SunEdison launched TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global to grow its asset ownership arm, aiming to develop projects and then drop them ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When there is a yield drought, Wall Street invariably conjures up a contraption that can make it rain. Enter ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about renewable energy, electric cars and water tech In a short statement, the two companies said simply that they are in ...

When the idea of an “YieldCo” was first introduced in 2012 as an adapted version of a REIT, it looked very impressive and was expected to be a boon for the renewable energy sector (mainly solar and ...

The invention of the YieldCo is a gamechanger that will enable spectacular growth of solar PV, writes solar pioneer Peter F. Varadi. According to Varadi, the PV YieldCo offers significant advantages ...

Here's the lowdown on this popular form of investment in the renewable energy segment. You don't have to be a pie-eyed idealist to believe in renewable energy. It's increasingly contributing to the ...

Both First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) recently reported first-quarter results that fell far short of estimates. Analysts may not have taken fully into account the ...

8point3 Energy Partners continues to be the "slow and steady wins the race" solar yieldco, and after fiscal fourth-quarter 2015 results, it's hard to argue with the company's progress. Cash generation ...

The rising share price for 8point3 Energy Partners may lead to a strong second half for the solar project builders that launched it. The problem most yieldcos have faced in the past year is that their ...