This example illustrates that the real power of a tax deferred exchange is not just the tax savings — it is the increase in
purchasing power generated by this tax savings!
But the vast majority of systems these days are installed under leases or power - purchase agreements, where homeowners don't own the panels placed on their roofs, but instead agree to
purchase power generated by them from the installer.
Not exact matches
Even with a system efficiency of 80 % the 1.4 GW array would
generate about 7.28 GWh of electricity daily (or 2,657.2 GWh annually)-- worth over $ 106 million per year via a competitive utility - scale
Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) at $ 40 / MWh (i.e. a contract between the electricity seller and buyer that sets the price of the solar energy from the grid).
This week, Singapore announced that the country's commercial and industrial entities are now able to
purchase solar -
generated power from the national
power grid in an effort to cut down on environmental emissions.
It offers people a way to skip buying the solar panels on their roofs in favor of a deal whereby they agree to
purchase the
power those panels
generate from Sunrun, which owns and maintains them.
All of Apple's US facilities, including offices, retail stores and data centers, are
powered by 100 percent renewable energy sources like solar, wind and micro-hydro
power, which Apple
generates or
purchases from local projects.
Over the 50 - year period from 1955 to 2004, a dollar invested in stocks would have
generated more than ten times more
purchasing power than a dollar invested in Treasury bills held by the Trust Fund.
The solar
power generated from the carports will be delivered directly to LIPA's electric grid through a 20 - year Power Purchase Agree
power generated from the carports will be delivered directly to LIPA's electric grid through a 20 - year
Power Purchase Agree
Power Purchase Agreement.
In December 2009, the LIPA Board of Trustees approved
power purchase agreements with BP Solar International Inc. and enXco Development Corporation, thereby creating the State's largest source of solar
power on Long Island by introducing approximately 50MW of clean renewable energy
generated on Long Island onto LIPA's electric grid.
To recognize these trendsetters, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency publishes a quarterly list of the top American users of green
power: organizations that
generate their own renewable energy, buy it from suppliers, or
purchase offset credits to compensate for their traditional energy use.
The school pays nothing upfront and buys the electricity
generated by the system from the investment company more cheaply than grid electricity through a
Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).
Equities — shares of companies — have been shown by history to
generate, over periods of decades, returns in the range of inflation plus 6 % or 7 %; a return of 7 % will double your
purchasing power every 10 years.
So if you do decide an annuity is for you, be sure that you have enough savings left over in a diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds to
generate some growth to protect your
purchasing power from inflation and to provide a stash to meet emergencies and fund the occasional indulgence.
The foundation of a sound retirement investing strategy is setting a diversified mix of stocks and bonds that's aggressive enough to
generate returns that can grow your portfolio during your career and help maintain its
purchasing power during retirement — yet conservative enough so you won't bail out of stocks every time the market heads south.
But history has shown that a simple mix low - cost stock and bond funds has been able
generate sufficient returns in excess of inflation to maintain the
purchasing power of your savings over the long term.
The bulk of your savings can then go into a portfolio of stocks and bonds (or, more likely stock funds and bond funds), which can
generate the higher returns you'll need to maintain your
purchasing power against inflation and prevent you from depleting your nest egg too soon.
Investors no longer need to take on as much risk to
generate enough return to preserve
purchasing power.
By using a Countercyclical Indexing approach we can create a portfolio that is more in - line with our savings by establishing an asset allocation that
generates purchasing power protection, but does not do so in such an unbalanced manner as a traditional indexing portfolio.
This portfolio tends to be underweight the risk of
purchasing power protection in favor of greater permanent loss protection while
generating income and low but stable returns.
The rest of your money you would then invest in a mix of stock and bond mutual funds (preferably low - cost index funds) that has the potential to
generate higher returns that can grow the value of this component of your savings stash and maintain its
purchasing power in the face of inflation over the long - term.
These negative real rates of interest paid by an increasing proportion of the developed world's governments on their debt will not preserve our
purchasing power over the long run, let alone
generate the growth in real wealth necessary to achieve our investment objectives.
We traveled from Brussels to Copenhagen
powered entirely by renewable energy (additional renewably -
generated electricity equal to that consumed by the journey) was
purchased and fed into the German national grid.
Under a
power purchasing agreement (PPA), the emission - free electricity
generated by CalRENEW - 1 will be
purchased by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), a large California utility.
Power generators are turning away from coal for a host of reasons: In some instances natural gas is cheaper; many states are requiring utilities to
generate a certain portion of electricity from renewable resources; individual cities (and even an entire Canadian province) have decided to stop
purchasing electricity created by burning coal; and new Environmental Protection Agency regulations are making it more expensive and less economical to use coal plants.
Electricity
generated is delivered to Hydro - Quebec Distribution under a 20 - year
Power Purchase Agreement
«(II) calendar year 2012, in the case of an electricity local distribution company that owns, co-owns, or
purchases through a
power purchase agreement (whether directly or through a cooperative arrangement) a substantial portion of the electricity
generated by a new coal - fueled unit, provided that such company timely informs the Administrator of its election to use 2012 as its base period.
A widespread policy called net metering, which requires utilities to
purchase back
power generated by their customers» solar panels, is nibbling at utility company's bottom lines.
BMI Research said: «By securing
power purchase agreements via the auction, the wind projects developed will have a guarantee that the
power they
generate will be bought by a utility — a guarantee that has previously been missing and resulted in numerous projects lying idle, struggling to find buyers.»
Electricity
generated by the Nevada Solar One
power plant will be sold to Nevada Power Company and Sierra Pacific Power Company under long - term power purchase agreements (P
power plant will be sold to Nevada
Power Company and Sierra Pacific Power Company under long - term power purchase agreements (P
Power Company and Sierra Pacific
Power Company under long - term power purchase agreements (P
Power Company under long - term
power purchase agreements (P
power purchase agreements (PPAs).
Through the agreement with AREA, Bullfrog
Power will
purchase surplus renewable energy certificates (RECs)
generated by the project.
Net metering is an arrangement that allows energy
generated by a customer's leased or
purchased solar system to offset monthly
power bills.
The fuel used to
generate electric
power and the cost of gasoline also vary by region — and that affects how environmentally friendly an electric car
purchase is.
A solar
power purchase agreement, or PPA, allows a host customer to pay for
generated electricity at a fixed rate typically lower than the local utility's retail rate.
Power generated from the project will be sold by SECI to the potential off - takers including Andhra Pradesh distribution companies (Discoms) via a long - term power purchase agreement (
Power generated from the project will be sold by SECI to the potential off - takers including Andhra Pradesh distribution companies (Discoms) via a long - term
power purchase agreement (
power purchase agreement (PPA).
Southern California Edison will
purchase the electricity and associated renewable energy credits (RECs)
generated by the facility under a 20 - year
power purchase agreement and will have the option to keep or sell the associated RECs.
In each of these target regions, the joint venture will work to bring clean, stable and economically feasible solar -
generated electricity through the pursuit of
power purchase agreements and the development and construction of solar
power plants.
Net metering means that for every unit of surplus solar generation
generated during the day you effectively get a credit for that kilowatt hour of
power purchased from the grid at another time.
Through the
purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates (also known as Renewable Energy Credits or RECs), your business can affordably
purchase the environmental benefits of renewable
power generated from facilities throughout the U.S. Balance your electricity use, supply your green
power program or earn LEED ® project points.
The PV
power systems dealt with under this law are ones scaled for factories and other facilities that
generate 10 kilowatts or more of electricity, as opposed to smaller units for residences (which will be applied for excess electricity
purchasing).
Solar energy could be made cheaper if less land had to be
purchased to accommodate solar panels, best achieved if each solar cell could be coaxed to
generate more
power.
These targets may be accomplished by implementing innovative sustainable design strategies,
generating on - site renewable
power and / or
purchasing (20 % maximum) renewable energy.
Last December, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) announced a 25 - year
power purchasing agreement (PPA) with California - based SolarReserve, through which the utility would buy the
power generated by SolarReserve's Rice Solar Energy Project in Riverside County, California.
Net metering means that for every unit of surplus solar generation
generated during the day you effectively get a credit for a kilowatt hour of
power purchased from the grid at another time.
Net metering for homeowners in Louisiana means that for every unit of surplus solar
generated during the day you effectively get a credit for half a kilowatt hour of
power purchased from the grid at another time.
Campbell Soup Company will soon be sourcing about 15 percent of the energy used at its factory in Napoleon, Ohio (the company's largest) from solar
power generated by a just - announced
power purchase agreement (PPA) and land lease
Campbell Soup Company will soon be sourcing about 15 percent of the energy used at its factory in Napoleon, Ohio (the company's largest) from solar
power generated by a just - announced
power purchase agreement (PPA) and land lease arrangement.
A while back I posted an article on a
purchase of a solar
power generating facility by Los Angeles, in which it was said that solar is already competitive with gas turbines for peak generation, with all costs and subsidies included in the calculation.
Still, following the March disasters, the Japanese government quickly moved to support renewable energies passing a revamped feed - in tariff (FiT) bill which is slated to go into effect 1 July, 2012, and will
purchase not only excess
power, but all
power generated by solar installations over 10kW.
Both St. Peter's Health Partners and the Center for Disability Services have signed
power purchase agreements with Sunstream Hudson, which will deliver
power generated by the solar farm to National Grid.
As the term «
power purchase agreement» indicates, these deals won't lead to the Army owning renewable energy
generating facilities; instead, the developers, using private financing, will.