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Series 3, Issue 6
​The week of March 25, 2019
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Energy Finance
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Traditionally, the subject of energy finance is usually a story about oil prices or changes in supply and demand in international markets, a reasonable concern since this is a $3 trillion dollar industry, give or take. However, the topic of energy finance spans a much broader spectrum, from the challenges of financing energy in developing countries, to competition with nationalized economies like China, to the search for new and creative investment mechanisms and more.

This issue of Energy Today recognizes the art and science of energy finance.
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New Energy Investment Trends

The energy sector is changing so fast that sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words … or, in this case, three slides.


See also: Changing the Climate of Capital
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A New Era of Energy Innovation

In recent decades, energy innovation has become almost synonymous with digital technology. But as basic technologies that powered the digital revolution near their theoretical limits we are entering a new era of innovation. The most exciting opportunities lie in new hard-technologies.

Some investors are already making the shift to a new model.
 

See also: Climate Math
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Old Capital Strategies
​Require a New Way of Thinking


The electric utility industry is in the midst of a transformation that has no precedent. Historically, delivering electricity was relatively simple; utilities generated power and provided it to customers over a one-way delivery system. Today, the game has changed.

There’s no roadmap on how to handle the partial and unpredictable generation of electricity by customers through rooftop solar and other DER. 


See also: 
Prepare for Climate Change Like We Prepare for War
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Investment in Oil and Gas
Set to Soar


The world daily demands more and more energy and global producers are struggling with constrained supplies. This means it is still a perfect time for aggressive private investment in the US oil and gas market.


See also: Th
e Cushion In Coal Markets
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Bank of America is
Building a Green Revolution


Oklahoma is an epicenter of fossil-fuel production, a state where oil-well pump jacks punctuate the pastures. But if you drive out to Grady County, an hour west of Oklahoma City, you’ll encounter a sprawling wind-power project that symbolizes a financial transformation. Indeed, it might never have sprouted if it weren’t for “green bonds” — an investment vehicle that didn’t exist a decade ago.


See also: China's Quest for 
Currency Control
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