by Ekrem Duman | Sep 2, 2026 | Investor Incentives, Renewable Energy
⚡ TL;DRKorean incentives are mid-metamorphosis: the legacy RPS/REC system — utilities’ renewable obligations met by buying certificates whose technology-weighted values funded two decades of projects — issues its final new certificates in 2026, while...
by Ekrem Duman | Sep 2, 2026 | Investor Incentives, Renewable Energy
⚡ TL;DRJapan supports renewables through three stacked layers: FIP market premiums (and legacy FIT tariffs for small systems) on energy revenue; Long-Term Decarbonization Auctions paying 20-year fixed capacity revenue to storage, offshore wind, and other decarbonized...
by Ekrem Duman | Sep 2, 2026 | Investor Incentives, Renewable Energy
⚡ TL;DRIndia’s incentive philosophy is surgical: utility-scale solar and wind get no production subsidy — 25-year auction PPAs, 40% accelerated depreciation, and solar-park infrastructure carry them — while public money concentrates where markets...
by Ekrem Duman | Sep 2, 2026 | Investor Incentives, Renewable Energy
⚡ TL;DRChina dismantled the world’s largest renewable subsidy program and replaced it with a leaner stack: capped provincial mechanism-price auctions (two-sided CfD-style settlements — Shandong’s first round cleared wind at 0.319 and solar at 0.225...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 27, 2026 | Investor Incentives, Renewable Energy
⚡ TL;DRAustralia incentivizes through underwriting and finance rather than tax credits: the Capacity Investment Scheme tenders 15-year revenue floors and ceilings across a 32 GW national envelope; state schemes (NSW LTESAs, VRET, Queensland contracts) run parallel...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 27, 2026 | Investor Incentives, Renewable Energy
⚡ TL;DRCanada’s incentive signature is refundable cash: the Clean Technology ITC returns 30% of capex for wind, solar, and storage owned by taxable corporations; the Clean Electricity ITC pays 15% to an expanded club including Crown utilities, pension...
