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Renewable Energy Finance

There is an increasing demand to start producing energy from renewable sources. The federal government is providing incentives to those parties interested in developing renewable energy.  The Current Administration and Congress enacted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) which provides new capital market tools to increase investment in the renewable energy sector.

George K. Baum & Company and its renewable energy finance group have dedicated significant resources to developing a team that is capable of securing financings for renewable energy projects.  George K. Baum & Company specializes in the structuring, underwriting and marketing of taxable and tax-exempt municipal securities.  By providing access to capital markets, our financing strategies provide advantages over bank loans in both term length and cost of capital.  We can finance the following types of projects:

• Biomass
• Biomethane
• Fuel Cell
• Geothermal
• Hydropower
• Renewable Energy Transmission
• Solar PV
• Solar Thermal
• Wind

We are familiar with the new opportunities available to renewable energy projects as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and are keeping our clients abreast of the new incentives and programs available to them.  The following federal incentives were designed to reduce the costs associated with renewable energy projects and could provide significantly reduced costs for renewable energy projects:

• Tax credits – Extension of the PTC and ITC
• Treasury Grants in lieu of the Investment Tax Credit
• Bonus Depreciation
• Clean Renewable Energy Bonds
• Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds
• Recovery Zone Economic Development Bonds
• Recovery Zone Facility Bonds
• Department of Energy Loan Guarantees

To learn more about these incentives and how you may be able to reduce the cost of your project please click here. To see presentations and other materials pertaining to recent legislation, bond financings and other renewable energy issues please click here.

For questions on how George K. Baum & Company can help meet your renewable energy project needs, please contact us.