Leasing e Power Purchase Agreements para PV: Mecanismos Financeiros

Este é um tema que encontrei num site por acaso e que achei que seria interessante investigar. 

Face ao investimento que é necessário na aquisição de painéis PV numa habitação, muitas vezes sendo um entrave para a proliferação desta "fonte" de energia, é importante criar mecanismos que resolvam esta situação.

"The single biggest barrier to the adoption of solar power has always been the high upfront cost of getting a system onto your roof. Did you know that approximately 90% of the lifetime cost of a home solar system involves payments for panels and installation?"¹

Para combater estes problemas, mecanismos financeiros como Leasings e Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) são utilizados como instrumentos facilitadores.

How to Make Renewable Energy Competitive

"Renewable energy needs help. Technological innovation has significantly reduced the cost of solar panels, wind turbines and other equipment, but renewable energy still needs serious subsidies to compete with conventional energy. Today, help comes mostly in the form of federal tax breaks.

These tax incentives, and the Congressional battle over extending them for wind projects beyond the end of this year, mean that other, more powerful policies to promote renewables are not getting the attention they deserve. If renewable energy is going to become fully competitive and a significant source of energy in the United States, then further technological innovation must be accompanied by financial innovation so that clean energy sources gain access to the same low-cost capital that traditional energy sources like coal and natural gas enjoy.