Defining the Investment Landscape: Introduction to Renewable Energy Finance (Charles Donovan); The Clean Energy Imperative (Jim Skea); How Much Renewable Energy Will the Global Economy Need? (Guy Turner); The Interactions between Finance and Government Policy: The Market Ecosystem for Renewable Energy (Richard Green); The Impact of Government Policies on Renewable Energy Investment (Gireesh Shrimali); Renewable Energy Finance in China (Philip Andrews-Speed & Sufang Zhang); Mobilising Private Sector Capital in Developing Countries (Alexandre Chavarot & Matthew Konieczny); Measuring the Carbon Delta of Investment Performance (Celine McInerney & Derek Bunn); Investor Perspectives on the Renewable Energy Sector: Renewable Energy Investment Decision-Making (Thorsten Helms, Sarah Salm & Rolf Wuestenhagen); The Emerging Role for Private Equity (Brian Potskowski & Chris Hunt); Where Next for Global Investment Banks? (Alejandro Ciruelos); The Untapped Potential of Institutional Investors (David Nelson); The Spectacular Growth of Solar PV Leasing (Bruce Usher & Albert Gore); Crowdfunding: Ready for the Big Leagues? (Sam Friggens & Karl Harder);

The entire text is quite readable and can be moved through with relative ease. This reviewer heartily recommends that, regardless of your background, you read this book to really get a grasp of the cutting-edge of climate finance." Lse Review of Books The future of clean energy is no longer about science and technology; it's all about access to finance. The fossil fuel industry has been subsidized for decades with tax breaks and government backing, while renewables have struggled to compete. But now clean energy is the safe bet for investors, as is argued in Renewable Energy Finance: Powering the Future, edited by Dr Charles Donovan, Principal Teaching Fellow at Imperial College Business School. With a foreword by Lord Brown and contributions from some of the world's leading experts in energy finance, this timely book documents how investors are spending over Us$250 billion each year on new renewable energy projects and positioning themselves in a global investment market that will continue to expand at double-digit growth rates until 2020. It documents first-hand experiences of the challenges of balancing risk and return amid volatile market conditions and rapid shifts in government policy. Renewable Energy Finance provides an insider's perspective on renewable energy transactions, and insight into how countries like the Us, India and China are responding to the global energy challenge. Drawing together contributions from senior executives and leading academics, Renewable Energy Finance serves an audience of readers craving intelligent, practical perspectives on the future of clean energy investment.