Foreword by Lord Browne of Madingley Reviews of the First Edition: "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 Renewable Energy Finance (Second Edition) describes in rich detail current best practices and evolving trends in clean energy investing. With contributions by some of the world's leading experts in energy finance, the book documents how investors are spending over 300 billion each year on financing renewable energy and positioning themselves in a growing global investment market. This second edition documents, with practical examples, the ways in which investors have funded over 2.6 trillion in solar, wind, and other renewable energy projects over the past decade. The book will be a go-to reference manual for understanding the factors that shape risk and return in renewable energy, the world's fastest growing industrial sector. The book is suitable for executives new to the field, as well as advanced business students. Edited by Dr Charles Donovan, Principal Teaching Fellow at Imperial College Business School and formerly Head of Structuring and Valuation for Global Power at BP, the book will give readers a unique insiders' perspective on how renewable energy deals actually get done. Sample Chapter(s) Introduction Contents: About the Editor About the Contributors Introduction (Charles Donovan) The Clean Energy Imperative (Adithya Bhashyam, James Hindle, and Charles Donovan) Markets, Governments, and Renewable Electricity (Richard Green) Instruments to Mitigate Financial Risk in Indian Renewable Energy Investments (Gireesh Shrimali and Dan Reicher) Investor-Specific Cost of Capital and Renewable Energy Investment Decisions (Thorsten Helms, Sarah Salm, and Rolf Wüstenhagen) Improving Renewable Energy Governance: Insights from Low-Carbon Investment Community Stakeholders (Joel Krupa and Danny Harvey) Measuring the Carbon Delta in Financial Performance (Celine McInerney and Derek W Bunn) Mobilizing Private Sector Capital for Low-Carbon Investments in Developing Countries (Alexandre Chavarot and Matthew Konieczny) The Role of Public Banks in Catalyzing Private Renewable Energy Finance (Bjarne Steffen, Florian Egli, and Tobias S Schmidt) The Role of the Commercial Banks in the Financing of the Renewable Energy Industry (Alejandro C Alonso) Achieving Growth with Private Equity (Brian Potskowski and Chris Hunt) Institutional Investors (David Nelson) Solar Leasing: Innovative Financing of Residential Solar (Bruce Usher and Albert Gore III) Crowdfunding: Ready for the Big League? (Sam Friggens and Karl Harder) Index Readership: The book should be used as an introduction into investing in renewable energy assets and can be used by corporate managers, policymakers, and advanced business students.