The purpose of this case is to illustrate the numerous financial accounting and reporting issues associated with the issuance of corporate bonds at less than face value. The case requires students to calculate the effective semiannual interest rate and to prepare a bond amortization schedule. It...

In recent years, energy demand has increased due to the high-energy consumption in different fields.The most popular power source has caused huge damages to the environment by paying more cost leads the researchers to work on renewable energy. The solar energy as an alternative source can be...

Solar power is a leading element in the transition to low-carbon power. In the United States, booming solar development has focused on two primary markets: larger utility-scale solar farms, and smaller residential-scale rooftop installations. Community-scale solar is a vast untapped market in...

In this paper we present a generic model which evaluates the economic viability of alternative maintenance strategies for differently sized photovoltaic plants with variable components. We thoroughly review the existing literature on reliability, maintenance and maintenance strategies for PV...