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CEO Outlook for 2012

January 17, 2012
By Craig Husa, CEO

I am anticipating 2012 to be an exciting year for both 3TIER and the broader renewable energy industry. Despite the ups and downs of 2011, our belief in renewable energy's promising future is unwavering. Even in this time of financial and political crisis, there lies an opportunity to learn ...


Wind Speed Risk: Who Should Pay?

September 1, 2011 - Download Publication
Originally published in Energy Risk magazine, Sept 2011.

Wind power is being relied on by governments around the world to deliver on their promises of low carbon power. But who is left holding the financial risks inherent to this resource? And what are the prospects for a mature wind derivatives ...


Making Wind Energy Assessments Bankable in India

August 10, 2011 - Download Publication
By Dr. Pascal Storck and Nikhilesh Singh
Originally published in EQ International, July/August 2011

It is no secret that many wind energy projects around the world are underperforming their pre-construction energy yield estimates. One of the factors behind this underperformance is that many projects were built with production estimates that did not adequately account for weather ...


3TIER and Risk

July 20, 2011

Three years ago, if you asked a 3TIER employee what the company does, the answer was straightforward: 3TIER provided renewable resource mapping, assessment and forecasting services. Our customers were primarily project developers and operators, and we thought of our products as a linear path through the lifecycle of individual projects ...


ACORE Interactive Report: Renewable Energy in America

March 16, 2011

Markets, Economic Development and Policy in the 50 States

Recently published by the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), Renewable Energy in America provides an executive summary of the status of renewable energy in all 50 states. The report provides a high-level overview of the key developments that have shaped ...