New Project Media (NPM) Interconnections: Recent Episodes
New Project Media
The NPM Interconnections Podcast features in-depth interviews with top renewable industry insiders across the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
In this episode, Bracewell partners Bryan Clark and Jared Berg join NPM’s Heerea Rikhraj to discuss ERCOT’s new Batch Zero large load interconnection process and its implications for Texas data center development.
They explore interconnection challenges, financing trends, private credit’s growing role, regulatory uncertainty, and infrastructure bottlenecks. The conversation highlights the risks and opportunities shaping the next wave of AI and data center growth.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development-led coverage of the global power, storage & data centre markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
In this episode, Michael Mohamed, Director of Energy Transition at Solomon Partners, speaks with Heerea Rikhraj about the resurgence of renewable energy and infrastructure M&A in 2026.
Mohamed explains how greater policy certainty, pent-up capital demand, and the race for scale have driven a sharp increase in transactions, particularly for development-stage assets and renewable platforms. The conversation also explores the explosive growth of AI infrastructure, powered land, and data center development, attracting investors across the capital stack. Mohamed discusses financing trends, platform valuations, and why operating cash flow and scale are becoming critical advantages in today’s market.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development-led coverage of the global power, storage & data centre markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this episode, VIRTUS Data Centres' managing director for Europe, Christina Mertens, joins Madeline Sherratt to discuss the company's ambitious Europe expansion, including approximately 380 MW in Germany alone. The developer, backed by ST Telemedia Global Data Centres and Macquarie Asset Management, is currently focused on hyperscale and AI-ready infrastructure.
The discussion also covers current industry challenges, including local and governmental bureaucracy, along with the need for skilled workers as the industry enters the next phase.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development-led coverage of the global power, storage & data centre markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this episode, PowerBank CEO Richard Lu joins NPM Reporter Skyler Frazer to discuss the company's growth in energy storage and data centers. The company has been ramping up its storage capacity and project pipeline through 2026 so far, and earlier this year identified about 60 existing solar sites in the US and Canada that have potential for data center development.
Lu also talks about his company's plans for distributed data centers, called edge data centers, and how they fit into broader energy discussions.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the global power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this episode, Conductor Solar founder and CEO, Marc Palmer, joins Michelle France to discuss why the DG landscape has shifted to a buyer's market and details what buyers are looking for. Palmer also discusses tips and timing to grow and sell portfolios, ITC deadlines, and forecasts a post ITC landscape.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the global power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Samuel Kuhlwein, Director of Product and EMS, for Stem, joins the podcast this week to discuss the company’s recent marketing agreement with Nuvation Energy and how it presents a solution to FEOC issues.
Later in the program, Kuhlwein presents a broader overview on the state of play for the US battery energy supply chain and where the gaps are towards achieving full FEOC compliance.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
R.Power Renewables CIO Michal Swol joins NPM Europe Managing Editor Peter Kneller on the pod this week to discuss how to get Polish BESS projects financed and how operating a portfolio of standalone BESS and standalone solar, rather than co-locating, might be the best approach.
The two also discuss the evolution of the PPA market, and why now might be the perfect time to acquire project pipeline across Europe.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
This week’s episode is the full recording of a panel discussion titled “Neo Cloud & AI Factories,” held at the DataCentre Live London Summit on May 21, 2026.
Speakers include:
- Lewis Cobb – Global Director – Modular AI Factories & Data Centres, Durata
- Christian Goldsmith – Data Center Global Solutions Lead, Arcadis
- Andrew Harrison – Director of Master Planning, nLighten
- Blaine Daws – Solutions Director, WNTD
- Falk Weinreich – CEO, Portus Data Centers
- Madeline Sherratt – Data Centre Reporter, NPM Europe (m)
In this panel, industry leaders unpack how surging AI demand is reshaping infrastructure design, investment, and deployment strategies—while exposing major constraints around power, talent, and delivery timelines. From sovereignty-driven localization to the realities of scaling AI workloads, this conversation explores what’s really driving—and limiting—Europe’s digital future.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this episode, Norton Rose Fulbright’s Ammad Waheed joins Kyle Younker to discuss why “powered land” now defines data center strategy. He explores its spectrum, valuation by megawatt, and rising importance of speed to power.
The discussion also covers development risks, financing and leasing dynamics, and growing community scrutiny shaping the industry’s next phase.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
terralayr CEO Philipp Man joins NPM to discuss the evolution of the company’s virtualised battery storage model and the rapidly changing dynamics of the German BESS market.
Philipp reflects on the original idea behind founding terralayr in 2023, key milestones in building its proprietary trading platform, and where the business now stands following a landmark equity raise concluded earlier in 2026.
The conversation also explores financing conditions for battery storage in Germany, evolving revenue stacks, regulatory change including grid fee reforms, and how geopolitical events are intersecting with BESS deployment in Europe.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
In this episode, host Kyle Younker sits down with Liam Weld, Head of Data Centers at Meter, to explore how AI is reshaping the modern data center from the inside out. While data centers are often discussed in terms of land and power, Weld explains why networking has become one of the most critical—yet underappreciated—drivers of performance and cost in AI facilities.
The conversation unpacks the shift from traditional north–south traffic to east–west traffic between GPUs, why AI clusters now function more like a single massive computer, and how latency, reliability, and cabling can directly impact model performance. Weld also details Meter’s vertically integrated approach to networking, spanning hardware, software, installation, and operations, and how this enables automation and long-term efficiency.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week’s episode, we sat down with Emmanuel Becker, CEO of Mediterra Datacenters, a Southern European data centre business backed by PEIF III, a fund managed by DWS Infrastructure.
Becker discusses investor appetite, the reasons behind focusing on Tier II markets, and the huge potential for growth across the Southern European data centre market. He also reveals what he believes to be the biggest challenge in the market – which may come as a surprise to some.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week’s episode, we sat down with Jennifer Smith, CFO of Pan-European fibre infrastructure operator and telco service provider Zayo Europe to discuss the critical role connectivity plays in the rapidly expanding data centre market.
Smith examined the growing partnerships between fibre providers and data centre operators – including its recently announced venture with QTS for its EUR 10bn Cambois project – and unpacked some of the key challenges shaping the sector today.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week’s episode, Land & Liberty Coalition National Director Bradley Pischea joins utility-scale reporter Kaitlin Fallowfield to discuss his observations on early permitting trends in rural communities.
Pischea discusses a recent in-depth analysis that the Land & Liberty Coalition published, which breaks down perceptions on renewable projects and how the organization’s involvement in some counties changed those feelings.
In addition to using conservative messaging to promote renewable energy development, Pischea discusses how trends have changed across presidential administrations since he joined L&LC in 2019, and how federal messaging on renewables has impacted concerns at the local level.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
In this episode, Chaberton Energy CEO Stefano Ratti explains how the company is expanding into front-of-the-meter, distribution-level battery storage by leveraging its community solar expertise to develop standalone storage, solar-plus-storage projects, and retrofits of existing solar sites.
Active primarily in states like Maryland, Illinois, and Massachusetts, Chaberton targets markets with strong policy support and urgent grid capacity needs where distributed storage can be deployed faster than large utility-scale projects and financed through multiple revenue streams, including incentives and capacity payments.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week’s episode, AtlasEdge CEO Tesh Durvasula joins Madeline Sherratt to unpack the company’s European growth strategy and shifting data centre landscape.
Tesh highlights Lisbon as a key hub in AtlasEdge’s Iberian expansion, citing strong connectivity, renewable energy, and rising demand. He also explains the rationale behind the sale of nine edge data centres, as the company refocuses on larger, scalable campuses targeting hyperscalers and major enterprises.
The discussion explores growth beyond traditional FLAP-D markets, with Germany and Austria emerging as core regions, and why less saturated cities offer faster access to power and permits.
Tesh also dives into the impact of AI on infrastructure demand, the push toward localised data processing, and the key challenges facing developers - from supply chain delays to power constraints and capital discipline.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development-led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data centre markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week's episode, Alsym Energy COO Graeme Grant joins Andrew Burnes to discuss the growing opportunity for sodium-ion batteries to take hold in the battery storage landscape of the US.
Graeme discusses the state of the sodium-ion market today as compared to lithium-ion and some of the benefits of the burgeoning technology but also challenges that sodium-ion will need to overcome to reach commercial market adoption. The discussion also dives into the recent release from the US Treasury detailing PFE rules and how sodium-ion may be positioned to benefit while lithium-ion is bottlenecked.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Harmony Energy Development Director Frances Nicholson joins NPM to share experiences on project development in the UK over what has proved to be a highly active and pivotal recent period for the renewables sector in the country.
Developers are routinely dealing with organised opposition to proposals, patchy political support, consent refusals and appeals, all while navigating through an at-times unpredictable and delayed connections reform process being undertaken to rationalise the grid queue across the country. Frances gives her take on all of these points and more.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Jeff Monday, Fluence's Chief Growth Officer, joins the NPM podcast this week to discuss lessons learned from his prior career in technology, with stints at Apple and Qualcomm, and how this influences Fluence's growth trajectory as it builds batteries serving both the grid and the rising tide of data centers.
Later in the program, Jeff discusses how behind-the-meter technology has become a more reliable segment it pertains to power supporting data centers.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week's episode Power Factors VP of Innovation Abilash Krishnan joins Andrew Burnes to discuss some of the challenges developers are facing when it comes to managing their growing portfolios of varying technologies, the continued growth of battery storage, and how that is fitting into the data center demand that we're seeing today.
Krishnan also provides some information about Power Factors software and how they aid developers as they grapple with these issues.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this episode, Palladium Energy’s Chief Commercial Officer Nobel Chang discusses the developer’s strategy at sustaining renewable project growth amid AI-driven power demand.
He reviews the company’s disciplined approach to development while navigating the shifting environment of rising power prices, fading tax credits, and evolving financing requirements.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week’s episode, we speak with Peter Pohlschroeder, head of the data centre division at German private bank HAL and vice chairman of the German Datacentre Association.
Pohlschroeder explores Germany’s zoning and planning landscape, heat-reuse incentives under the Energy Efficiency Act, and the role of German data centres in the wider European market. He also discusses rising construction costs, longer delivery timelines, and why hyperscaler growth has fallen short of expectations.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Izzet Bensusan, CEO and founder, of Captona, a late-stage investor in utility-scale renewable energy and clean fuels projects, joins the podcast this week to discuss market conditions for its business model, his take on the continued growth of merchant storage in ERCOT and how renewable natural gas, as an industry, is evolving.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
This week, Taaleri Energia managing director Kai Rintala joins NPM Europe editor Peter Kneller on the podcast to discuss the benefits of geographical diversification, the legwork that goes into securing PPAs, and the positive long-term outlook for European power demand.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Marc Pangburn, Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer for clean energy financier HASI, joins the podcast this week to discuss the impact of data center growth on the utility-scale solar and storage market, forecasts for how the distributed generation industry will play out in 2026 and also any immediate impacts felt by FEOC in the sector.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week’s episode, Charlie Faulkner, CEO of EdgeMode, a global energy and AI data centre infrastructure company joins Ulan Harrison-Davies to discuss the recently announced 2 GW+ partnership with Blackberry AIF to develop sites in Spain and Panama.
Faulkner also reviews the agreement with SUB1 to develop energy-efficient data centres in Europe, with initial projects planned in Sweden and Spain.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
In this episode, Perkins Coie Partner Jane Rueger and Associate Attorney Jacob Neeley join Kaitlin Fallowfield to discuss a 14-page preview recently released by PJM Interconnection detailing its plans for the new rules for data centers seeking to bring their own generation to the grid.
The grid operator has been trying to come up with a framework to manage data center load and create more accurate forecasting measures. In December 2025, FERC ordered PJM to write its rules for co-location to include three key services, which include both firm and non-firm capacity contracts, and interim network service contracts.
The 14-page plan marked a preview of what PJM’s future FERC filing will include, teasing the idea of a separate, albeit limited, expedited queue for large load additions.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week’s podcast, we sat down with Giles Hanglin, CEO of the UK-based energy and data centre developer Apatura to discuss its impressive development pipeline and the case for building data centres in Scotland.
Hanglin discusses the role of government policy — including Scotland’s designation as an AI growth zone — as well as the ongoing challenges around grid access and regulatory reform.
Despite broader market constraints, Hanglin remains confident in Scotland’s competitiveness relative to other UK and Irish markets. He points to ‘serious interest’ from a US-based data centre operator, backed by a major private equity firm, in Apatura’s six-site portfolio, for which Alantra worked as investment banking advisor.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week's episode, Pure Data Centres Group CEO Dame Dawn Childs DBE joins Madeline Sherratt to discuss her entrance into the data centre landscape following an exciting career spanning the Royal Air Force to engineering at London Gatwick Airport, the National Grid, and now Pure.
The conversation includes a discussion on Pure's developments in FLAP-D markets, new opportunities following disruptive data centre moratoriums and the need for developers to become “power generation people” by interweaving renewables into their plans, as well as ongoing cost and regulatory constraints across Europe.
Childs also discusses the race against the Middle East as a frontrunner, and how fraught EU regulation allows developers there to “steal a bit of a march”. She also addresses the need for clarity on what “Sovereign AI” means and suggests that developers are on tenterhooks about the next UK Government location announcement for another AI Growth Zone.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week's episode, TOBE Energy CEO Colby DeWeese joins host Andrew Burnes to discuss his new Oklahoma-based company and the ways it is differentiating itself from other green hydrogen providers through its unique electrolysis system.
DeWeese also discusses why the company is focused exclusively on green hydrogen, use cases for its technology, and what he hopes to accomplish in 2026 along with a wider discussion about the state of hydrogen development in the US amid a backdrop of pulled funding at the federal level.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week's episode, esVolta CEO Randy Mann joins Andrew Burnes to discuss some of the issues facing a well-established storage IPP in the 2025 market landscape.
The conversation includes a look into the realities of FEOC and the status of domestic and alternative supply, including alternate chemistries, as well as a look at how storage values are holding in ERCOT as new storage capacity enters the market.
Randy also discusses the logistics and risk of entering newer markets and gets specific on which ones the firm will be targeting in the next couple of years.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Laura Pagliarulo, CEO and co-founder of SolaREIT, joins the podcast this week to discuss the rise of powered land banks to support data centers and other forms of load demand.
Later in the program, she also discusses the forecast for US battery energy storage and what growth might look like with FEOC restrictions being implemented in January 2026.
*This podcast is sponsored by Meter.
Meter provides full-stack, integrated networking. They design, deploy, and manage wired, wireless, and cellular infrastructure for large data center campuses, warehouses, and branch offices.
With Meter, businesses get fast, secure, and scalable connectivity for a predictable monthly rate, without the complexity of managing multiple providers or tools.
Go to meter.com/npm to book a demo today!
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Alight chairman and co-founder Harald Överholm joins NPM Europe on this week’s episode to give us his take on building a Nordic solar developer into an increasingly pan-European operator of both behind-the-meter and utility-scale, grid-connected PV assets.
Harald also provides insight on how data centres could power the corporate PPA market across the Nordics for years to come, how Alight is targeting microgrids for future opportunities, as well as tips for solving the grid connection impasse present in several European markets right now.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this podcast, veteran energy advisor Rob Sternthal, managing partner of Expedition Infrastructure Partners and Peter Kaufman, president and head of restructuring and distressed M&A for the Gordian Group, discuss their newly formed strategic partnership.
The strategic partnership is aimed at helping renewable energy developers and owners deal with ongoing financial challenges in the sector and review what will be the likely outcomes for these developers.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
This week’s episode is the full recording of the panel discussion titled “Behind the Meter, Ahead of the Curve: Onsite Power for Data Centers,” held as part of NPM’s DG Development & Finance Forum on October 23, 2025 in New York City.
Speakers include:
- Kevin Imboden – Global Director of Competitive Intelligence, EdgeConneX
- Charlie Daum – VP of Development and Origination, Generate Capital
- Duncan Campbell – VP of Data Center Solutions, Scale Microgrids
- Hannan Happi – CEO and Co-Founder, Exowatt
- Ike Emehelu – Partner, Projects & Energy Transition Group, Akin (m)
The panel addresses how distributed generation developers are adapting their strategies to solve the challenges encountered in the development of onsite power generation for data center operators.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Former FERC Commissioner Allison Clements joins the podcast to unpack Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s directive to bring large-load interconnections under FERC oversight. Now an advisor to the data center industry at ASG, Clements discusses the DOE initiative’s legal grounding and the wider energy policy landscape under the Trump administration.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
This week’s episode is the full recording of an NPM webinar discussion titled “Building Europe’s Digital Backbone: The Race for Data Centre Dominance,” held on September 30, 2025.
Speakers include:
- Fabio Spucches – Chief Executive Officer, Greenfield
- Margaux Harris – Investment Director, Rivage Investment
- Mika Suomi – Head of Operations, Polarnode
- Jose Luis Arnau – Chief Commercial Officer, Nostrum Data Center
- Ulan Harrison-Davies – Senior Reporter, NPM Europe (m)
The panel discusses how surging demand in the European data centre market is straining power grids, testing planning systems, and forcing developers to adapt their strategies to meet hyperscale and sovereign needs. As governments introduce new regulatory frameworks and incentives, the map of Europe’s digital infrastructure is being redrawn.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Maria Mura from pan-European IPP Nadara is the guest on today's episode, joining NPM's Jon McNair to chat about a diverse mixture of subjects across the renewable energy landscape.
We'll hear Maria's views on the relative merits of various Southern European energy markets, how generators are dealing with deflated electricity prices, whether to go for PPAs or government-backed incentives tariffs, regulatory roadblocks, and much more.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this episode, Altus Power’s Chief Investment Officer Abhi Parmar speaks with Skyler Frazer about the distributed solar energy sector during a time of federal headwinds and regulatory uncertainty.
You can hear Abhi speak more during the first panel “Powering Ahead: The Future of Community Solar & DG” at NPM's third annual DG Development and Finance Forum being held this year on October 23 at the Convene, Midtown East, New York City.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this episode, Mariko Meier, Chief Revenue Officer at Convergent Energy and Power, joins Michelle France to discuss growth and opportunities in the DG market amid a federally volatile market and energy storage expansion.
You can hear Mariko speak more during the second panel “Storage Under Pressure: Navigating Policy and Safety Risks” at NPM's third annual DG Development and Finance Forum being held this year on October 22 and 23 at the Convene, Midtown East, New York City.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this episode, Treaty Oak Clean Energy’s CEO Chris Elrod joins Andrew Burnes to discuss the firm's near-term pipeline in the Southeast, efforts to raise USD 1bn of debt capital during the calendar year, issues with interconnection timelines in MISO, and the impacts of the end of tax credits and start of FEOC requirements for solar and storage projects.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this episode, NPM Europe editor Peter Kneller catches up with NTR CIO Anthony Doherty to discuss likely outcomes from Ireland’s current RESS 5 competition, ongoing corporate PPA appetite in the country, how asset valuations have held up and the energy transition fundraising environment.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Eversheds Sutherland’s Thomas Warren, Partner and Co-Head of Global Energy and Frank Comparetto, Counsel in the US Tax Practice Group, join Jon Berke on the podcast this week.
The duo discuss some of the impacts from the IRS guidance released on August 15th regarding safe harboring, how storage developers are going to map out their game plan despite getting favorable treatment under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and later how clean energy developers will tap the capital markets in the back half of the year.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
John Stroud, managing director of Limes Renewable Energy, joins the NPM podcast this week to discuss the future of distributed energy growth under the Trump administration and what aid is being provided at the state level for both incentives and legislation.
The Italian domiciled Limes established a US presence this year to develop community solar projects in Illinois and Maryland.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
This week’s episode is the full recording of an NPM webinar discussion titled “Putting the Scale in Hyperscale,” held on August 12, 2025.
Speakers include:
- Craig McKesson - Chief Commercial Officer, Takanock
- Bill Thomas - Chief Energy Officer, CleanArc Data Centers
- Syed Ahmed - Head of Digital Infrastructure, Apterra Infrastructure Capital
- Kyle Younker - Senior Editor, NPM (m)
The panel tackles utility constraints and policy shifts, the rise of behind-the-meter strategies, changing siting logic for training vs. inference and latency needs, and how new entrants—from renewable developers to crypto miners—are reshaping capital stacks.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week’s episode, Roy Xu, Senior Director of Power Resources at Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE) joins Jillian Ward to discuss the shifting landscape that new energy projects are facing in the wake of the US budget reconciliation bill passage. Xu also shares his view on how the energy market for California could evolve over the next few years as a result.
Roy oversees long-term resource planning, strategic supply-side procurement, and portfolio management and operation at PCE. Prior to joining PCE, Roy led wholesale power contracting at a Publicly Owned Utility in California for over a decade.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by Jon Rodriguez, Energy Business Director for Engine Power Plants at Wartsila to discuss the huge lead times the natural gas industry is facing in the wake of a massive spike in demand driven by data center load growth.
Jon discusses Wartsila's reliance on RICE technology and how they are able to get 300 MW projects in the ground in a 2-year timeframe, as well as some of the bottlenecks the data center industry is facing and how that may impact development over the remainder of the decade.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
NPM's Kyle Younker is joined on this week's podcast by Hannan Happi, co-founder and CEO of Exowatt, a startup delivering modular, dispatchable solar power solutions tailored to meet the exploding energy demand from AI and data centers.
Hannan explains how Exowatt’s flagship product, the P3, uses custom optics and long-duration heat batteries to convert solar energy into on-demand electricity—without relying on government subsidies or rare minerals.
Hannan also explains the company's ambitious goal to deliver power at 1 cent per kWh and lays out the path to get there through factory-scale manufacturing. He also notes the company's early traction with hyperscale data center operators who are expected to finance deployment of the P3 with their own balance sheets.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this episode, NPM Europe editor Peter Kneller is joined by Tion Renewables CEO Ingmar Helmke to discuss the flexibility that being an IPP provides and strategies for incorporating BESS into the renewables generation mix.
Helmke also shares his views on how power demand will eventually chart higher, and why the German government probably shouldn't be supporting the roll-out of a new wave of gas peakers.
Headquartered in Munich, Tion Renewables focuses on building and operating onshore wind and onshore solar farms as well as battery energy storage systems across Europe. The company was originally listed in 2019 and was delisted by the investment organization EQT Group in 2024. It holds a major share in the independent power producer clearvise AG.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Abby Hopper, President and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), and Eric Goodwin, Vice President of Business Development for OMCO Solar, join the NPM podcast this week.
The duo discuss the latest proposed changes to energy tax credits under the tax-and-spending bill currently being debated in the US Senate and how it impacts solar-and-storage developers and domestic supply chains.
Founded in 1974, SEIA is the national trade association for the solar and solar + storage industries. OMCO Solar is one of the nation’s leading US factory-direct manufacturers of solar trackers and fixed-tilt solutions for distributed generation and utility-scale projects.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Chris McKissack, president and CEO of Fullmark Energy, joins the podcast this week to discuss the state of play for standalone storage developers, strategies to manage through tariffs and near-term threats to sunset tax credits and later, discuss how Fullmark is being flexible this environment.
Founded in 2018, Fullmark Energy develops, builds, owns, and operates energy storage projects across the U.S. Fullmark, formerly known as Hecate Grid, is a portfolio company of InfraRed Capital Partners, while Hecate Energy remains a minority partner.
This podcast was recorded prior to the Senate Finance Committee releasing its draft version of the tax bill on June 16th, which preserved the investment tax credit (ITC) for standalone storage.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Ingrid Capacity’s global head of markets, Amanda Niklaus, is this week’s guest on the podcast, joining NPM’s Jon McNair to discuss her company’s battery storage plans across various markets in Europe.
In this episode, Niklaus appraises the relative merits of developing projects in the Nordic countries – with Ingrid starting life in Sweden and expanding out from there – as well as the battle for grid connections, merchant vs. tolling contract strategies, and where the next wave of European battery development will occur.
Ingrid Capacity manages over 400 MW/400 MWh of flexible assets, with 200MW/200MWh operational and another 200 MW/200MWh under construction. To date, Ingrid Capacity has raised approximately SEK 2 billion, with further funding planned to manage 8GW of flexible assets by 2030.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Timothy Radcliff, managing director at Denham Capital Management, joins the NPM podcast to discuss broader investing trends in energy and digital infrastructure.
Radcliff also talks about the growth trajectory of US C&I solar developer Solops, a platform which Denham initially invested in February 2023, in spite of volatile policy headwinds ongoing in the US clean energy sector.
Founded in 2004, Denham Capital is a global energy transition investment firm, having raised more than $12 billion (which includes funds now managed by Trace Capital) of capital across multiple sectors. Specializing in private equity, infrastructure and credit, the firm invests in sectors that are central to the economic and resource transitions happening globally.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by PVH USA's VP of Business Development Rodolfo Bitar.
Bitar discusses the whirlwind that the domestic manufacturing sector has weathered over the first half of the year starting with the impacts of tariffs from the Trump Administration and culminating presently with the proposed cutoff of the IRA.
Bitar discusses the potential ramifications that a cutoff could have on PVH and its plans for expansion in the US, as well as his advice for developers who are navigating an equally unpredictable period.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week’s podcast, Heather Cooper, Partner at global law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP, join's NPM's Michelle France to discuss 'One Big Beautiful Bill' as the bill heads to the US Senate for consideration.
Cooper, whose practice almost exclusively focuses on federal income tax issues within the renewable industry, shares her thoughts on how the Senate will handle the bill, how hard the industry will be hit, and what developers should and can do to prepare for the changes.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
This week’s podcast is the full recording of a panel discussion titled “Data Centres & Power Demand” at NPM’s recent European Development & Finance Forum (#EURDEVFIN25) held on May 20th at The Fontenay Hotel in Hamburg, Germany.
Speakers included:
- Nadine Gelke – Head of Data Centre, CBRE
- Peter Pohlschroeder – Vice Chairman, German Datacenter Association
- Jochem Steman – Founder, DataLogix
- Fabio Spucches – CEO, Greenfield
- Kashif Khan – Director, MetLife
- Ulan Harrison-Davies – Senior Data Centre Reporter, NPM (m)
And off the back of subscriber demand, and following in the footsteps of our US coverage, we are really excited to announce the launch of our European Data Centre coverage which will go live on Monday 2nd June.
Our Data Centre coverage enhances subscribers’ business development efforts in a rapidly evolving market, and as an adjacent offering to NPM’s market leading renewable energy coverage, links renewable energy supply with data centre demand information on the same platform.
Key coverage Includes:
- Planning & Permitting project development
- Financing, M&A and Fundraising
- Strategic Interviews with senior industry players
- Relevant policy developments around DC / AI
- Company earnings
- Company Profiles
- People Moves
Our now comprehensive Data Centres coverage has been redirected from our European Renewable Energy content sets to our new European Data Centres (DC) offering.
Contact your account manager or laurence.edwards@newprojectmedia.com to gain access.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Don Dimitrievich, portfolio manager for Infrastructure Credit & Senior Managing Director for Nuveen, joins the NPM podcast this week to discuss how tariff risk and uncertainty around the Inflation Reduction Act's longevity has created an opportunity in the private credit sector across different renewable energy technologies.
Later in the program, Dimitrievich also discusses how Nuveen has continued to invest in the distributed generation and energy efficiency space.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Greg Lavigne, a partner in energy and infrastructure practice for Sidley Austin, joins the NPM podcast this week to discuss the ongoing tariff situation and its impact on developers, how the growth of private credit is supporting today’s clean energy pipeline and how the industry might get impacted by changes coming in the inflation reduction act.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
This episode of the NPM Podcast is the full panel discussion titled “Data Centers: Powering the Next Generation of Renewable Demand” held at NPM’s recent US Development & Finance Forum 2025 in NYC.
Not yet an NPM subscriber? For more comprehensive coverage of data centers & power year-round, go to www.newprojectmedia.com to learn more.
The panel includes data center and renewable developers reviewing the challenges and opportunities being created by accelerating historic-load growth in the data center industry. The panelists also discuss the widening implications of data centers for faster growth in the power sector and investment in the grid.
Panelists include:
- Judith Judson – Vantage Data Centers
- Colton Brown – Aligned Data Centers
- Lauren Edelman – Longroad Energy
- Michael Diverio – Blackstone
- Nate Serota – Blue Owl Capital
- Todd Glass – Wilson Sonsini (m)
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Perkins Coie’s Jane Rueger and Jacob Neeley join NPM's Kaitlin Fallowfield on the pod this week to discuss the eight options PJM recently presented to FERC for policies governing data centers with co-located power generation.
Rueger and Neely review the advantages for developers across the different options, offer insight about how companies might navigate contracts with hyperscalers and make predictions on what the industry may see when PJM receives a response from stakeholders on its data center co-location strategy.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing business development led coverage across the US & European power and data center markets. NPM serves 400+ global development, investment, finance, advisory and corporate customers.
Download our mobile app.
Kyle Hayes, a partner at Foley & Lardner and vice chair of their energy transition practice, joins the podcast to update the status of the green hydrogen industry in the US.
Hayes reviews the bigger winners of the hydrogen hub opportunity being administered by the Department of Energy and also the impact of the final ruling by the Internal Revenue Service on hourly matching as a qualification for the section 45V production tax credit.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing business development led coverage across the US & European power and data center markets. NPM serves 400+ global development, investment, finance, advisory and corporate customers.
Download our mobile app.
Andrew Redinger, managing director and head of KeyBanc Capital Markets’ utilities, power and renewable group, joins the podcast this week to discuss how clean energy project development will be impacted by broader macro concerns about a slowdown in M&A and other capital markets activities.
Later in the program, he addresses US supply chain costs and, if certain tax credits sunset, how this might impact US solar, wind and storage project development moving forward.
You can next see Mr. Redinger speak on the capital markets roundtable at NPM’s US Development and Financing Forum on April 29th alongside Evan Speece of Doral Renewables, Steven Munson of CohnReznick, Ty Daul of Primergy Solar and Bryan Didier of Monarch Private Capital and moderated by Ike Emehelu of Akin.
For further information on the conference, CLICK HERE.
Download our mobile app.
On this week's episode, host Andrew Burnes is joined by Robert Piconi, Co-Founder and CEO of battery storage company Energy Vault.
Robert dives into the different technologies the company is offering to buyers and offtakers, ranging from 1–4-hour lithium-ion applications to multi-day microgrids utilizing green hydrogen, as well as the company's move from hardware manufacturer to developer and owner/operator.
Robert also discusses the areas he expects to be the next frontiers for energy storage in the US and what it will take for the market to expand in those areas, as well as some of the recent actions taken by the Trump Administration and the potential impacts on the storage sector.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Jonathan Maxwell, the founding partner and CEO of energy transition investor Sustainable Development Capital LLP (SDCL), joins NPM on this episode to give us his view on financing infrastructure in the energy efficiency space in various countries across the world.
Top of the agenda are ideas about how to supply increasingly large data centres with clean, non-intermittent power when demand for grid access has never been higher, as well as the ongoing reforms – and what else also needs improving – in the GB electricity market.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy and data center markets.
Download our mobile app.
Chris Ortega, Head of Americas at Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners joins the podcast this week to discuss his views on investing in the data center space, the convergence of power and data centers, and his views on renewable energy investing coming off the asset manager’s recent investment in Torch Clean Energy.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Nicole Hughes, executive director of Renewable Northwest, talks with NPM’s Jillian Ward about the recent Bonneville Power Administration layoffs and what this means for the Pacific Northwest grid.
Hughes has over 20 years of experience in the renewable energy industry including work in project development, construction, finance, permitting, and policy for utility-scale wind and solar. Previously, she worked at AWS Truepower, HDR, RES Americas, and the Bonneville Power Administration.
She also currently serves on the board of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Tom Williams, partner at investment manager Downing, joins us on this episode of the podcast to relay his experiences from managing the listed Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust since its London IPO in late 2020.
Hear Tom's take on the turbulent market forces that have been at work during this period, as well as the strategy that underpins the fund, his love of hydro assets, and what the macroeconomic outlook is for listed infrastructure vehicles.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy and data center markets.
Download our mobile app.
Ike Emehelu, a partner in the projects and energy transition group, at the law firm of Akin, joins the NPM Podcast this week to discuss M&A trends in 2025, how ongoing budget reconciliation could impact Inflation Reduction Act tax credits and lastly, the impact that private credit might have on the sector.
Ike is also scheduled to moderate the capital markets roundtable discussion at NPM’s US Development and Financing Forum 2025 on April 29th in New York City, where he’ll be joined by Doral Renewables’ CFO Evan Speece, Primergy Solar’s CEO Ty Daul, Andrew Redinger of KeyBanc Capital Markets, and Steve Munson of CohnReznick.
CLICK HERE for conference details.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Eyal Podhorzer, CEO of developer and IPP Econergy, joins the NPM Podcast this week to give us his experiences of growing and delivering a pipeline of solar, BESS and wind projects across several disparate markets across Europe.
We start with an in-depth look in the fast-evolving conditions in Romania, before moving on to compare and contrast the issues and progress being made in grid connections, permitting, revenue structuring and financing in the UK, Italy, Poland, and elsewhere.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy and data center markets.
Download our mobile app.
Primergy Solar’s CEO Ty Daul joins the NPM Podcast this week to discuss the independent power producer’s upcoming pipeline and how evolving federal policy under the new presidential administration might impact clean energy pipeline development and the supply chain.
Later, Daul discusses forecasted M&A trends in the space.
Daul will be on the Capital Markets Roundtable at NPM’s US Development & Financing Forum being held on April 29th at the Convene in midtown NYC alongside Ike Emehelu of Akin Gump, Andrew Redinger of KeyBanc Capital Markets, Evan Speece of Doral Renewables and Steve Munson of CohnReznick
CLICK HERE for additional information on the event.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing business development led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
NPM Europe welcomes BW ESS chief executive Erik Strømsø onto the pod to discuss current battery storage trends in markets including the UK, Germany, Sweden & Italy, how to deal with supply chain bottlenecks and grid delays, and the relative merits of tolling arrangements.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy and data center markets.
Download our mobile app.
On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by OCI Energy President Sabah Bayatli to discuss the firm's ongoing efforts to transition its portfolio away from exclusively solar to a mix of solar and storage.
Bayatli also discusses his interest in other technologies like long duration storage and small modular nuclear, OCI's transition to retain some of its projects for long-term ownership, and the transition of the ERCOT storage market from being dominated by merchant projects to contracted assets.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing business development led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Goksenin Ozturkeri, the chief investment officer of Relevate Power, joins the podcast this week to discuss the growing role of hydropower in the energy transition.
Relevate Power had a big year in 2024, having completed an equity raise with Greenbacker Capital Management’s Green Development Opportunities Fund I over the summer. Then, with financial backing from Apollo, the company acquired Gravity Renewables in December. The deal added 40 MW of high-quality assets to Relevate Power’s portfolio.
Ozturkeri discusses the best uses of hydropower, including supporting data center and other growing load sources. Later in the program, Ozturkeri discusses Relevate’s business model, which includes re-developing and modernizing older hydropower sites.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing business development led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Tonja Wicks, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for Elevate Renewables, joins the NPM Podcast to discuss her active role in PJM’s reform on Capacity Interconnection Right (CIR) Transfers, how we got here, and what’s next for solving the gap in new and retiring assets.
Later in the program, she talks about her passion for energy policy, bringing renewables to overlooked communities, and her expectations for the incoming second act of the Trump administration.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing business development led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by Alex Delworth, Policy Associate at the Center for Rural Affairs.
Alex and his organization have recently put together some resources for local officials in counties and municipalities in Midwestern states like Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota that are experiencing proposals from renewable project developers but have yet to put their own ordinances on the books to guide these projects.
NPM has covered all of these growing renewable energy markets, as well as some of the hurdles and delays that can arise when local officials enact moratoriums to give them time to enact ordinances after receiving their first project proposals. In this discussion, Alex discusses how he and his colleagues are helping guide these newcomers grappling with project development for the first time as well as advice for project developers seeking to develop projects on these "new frontiers" in the Midwest.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing business development led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Ben Catt, CEO of Pine Gate Renewables, joins the podcast to chat with Kaitlin Gebby about the company’s new nonprofit arm that emerged out of Hurricane Helene and how it underscored the renewable industry’s role in climate change.
Later in the show, Catt also discusses key deals Pine Gate has announced in late 2024 and the political hurdles that lay ahead under a new Trump administration.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing business development led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week's episode of NPM Interconnections, host Andrew Burnes is joined by Doral Renewables’ CEO and Co-Founder Nick Cohen, VP of Development Jon Baker and VP of Development and Agrivoltaics, Ed Baptista.
All three guests have been directly involved in the development of two of the largest projects in the Midwest - Indiana's 1.3 GW Mammoth Solar and Wisconsin's 1.3 GW Vista Sands Solar.
The trio discuss the permitting and siting challenges related to developing projects at GW scale and also the interest level in adding storage components to these projects as the technology becomes more viable in the Midwest. Finally, Cohen provides a look ahead to the firm's pipeline in 2025 and whether the firm expects to stick with projects at this scale or change things up moving forward.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing business development led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
NPM US reporter Skyler Frazer speaks with Todd Fryatt, CEO and founder of ECA Solar, a solar and battery storage project developer with operations across the US.
Todd discusses the practice of safe harboring solar projects and what companies across the solar industry are doing ahead of the Trump Administration taking over in January.
Todd also talks about strategies he and his industry peers can use to best prepare for any potential legislative or regulatory shakeups in the coming months.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
NPM Europe’s Jon McNair speaks with JP Cerda, the CEO and co-founder of Renewabl, which is a start-up that aims to help companies better procure and manage their clean energy supplies, while aiming to avoid greenwashing.
Across a wide-ranging discussion, JP gives us his perspectives on the renewable electricity purchasing market, the role of PPAs and other similar products, the expected demand growth from AI, the move towards 24/7 renewable supply for offtakers, what governments are and could be doing to boost clean energy procurement, and much more.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy markets.
Download our mobile app.
Allan T. Marks, a partner with Milbank and a member of the firm’s Global Project Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group and senior fellow at Columbia University in the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, joins Jon Berke on the podcast to discuss the impacts that the incoming Trump administration will have on clean energy policy.
More broadly, Marks discusses how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Loans Program Office (LPO) under the Department of Energy will be impacted. The two also discuss the impacts that nominees for the Department of Energy and Department of Interior, Chris Wright and Doug Burgum, respectively, will have on clean energy policy.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
NPM Europe editor Peter Kneller welcomes Rosalind Smith-Maxwell, a Director at Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners onto the pod to discuss the UK planning environment, grid delays and how to solve them.
She also reviews the challenges facing the battery storage market and factors to bear in mind as the industry turns its attention to CfD Allocation Round 7 in 2025.
Ms. Smith-Maxwell will also be a speaker appearing on the Capital Markets Outlook for Renewables panel discussion at NPM’s upcoming UK Development & Finance Forum on Wednesday, 27 November in London.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy markets.
Download our mobile app.
Foresight Group Managing Director Ross Driver joins the podcast this week to assess the current fundraising and investment landscape for listed renewable energy funds, such as Foresight Solar Fund for which he oversees the mandate.
These listed investment trusts, or yieldcos as they are often known, are almost universally trading at discounts to NAV at present due to a macroeconomic environment that is now host to elevated central bank base rates which have led to a reallocation away from real assets and towards safe havens like gilts.
In the episode, Driver gives us his view on recent conditions as well as a way forward for his fund, with questions lingering over whether there will be a return to so-called normality any time soon.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy markets.
Download our mobile app.
Ben Huffman, a partner in Sheppard Mullin’s energy infrastructure and project finance team joins the NPM podcast to discuss some trends emerging in debt financing and tax transferability.
Later in the program, Huffman discusses what impact if any, the looming elections will have on clean energy policy.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Joel Gamoran, Arcadia’s Vice President & General Manager, Energy Services joins reporter Michelle France to discuss the community solar subscription landscape, the monetization of IRA incentives, and a unique community solar model that doesn't require community solar legislation.
You can hear Joel speak more during the first panel at NPM's Distributed Generation Development & Financing Forum being held on October 24 in New York City, alongside panelists from Perch Energy, New York Power Authority (NYPA), AC Power, and Trajectory Energy Partners.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by Scout Clean Energy's new Chief Development Officer Kris Cheney, who started at the company over the summer following a 15-year stretch at EDPR.
Cheney discusses his move to Scout and draws parallels to EDPR's growth trajectory from a mid-size wind developer to where it is today and the possibility of replicating that growth at Scout.
He also dissects the company's pipeline across wind, solar and storage and discusses the expected growth trajectory for each in specific markets across the US.
Finally, Cheney discusses the ongoing queue issues in key markets like MISO and how that is playing into the company's development pipeline as project timelines continue to balloon.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Gabe Phillips, CEO and Founder of Catalyst Power joins NPM reporters Michelle France and Skyler Frazer, to discuss the commercial and industrial (C&I) solar landscape, touching on policy, revenue generating strategies, and overcoming barriers to advancement.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Hilary Preston, vice-chair of the law firm Vinson & Elkins joins the podcast to discuss the intersection of patents with clean energy development, inclusive of a decision made by the US Patent and Trademark Office in June 2023 to expand its Climate Change Mitigation Pilot program.
Later in the program, Ms. Preston reviews areas of innovation she has observed recently across clean energy development.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
This week, NPM Europe welcomes Eurowind Energy chief executive Jens Rasmussen on the pod to discuss German repowering, opportunities in the Romanian renewables market and how to mitigate against grid constraints, amongst many other topics.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy markets.
Download our mobile app.
On this week's episode, LineVision's VP of Client Success Karthik Rao speaks about the company's dynamic line rating technology and how it is being used by utilities to decrease congestion through software rather than through new transmission builds.
Karthik also discusses the federal push for further implementation of this technology as well as his stance on where the ball should fall between incentives vs. mandates for this push.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
John DiMarco, managing director of global infrastructure fund manager Igneo Infrastructure Partners joins the podcast to discuss the status of emerging technologies such as nuclear in the wake of the ADVANCE Act signed in July by the Biden Administration, the state of the electric vehicle market and supporting EV infrastructure and clean fuels.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
Leo Moreno, CEO of Zelestra joins the podcast this week to discuss the company's recent rebranding from Solarpack and the aggressive expansion of its pipeline.
Moreno discusses Zelestra's growth trajectory in the US and compares that with what it's doing abroad in other markets including Europe and India.
He also discusses the diversification of the company's pipeline from solar into wind, storage and even green hydrogen and the hiring ramp the company is currently undergoing to bring that to bear.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the US and European renewable energy markets.
Download our mobile app.
Jonathon Kaufman, Head of Infrastructure and Energy Transition at Evercore, joins the podcast to discuss ongoing and looming market trends in M&A in both the conventional renewable and thermal space.
Later in the program, he discusses the impact of data centers on capital formation, whether we might see a return to the public markets for renewable energy developers and some broader observations about the impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our mobile app.
NPM Europe Co-editor Jon McNair sits down with Schroders Greencoat duo Richard Nourse and David Boyce to reflect on some of the parallels and differences between investing in European and US renewable energy assets.
Founded in the UK in 2009 as Greencoat Capital, the fund manager in 2021 entered the US market and now invests across a variety of technologies and geographies on both sides of the Atlantic, giving it a privileged view across the investment landscape in its target markets.
We'll hear views from Nourse and Boyce on the Inflation Reduction Act, the relative merits of various project incentives frameworks in different countries, the macroeconomic drivers behind recent investment and fundraising trends, geopolitical developments in renewables, and much more.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy markets.
Download our mobile app.
Vinod Mukani, the Global Head of Infrastructure and Power Finance for Nomura joins the podcast this week to discuss the outlook for capital markets in the 2H24, how the forthcoming US Presidential election might influence clean energy finance and also update the current financing environment for Europe.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy markets.
Download our new mobile app.
Harmony Energy CEO Peter Kavanagh joins NPM host Jon McNair on the podcast this week to take a look at some of the most exciting battery storage markets now emerging across Europe.
After cutting its teeth in the UK, Harmony is now actively developing new projects in France, Germany, Poland and Italy, and Peter offers his views on some of the relative merits of each country's battery storage sectors, including revenue streams, trading strategies, financing and grid access.
Kavanagh also gives an appraisal of an at-times difficult year for battery storage operators and listed infrastructure fund managers in the UK, along with a forecast for where the market may head in the coming quarters.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy markets.
Download our new mobile app.
Nicole Steele, Workforce and Equitable Access Program Manager at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office, joins NPM Reporter Michelle France on this week's podcast.
Steele discusses the Least-Cost Optimal Distribution Grid Expansion model (LODGE) currently under development, which aims to identify cost-effective ways community solar and storage can be sited on the grid.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our new mobile app.
Coming off SolaREIT surpassing 2,000 acres of community solar land financed through its flexible capital, the company’s founder and CEO Laura Pagliarulo, joins the NPM podcast this week to explore all the options a solar developer has in monetizing real estate at NTP.
Pagliarulo also discusses the business’ foray into storage and how inflation has impacted SolaREIT’s business model.
New Project Media (NPM) *is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Download our new mobile app*.
With Europe’s power market looking to steady itself after a period of volatile prices, NPM Europe Editor Peter Kneller welcomes Lightsource bp’s Zosia Riesner to the podcast to discuss key PPA dynamics and some abiding principles to bear in mind when striking deals.
Riesner also discusses the interplay between PPA prices and government-backed support measures, touching on Italy’s recently announced intention to introduce new generous looking auction tariffs and concern from some quarters over the impact this could have on the country’s offtake market.
Also on the agenda, navigating PPA negotiations with corporate buyer consortia, the market’s need to prepare for the complexities of PPAs with co-located solar with storage assets, and an assessment of developer-led, “reverse-auction” PPA tenders as a procurement tool.
NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy markets.
Host Andrew Burnes welcomes Jupiter Power'sCaitlin Smith to the podcast this week to discuss some of the specifics of ERCOT's upcoming market redesigns including the Texas Energy Fund, Real-Time Co-Optimization and Performance Credit Mechanism.
Smith also discusses her strategies heading into the next legislative session, which is already gearing up for early 2025. Finally, Smith discusses Jupiter Power's own pipeline expansion beyond Texas, drivers from newer offtakers like data centers, and increased activity in the storage market.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined this week by energy social scientist Robi Nilson of Berkeley Labs who recently led a study researching utility-scale renewable project delays and cancellations.
Nilson does a deep dive into the results of that study with a particular focus on local opposition, the impacts it has on solar vs. wind projects, and the steps developers can take to avoid and mitigate opposition obstacles.
Finally, Nilson provides her take on the growing number of states shifting renewable energy project siting oversight away from the local level and its possible ramifications going forward.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Kevin Smith, the CEO of Arevon Energy, joins the podcast this week to discuss its solar and storage activities in CAISO and MISO, some background behind recent financing packages for four of its projects and new geographic markets it is exploring.
Arevon is backed by an investor group including CalSTRS, APG and ADIA following an August 2021 transaction which saw Capital Dynamics and Arevon Asset Management launch the platform. At present the company has 3.5 GW of projects in operation, 1.5 GW under construction and an additional 5 GW of solar and storage projects under development across the US.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Scott Jacobs, CEO and co-founder of sustainable infrastructure platform Generate Capital, joins the podcast today to discuss a variety of topics, including his views on the obstacles that the US faces to reach infrastructure transition goals, the impacts of inflation on the process and how the Inflation Reduction Act has impacted Generate’s clean energy investments.
As reported, Generate Capital was part of the latest fundraise by Pine Gate Renewables, and over the years has invested in community solar developers Nexamp and Cultivate Power, front-of-the-meter battery storage developer esVolta and RNG developer Amp Americas.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
This week, host Andrew Burnes is joined by OPAL Fuels Co-CEO Adam Comora who discusses the advent of RNG in both the transportation and electricity sector, and OPAL Fuels' vertically integrated approach to managing its pipeline between both subsets of offtakers.
Comora also discusses the USD 500m credit facility the firm closed in September of last year and how it will fit into the company's pipeline, as well as some of the tax benefits unlocked through the IRA that the company plans to utilize.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Hans Royal, Senior Director of Renewable Energy and Carbon Advisory for Schneider Electric joins the NPM podcast to discuss the different ways data centers are procuring clean energy today.
Royal also provides a follow-up on Schneider Electric’s recent tax credit transferability agreement with Engie and the emerging dynamics he sees impacting future transferability transactions.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Aaron Halimi, founder and President of Renewable Properties, a community solar developer, owner and operator based in San Francisco, joins NPM Reporter Michelle France, to discuss the status of a community solar program in California and why he and dozens of other developers are urging Governor Gavin Newsom to get involved following the most recent proposed decision by the California Public Utility's Commission.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
On NPM’s 100th podcast episode, host Jillian Ward is joined by Scout Clean Energy’s founder and CEO Michael Rucker to discuss the ISO migration in the West and what it could mean for developers.
Scout is a renewable energy owner-operator with projects in 26 U.S. states. Scout was also acquired by the Brookfield Global Transition Fund in 2022, and the company continues to expand its operations throughout the U.S.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
Allan Marks, a member of Milbank’s Global Project Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group, joins NPM Managing Editor Jon Berke on the podcast this week to discuss capital market conditions for clean energy projects. The two review the current impacts of inflation, recent platform M&A deal trends, and the increased number of utilities looking at large-scale procurement of renewables.
Separately, Marks is also moderating a panel on April 9th at NPM’s US Development and Financing Forum at the Four Seasons Hotel in Houston, alongside executives at Linea Energy, REV Renewables, Ares Management, and CIBC.
CLICK HERE to register for the conference.
New Project Media (NPM) *is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
NPM recently announced a European expansion via its strategic acquisition of Energy Rev*, a leading London-based proprietary news service focused on Europe’s renewable energy and energy transition financing and M&A market.
On this week's episode of the NPM podcast, host Andrew Burnes is joined by Stem's VP of Front-of-the-Meter Solutions Jake Berlin.
The two have an in-depth discussion of the ERCOT storage market, the trend toward larger vs. smaller projects, storage activity in Texas' ancillary services, and the introduction of alternative revenue streams like tolling agreements.
Jake also discusses the impact of the IRA on nascent storage markets and the work he and his team are doing to expand beyond the storage hotspots of Texas and California.
New Project Media (NPM) *is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
NPM recently announced a European expansion via its strategic acquisition of Energy Rev*, a leading London-based proprietary news service focused on Europe’s renewable energy and energy transition financing and M&A market.
Steve Lieberman, Vice President of Transmission and Regulatory Affairs at American Municipal Power (or AMP), joins Colt Shaw on the NPM Podcast this week to discuss PJM’s ongoing efforts to reform its forward-looking capacity market in the face of looming reliability concerns.
Lieberman discusses the good and the bad of recent FERC-approved reforms, including stop-loss measures for non-performance charges, the unpredictability of tech-specific class ratings and how they impact Effective Load Carrying Capacity, developer concern over a lack of transparency in the process, the potential for future changes to the Market Seller Offer Cap, and more.
New Project Media (NPM) *is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
NPM recently announced a European expansion via its strategic acquisition of Energy Rev*, a leading London-based proprietary news service focused on Europe’s renewable energy and energy transition financing and M&A market.
Keith Derman, Partner and Co-Head of Ares Infrastructure Opportunities, joins the podcast this week to discuss investing opportunities in renewable energy today, what emerging clean energy areas are attractive and some thoughts around corporate offtake.
New Project Media (NPM) *is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
NPM recently announced a European expansion via its strategic acquisition of Energy Rev*, a leading London-based proprietary news service focused on Europe’s renewable energy and energy transition financing and M&A market.
Tony Dutzik, Associate Director and Senior Policy Analyst at Frontier Group joins NPM Reporter Reagin von Lehe on the podcast to discuss the future of the small-scale rooftop solar market, especially in states with new net metering legislation such as California, Massachusetts and South Carolina.
Frontier Group said in its most recent report that small-scale rooftop solar projects are delivering 10x more power than a decade ago. California was the leader in this market, but changes to the state’s net metering policy, which cut the value of solar energy credits by about 75 percent, has left rooftop solar with an uncertain future in the state.
New Project Media (NPM) *is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
NPM recently announced a European expansion via its strategic acquisition of Energy Rev*, a leading London-based proprietary news service focused on Europe’s renewable energy and energy transition financing and M&A market.
Elias Hinckley, a partner at Baker Botts joins Jon Berke on the NPM podcast to discuss the latest developments in clean hydrogen, including guidance released before the holidays by the IRS on the section 45V tax credit which called for hourly matching.
The two then discuss other major pillars of the IRS guidance including regionality and additionality. Hinckley also provides insights on how this might help participants in the forthcoming hydrogen hub funding program.
New Project Media (NPM) *is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
NPM recently announced a European expansion via its strategic acquisition of Energy Rev*, a leading London-based proprietary news service focused on Europe’s renewable energy and energy transition financing and M&A market.
Garrett Peterson, co-founder of start-up developer Sigma Renewables, joins the podcast to talk about permitting at the local and state levels, particularly as it pertains to distributed generation.
Later, Peterson discusses how smaller developers are getting impacted by queue backlog and interconnection reform.
New Project Media (NPM) *is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
NPM recently announced a European expansion via its strategic acquisition of Energy Rev*, a leading London-based proprietary news service focused on Europe’s renewable energy and energy transition financing and M&A market.
Manny Citron, Chief of Staff for Philadelphia’s Department of Labor, joins NPM’s Colt Shaw this week to discuss the forthcoming Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub, dubbed MACH2.
The city’s point man for the project, Citron discusses next steps for the ambitious hub and the early partners already lining up to participate, as well as the hope that hydrogen could one day power hard-to-electrify sectors like heavy industry and trucking across the Mid-Atlantic.
NPM recently announced a European expansion via its strategic acquisition of Energy Rev, a leading London-based proprietary news service focused on Europe’s renewable energy and energy transition financing and M&A market.
Jason Segal and Patrick Norton, managing directors of specialist merchant banking firm Javelin Capital join the NPM podcast this week to discuss M&A trends in 2024, including addressing the growing role of structured equity transactions, platform valuations and how storage might factor into these trends.
New Project Media (NPM) *is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
NPM recently announced a European expansion via its strategic acquisition of Energy Rev*, a leading London-based proprietary news service focused on Europe’s renewable energy and energy transition financing and M&A market.
In the first NPM podcast of 2024, William Demas, Head of Americas at the Green Investment Group of Macquarie Asset Management discusses renewable energy and energy transition investment trends with NPM Managing Editor Jon Berke.
Demas forecasts consolidation coming amongst solar developers as the industry continues to scale. Later in the program, Demas discusses MAM’s approach to green hydrogen including its recent investment in GH2 derivative Atlas Agro.
New Project Media (NPM) *is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
NPM recently announced a European expansion via its strategic acquisition of Energy Rev*, a leading London-based proprietary news service focused on Europe’s renewable energy and energy transition financing and M&A market.
On this week's episode, NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by Louisiana PSC commissioner Davante Lewis who is wrapping up his first year in office and is grappling with major policy discussions in the state regarding whether renewable project development should be allowed outside the purview of the vertically integrated utilities.
Mr. Lewis walks us through that debate and the interest level on the ground for opening up renewable project development. He also shares his concerns about specific technologies earmarked for development in Louisiana including offshore wind and carbon capture and storage.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
On this week's podcast, Juan Macias, CEO of AlphaStruxure joins NPM’s Jon Berke and Reagin von Lehe to discuss his company’s business model as a developer and owner of tailored energy infrastructure solutions, including microgrids.
Over the course of the interview, Macias discusses microgrid projects at the under-construction JFK Terminal One and at bus depots in Montgomery County, Maryland as well as the growth prospects for AlphaStruxure, a joint venture between The Carlyle Group and Schneider Electric, over the coming years.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Gabe Murtaugh, Director of Markets and Technology for the Long Duration Energy Storage Council, joins the NPM Interconnections Podcast this week to discuss the current state of play for long duration storage in the US.
A former storage sector manager for CAISO, Murtaugh discusses the impact of recent policy drivers at the federal level, including the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and the Inflation Reduction Act, differing RTO and ISO approaches to energy storage, domestic manufacturing and how storage functioning as a transmission asset could ease transmission congestion and help grid operators avoid costlier grid upgrades.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Vitaly Lee, EVP & Chief Development Officer for Q Cells USA joins Jon Berke on the NPM podcast this week.
Over the course of the program, Lee addresses current obstacles and solutions in siting and permitting for solar and storage projects, procurement updates in some of its major markets including New York and Pacificorp service territories, new market opportunities and supply chain challenges.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
On this week's episode, NPM’s Andrew Burnes is joined by Jenny Netherton, Senior Program Manager at Southeastern Wind Coalition and Helen Rose Patterson, Senior Campaign Manager for Offshore Wind at the National Wildlife Federation to discuss the advent of offshore wind in Louisiana state waters.
Together, Jenny and Helen Rose answer poignant questions about whether offshore wind in state waters, essentially unprecedented elsewhere in the country, is feasible, whether demand on the ground for offshore wind in Louisiana is genuine or policy-driven, and the challenges developers interested in in the area will face when compared to the much more vetted federal WEAs identified by BOEM. The policy experts also predict some major announcements from Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards related to offshore wind, some of which may come sooner than expected.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Mark Gabriel, president and CEO of United Power, joins the podcast this week to discuss the ongoing transmission challenges out West.
Gabriel dives into the transmission issues being faced in states like Colorado, where he has put United Power on the path of hyper-localization as a way to bypass the need for transmission. Gabriel sees hyper-localization as the future for not just cooperatives like United Power, but utilites too. He also provides an update on United Power’s exit from Tri-State G&T.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Allan Marks, partner with Milbank LLP’s Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group, joins the podcast this week to discuss the recently awarded USD 7bn hydrogen hub program winners.
Marks discusses how the selected applicants will apply for the funds, why the Department of Energy picked winners in both green hydrogen and other forms of hydrogen and what the applicants that weren’t selected for an award can do to support their own projects in the growing hydrogen ecosystem.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Alan Alexander, a partner in Vinson & Elkins LLP's Energy Transaction & Projects practice and head of its hydrogen and ammonia task force, joins the podcast to discuss the state of the green hydrogen market in the US.
Alexander provides insight on when guidance is coming from the US Department of Energy (DOE) on the production tax credit for Section 45V and when funding is coming from the hydrogen hub pilot program. Alexander also addresses how when combined, both mechanisms, will reduce the cost for GH2 and provides a look at recent European developments and the best commercial uses for GH2 at this juncture.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Bryen Alperin, partner and managing director of tax credit specialist Foss & Co. joins the podcast this week to discuss the intersection of community solar and tax credits. Alperin reviews financing options for the asset class prior to the Inflation Reduction Act and discusses how conditions have evolved into today’s environment where transferability and other measures are expected to accelerate development.
Alperin will next appear as a panelist on the Project Finance Fireside Chat at NPM’s Distributed Generation Development & Finance Forum (#DGNYC23) taking place at etc. venues, 360 Madison Ave in Midtown NYC on October 10-11th. The panel also includes Radial Power’s CFO Ed Kent, Andy Redinger of KeyBanc and moderator Vaughan Morrison of Troutman Pepper.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Dean Keller, a partner in boutique advisory firm Independence Point Advisors, joins the podcast this week to discuss lessons learned from his days as a junior energy banker in Salomon Smith Barney where he worked with Enron, prior to its bankruptcy, amongst other independent power producer giants.
Keller goes on to discuss the hurdles and solutions in developing energy storage and what is coming down the pike as the energy transition industry attracts and deploys increasingly large amounts of capital.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Solstice co-founders, Steph Speirs and Sandhya Murali, join the NPM podcast this week, as well as their policy coordinator, Alex Pasanen, to discuss what developers should keep in mind in the early stages of project planning, subscription-friendly markets, and their work in New Mexico, where they partnered with four developers to subscribe 100 MW of community solar projects.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Frank Getman joins the NPM podcast this week to discuss the state of the capital markets for renewable energy developers heading into the final third of 2023.
Great Bay, a renewable royalty financing company, has deployed about USD 300m between developing and operating projects, spread across more than 15 GW of wind, solar, and storage.
On the program, Getman talks about the ability to differentiate in an increasingly diverse world of pre-development lenders and how developers are adjusting to capital needs amidst an environment complicated by inflation, higher interconnection costs and supply chain issues.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
On this week’s episode, NPM's Jillian Ward and Michelle France are joined by Autumn Johnson, executive director for the Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association (AriSEIA). AriSEIA is the state’s solar, storage, and electrification trade association.
Johnson speaks about the Arizona Community Solar Program's current status, why it is not yet the vibrant program developers had hoped to see and what changes can be made to help the state reach its potential.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
On this week's episode of the podcast, host Andrew Burnes is joined by Scout Clean Energy Founder and CEO Michael Rucker to discuss the firm's growing solar pipeline and evolving acquisition strategy on the heels of its acquisition by Brookfield.
The conversation also features a deep dive into recent interconnection reform proposals from MISO and FERC and the impacts Michael projects on Scout's pipeline.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Mike Reynolds, managing director of infrastructure private equity firm Ultra Capital, joins this week’s podcast to discuss his firm’s investing model, how different aspects of the Inflation Reduction Act will impact the renewable energy industry and the opportunities that industrial decarbonization could represent.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
On this week’s episode, NPM managing editor Jon Berke is joined by Declan Flanagan, Founder & CEO of Bluestar Energy Capital. Formerly EVP and CEO of Orsted Onshore, Flanagan established Nova Clean Energy in the US and BEA Renewables in Australia in 2022 to pursue greenfield renewable development opportunities.
On today’s program, Flanagan discusses Nova’s growth plan and later expresses views on US transmission and the green hydrogen market.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
On this week's episode, NPM’s Andrew Burnes is joined by Jesse Gronner, Founder and CEO of Triple Oak Power.
Gronner discusses his interesting path through the industry and deep well of experience in the Oregon market before reviewing the driving focus of Triple Oak and the company's unique approach to asset management.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
CleanCapital’s CEO Thomas Byrne and Chief Commercial Officer Julia Bell join NPM’s Jon Berke and Michelle France to discuss its recent USD 500m commitment from ManuLife Investment Management and how the company plans to deploy the capital across specific industry verticals.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Chris Taylor, founder and CEO of GridStor, a utility-scale battery storage IPP, joins the podcast this week to discuss the impact of IRS guidance for tax transferability on BESS development, RA contracts and permitting reform in CAISO and the growing trend of asset sale transactions involving BESS projects in ERCOT.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
On this week's podcast, NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by On. Energy CEO Alan Cooper to discuss the firm's recently announced financing to fund storage development in ERCOT, the impacts of the IRA on the company's move from behind-the-meter storage to utility-scale project development, and future growth vectors for the company including partnerships with C&I solar developers.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
This week Thomas Burton, member and chair of the energy and sustainability practice for the law firm of Mintz joins NPM Managing Editor Jon Berke on the podcast.
Burton discusses the deal environment for both renewable developer platforms and projects and reviews the recent increase of foreign investment capital being routed into DG developers.
Later, Burton talks about deal flow in the RNG development space and general deal market trends to watch for during the back half of this year.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Chris LeWand, senior managing director and leader of FTI's Power, Renewables & Utilities Practice joins NPM Managing Editor Jon Berke on the podcast this week.
LeWand weighs in on the ramifications of President Biden's recent veto of Congress attempts to repeal the two-year moratorium on solar tariffs, why Texas is pursuing a natural gas regime under recent legislation proposals and what needs to be done to grow transmission as an asset class in the US.
Later in the program, LeWand addresses the recent rise of private credit lending to renewable developers.
FTI Consulting’s Power, Renewables & Energy Transition Practice helps clients across the value chain navigate the energy transition by providing a wide array of advisory services addressing the strategic, financial, operational, reputational, regulatory and capital needs of our clients.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
In the latest edition of New Project Media’s Interconnection’s podcast, Colt Shaw, NPM’s East Coast reporter is joined by Jon Carbajal, Director of Product Development at NineDot Energy and Patrick Verdonck, Founder of Verdonck Partners.
The three discuss the future of energy storage in New York as the state considers ways to implement its ambitious 6 GW by 2030 Road Map plan. The plan proposes 3 GW of new bulk storage, 1.5 GW of new retail storage and 200 MW of new residential storage and represents at least 20% of the peak electricity load of New York State.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
On this week's podcast, Fluence Americas president John Zahurancik joins NPM managing editor Jon Berke to discuss the state of the battery energy storage market.
The two discuss the drivers and obstacles for growth and the newer technologies starting to change the sector.
Fluence, a joint venture of AES and Siemens, is a publicly traded global battery storage and renewables solutions provider.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
On this week’s podcast, NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by Paul Gaynor, CEO of Longroad Energy, to discuss some of the major projects in the firm's pipeline.
Included in this discussion is a look at Longroad Energy's massive King Pine Wind project in Maine, a deep dive into the firm's activities in Texas, the fallout of the firm's relationship with Silicon Valley Bank, and the shifting landscape of interconnection and offtake structures.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Andy Redinger, Managing Director Group Head at KeyBanc Capital Markets joins the podcast to discuss the short-term and longer-term impacts of the Silicon Valley Bank meltdown on the project finance market, how project finance volumes will look in 2023 and what impacts the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will have on the renewable project finance space.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Gary Blitz, global co-CEO for Aon's M&A and Transactions Solutions Group, joins the podcast to discuss the role that Aon plays in advising both tax equity partnerships which supports projects and also M&A for projects.
Included in this insightful discussion is a look at how both transferability and direct pay, in a limited capacity, will impact how projects are financed going forward once full IRS guidance is issued and also how project finance volumes could look through the rest of 2023.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Daniel Revers, founder and managing partner of Boston-based energy investor ArcLight joins the podcast to discuss his views on energy storage.
He also details how ArcLight’s new venture Elevate will develop storage at its existing thermal portfolio and how another affiliate Sequitur Renewables is buying and re-purposing older renewable projects.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Allan Marksof Millbank LLP joins the podcast this week to discuss the potential ramifications that Silicon Valley Bank’s failure on March 10th will have on the project finance market.
Later in the program, Marks discusses how project finance in general will be impacted by rising interest rates and also talks about the impact of foreign investors in the M&A market.
Marks will be moderating the Capital Raising & Deployment panel at NPM’s US Development & Financing Forum on March 21st at the Four Seasons Hotel in Houston. Blackstone, Lightsource bp, D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI), Cantor Fitzgerald and Fundamental Renewables representatives will also be speaking on the panel.
For more information or to register for the conference CLICK HERENew Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Jonathan Vasdekas, the vice-president of startup Independent Power Producer Linea Energy joins the NPM podcast this week, to discuss Linea’s strategy to target ERCOT, PJM and MISO out of the gate.
In addition, Vasdekas discusses where Linea plans to focus to gain an edge in a development market already well stocked with strongly capitalized IPPs and what attributes of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will help accelerate their growth plans.
EnCap’s Energy Transition platform recently made an investment in Linea and hired Cassidy DeLine as its new CEO in late 2022. Vasdekas formally joined the firm in January.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
This week, NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by Jack Godshall, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Jupiter Power.
Godshall walks us through some of the highlights from Jupiter Power's 2022 including their acquisition by BlackRock, new manufacturing partnership with Energy Vault, and the expansion of their pipeline into new markets following the passage of the IRA. Godshall also looks ahead to the impacts those developments are expected to bring to its pipeline and the storage market as a whole throughout 2023.
As a reminder, Jupiter Power’s CFO Bruce Thompson will also be speaking on the energy storage panel at NPM’s US Development & Finance Forum 2023 in Houston on March 20-21.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
The IRS released guidance on February 13 related to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, including the much-anticipated low-income adder to the ITC under section 48(e) for qualified solar and wind facilities. The adder, which can increase the 30% ITC by an additional 10%-20%, authorizes 1.8 GW of dc capacity limitations to be awarded to projects under the program in 2023 and 2024.
Joining the program today is RJ Arsenault of FTI Consulting to discuss this guidance and the different clean energy strategies that developers are deploying to capture the adder and benefit low-income communities.
Arsenault is the managing director in the Power, Renewables and Energy Transition practice and has worked with developers, sponsors, lenders and clients across the entire power supply chain.
FTI Consulting’s Power, Renewables & Energy Transition Practice helps clients across the value chain navigate the energy transition by providing a wide array of advisory services addressing the strategic, financial, operational, reputational, regulatory and capital needs of our clients.
Last spring, NPM reported on a number of study delays accumulating in NYISO’s interconnection queue.
In early December, NPM reported that NYISO was considering improvements to its interconnection process, including moving to a “window-based” approach. And in late December, NYSERDA released its “Road Map” to achieving 6 GW of battery storage by 2030, the latest policy goal promising to bring loads of new renewables to the state, and a ton of new strain to the interconnection process.
Patrick Verdonck, founder and CEO of Verdonck Partners, has some 20 years of energy experience and currently advises power companies, renewable developers, and investors on M&A and capital raising.
He joins NPM’s Colt Shaw to discuss the trends that led us to this moment, how developers are adjusting, and how these trends are likely to play out moving forward.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
In this week's edition of the NPM podcast, Eli Katz, partner and global vice chair of Latham & Watkins' Energy & Infrastructure Group forecasts when the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will provide full guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
In addition, Katz provides an update on how some of the mechanics of the tax transferability clause are being worked out within the confines of the legislation and discusses the current state of some other aspects of the bill.
Later in the program, Katz outlines M&A trends in the renewable and energy transition space to focus on for 2023.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
In this episode, Scott Steimer, a principal at ECP, sits down with NPM’s Jillian Farmer to discuss the firm’s renewable energy platform, the push for new community solar projects out West, and ECP’s growth in existing and new markets.
Steimer’s work is focused primarily on originating and executing investments within the power generation and renewable sector in North America. He currently serves on the board of New Leaf Energy, Pivot Energy, and Heartland Generation.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
This week on the Interconnections podcast, NPM’s East Coast Reporter Colt Shaw is joined by Matt Beasley, Chief Commercial Officer with Silicon Ranch.
In late October, the Georgetown County Council in South Carolina deferred the second “reading” or vote for Silicon Ranch’s Lambert I and II solar projects after sustained vocal opposition from some residents. That reading was deferred to this week.
Matt Beasley sat down to chat with New Project Media ahead of the hearing about residential opposition to solar projects, how it has changed in recent years, and why the solar industry needs to meet the pushback with transparency and information. Beasley previously served as President of the Tennessee chapter of Solar Energy Industries Association, or TenneSEIA, and has witnessed firsthand the growth of solar across the Southeast.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Joining the podcast this week is Beth Waters, senior managing director in the power vertical for MUFG Americas’ project finance team.
Ms. Waters forecasts major trends for project finance in 2023, including how the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA22) will impact the economics of project development from the view of a lender with a strong set of developer clients.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
This week, NPM’s Andrew Burnes is joined by Manish Nayar, Founder and CEO at OYA Ventures.
Manish walks us through the firm's new joint venture with Oil Well Shares and how the new venture anticipates capturing additional tax credits via "energy communities" under the IRA.
Beyond that, Manish discusses OYA's growing interest in utility-scale solar and storage, as well as how the firm is combating interconnection and supply bottlenecks as it moves through a significant period of personnel and pipeline expansion.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
In this episode, Tom Fallgren, the Principal Generation Advisor for the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) sits down with NPM’s Jillian Farmer to discuss the San Juan replacement project delays, reasons behind these industry delays, and PNM’s plans to maneuver around it for future capacity via its new market RFP.
Fallgren was previously the Vice President of Generation for PNM and has over 38 years of experience in the generation industry.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
In this week’s podcast, sponsored by FTI Consulting, FTI senior managing director Justin Pugh sits down with NPM managing editor, Jon Berke to highlight some of the major incentives introduced in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and in particular how he envisions a domestic supply chain growing under the IRA. Pugh also discusses how the ongoing interconnection logjam could be impacted by the accelerated build out of solar and wind under the legislation.
Pugh goes on to review the ITC tax credit included for standalone storage and how it presents a buffer of sorts as a non-wire alternative generation source given the lack of transmission incentives.
FTI Consulting’s Power, Renewables & Energy Transition Practice helps clients across the value chain navigate the energy transition by providing a wide array of advisory services addressing the strategic, financial, operational, reputational, regulatory and capital needs of our clients. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Randolph Mann, president and founder of esVolta, joins NPM managing editor, Jonathan Berke to walk through the growth of the company as a developer of front-of-the-meter energy storage systems, some of the economics of the CAISO market for energy storage and how the standalone ITC tax credit, introduced in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, will impact its business model.
Mann will also be speaking at NPM’s US Energy Storage Development Forum 2022 in San Diego where he will be on the Platform Building & Project Finance panel to close out day 2 of the conference on October 26th.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
In this episode, Matthew Kozey, Director for Community-Scale Markets at Cypress Creek Renewables, sits down with NPM’s Jillian Farmer to discuss California’s new Assembly Bill 2316.
AB 2316 will establish a new community solar program for the state, along with the requirement to include storage, something that has not been seen in other community solar legislation across the U.S.
Kozey is an attorney by training, with over a decade of experience at the intersections of the energy business and public policy, including over six years at a utility, as well as direct lobbying for solar energy policy priorities in state houses and at state commissions.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Quinn Pasloske, a principal with Greenbacker Development Opportunities Fund, joins the NPM podcast this week to discuss the ongoing M&A and investment trends impacting renewable developers.
He also provides some early thoughts on how the Inflation Reduction Act will help spur project development in both the short and medium-term, inclusive of community solar.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
In this episode, NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by Standard Solar CEO Scott Wiater
Standard Solar is one of the leading community solar developers in the US and active in many of the largest community solar states in the country including New York, Massachusetts, Maryland and Maine.
Following the IRA, the sector is poised to benefit from a number of different tax credit adders and benefits, including those for projects of less than 5 MW, using American manufacturing, and benefiting low- and moderate-income subscribers.
Scott walks us through his interpretation of these issues and how they will impact Standard Solar. He also provides updates on legacy issues like interconnection costs, congestion, and the Auxin solar tariff investigation while giving us a snapshot of what to expect from Standard Solar over the next 18 months.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
In this episode, Scott Farris, senior manager of government affairs for EDP Renewables North America, sits down with NPM’s Jillian Farmer to discuss California’s new alternative permitting process through the state’s Energy Commission and other efforts to accelerate the development of renewable energy projects.
Farris has been an advocate within the clean energy industry for 20 years and has worked for the governors of Wyoming and California, a United States senator and former mayor of Portland, Oregon. A former United Press International bureau chief, Farris is also the author of four books of political history and his work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
In this episode, NPM’s Colt Shaw is joined by Brendon Shank, Executive Vice President at Solar Landscape.
The New Jersey-based developer was far and away the biggest winner in the state’s first two pilot years for community solar. The company has some 70 projects built or under construction and is responsible for 8 of the 14 active projects in New Jersey at the moment.
With the runaway success of the program during its first two years, the state cancelled the planned third pilot year and issued a Request for Comments in the spring. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) is now in the process of readying its Straw Proposal to establish its permanent program, expected in the third quarter. Solar Landscape is pushing for the state to go big and aim for 300 MW a year.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
With the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 likely to be voted upon by the House of Representatives on Friday, August 12th, Allan T. Marks, partner and member of Milbank’s global project energy and infrastructure finance group joins the podcast this week to discuss the major impacts that the Act will have on the clean energy sector.
The discussion includes which sectors will benefit the most and how leaving the ITC tax credit for transmission out of the Act will impact clean energy development. Later in the program, Marks also discusses how both deal flow and project finance will be impacted by the Act.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Sheldon Kimber, the CEO and founder of renewable developer Intersect Power joins the podcast to discuss the possible impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 —announced on July 27 after Senators Manchin and Schumer reached a compromise— on renewable energy development and the renewable supply chain.
Later, Kimber walks us through Intersect Power’s 8 GW pipeline, including its future entrance into the wind market and how green hydrogen will be one of the target uses of its USD 750m in capital the company raised in late June from TPG Rise and others.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
In this episode, NPM Managing Editor Jon Berke is joined by Andrew Waranch, founder of Miami Beach, Florida-based Spearmint Energy.
The two discuss Spearmint Energy’s nascent battery storage platform, the challenges in funding battery storage projects and also favorable environments for both developing and owning energy storage systems.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
In this episode, NPM reporter Jillian Farmer speaks with Curtis VanWalleghem, CEO of Hydrostor, about its compressed air storage technology and what it means for the battery storage and renewable energy industry.
Curtis has been CEO of Hydrostor since its inception and has led the company through technology development into commercial operations. Prior to Hydrostor, Curtis worked in Deloitte’s Corporate Strategy Consulting Practice where he advised and consulted for some of the top energy companies globally. He has also worked at nuclear generator Bruce Power.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
Dr. Michael Bakunin joins us on the first NPM Interconnections podcast sponsored by FTI Consulting to discuss the rise of electric vehicles in the US and the related infrastructure that will be necessary to support them. Later in the program, Bakunin also talks about how bi-directional chargers could be valuable for both charging vehicles and dispatching excess energy to the grid.
FTI Consulting’s Power, Renewables & Energy Transition Practice helps clients across the value chain navigate the energy transition by providing a wide array of advisory services addressing the strategic, financial, operational, reputational, regulatory and capital needs of our clients.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
In this episode, NPM renewable energy reporter Jillian Farmer speaks with John Rohde, the CEO of RES in the Americas, about interconnection challenges, industry changes, and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Auxin investigation.
RES is the world’s largest independent renewable energy company and John is responsible for its North American operations. He has over 25 years of experience managing international and regional operations, most recently serving as COO of Engie Services.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
www.newprojectmedia.com
In this episode of the NPM Interconnections podcast, Jon Berke is joined by Reuben Munger, managing partner of Colorado-based Vision Ridge Partners to discuss his views on energy transition.
Vision Ridge has been an investor in energy transition companies since its founding in 2008 and has raised USD 2.5bn thru its three vintage Sustainable Asset Fund series, including closing the USD 1.125bn Fund III last year. Included in this was successfully monetizing its investment in energy storage developer Key Capture Energy in a sale to SK E&S.
On the podcast, Munger walks through his views on the current market environment for RNG and electric vehicles and how policy changes may impact these industries. He also gives his views on the supply chain issues in solar and wind industries.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
www.newprojectmedia.com
In the latest edition of the Interconnections podcast, J. Paul Forrester and Lauren Bachtel of Mayer Brown LLP talk with NPM’s Jon Berke and Colt Shaw to discuss the growth of offshore wind projects in the US, some of its present-day risks, the financing backdrop and finally the state of the domestic supply chain for offshore wind development.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
www.newprojectmedia.com
In this episode, NPM’s Andrew Burnes is joined by Jon Rodriguez, Energy Business Director for Wärtsilä Energy.
Wärtsilä is a longtime natural gas developer that has also been involved in energy storage development since 2017. With his unique background, Rodriguez discusses his views on the energy transition and the role that firm, flexible generation may serve during the next phase of renewable energy growth across the country. He also walks us through his thoughts on the burgeoning hydrogen market, and the supply challenges currently facing the storage industry.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
www.newprojectmedia.com
In this episode, Nobel Chang, Managing Partner of Jacksonville, Florida-based Palladium Energy sits down with NPM Managing Editor, Jon Berke.
The two discuss the challenges of scaling a project development and finance business, while also dealing with the perfect storm of both existing supply chain issues and the potential impacts of the Auxin anti-circumvention inquiry.
Palladium has a roughly 1 GW pipeline of solar + storage projects in de-regulated markets including PJM, ERCOT, MISO and in its traditional markets in the southeast.
New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.
www.newprojectmedia.com
In this episode, NPM's Managing Editor Jon Berke is joined by Gregg Dixon, the CEO and Chairman of Voltus.
The two discuss the company's distributed energy resource software model, how it interacts with various users of power and how today’s ongoing supply chain crisis will impact the company’s business model. Gregg also discusses the challenges in modernizing today's grid.
New Project Media (NPM) is an actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
In this episode, NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by FuelCell Energy CEO Jason Few.
FuelCell is a development and technology firm actively involved in both blue and green hydrogen development, as well as the deployment of carbon capture. Its most high profile project currently is an ongoing green hydrogen project with Toyota in Long Beach, California.
Few walks us through these two markets as they currently stand in the US and discusses how he expects them to evolve over the next several years as well as the critical role he thinks both will play in the energy landscape of the future.
New Project Media (NPM) is an actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
In this episode, NPM renewable energy reporter Jillian Farmer speaks with Cory Schaeffer, CEO of NexESS Analytics, about the battery storage market.
Cory Schaeffer has more than 25 years of experience in engineering, project management, and leadership with expertise in such diverse arenas as renewable energy manufacturing and project deployments, industrial controls, and advanced manufacturing engineering.
For the past 15 years, he has focused on the transfer of innovative technologies into commercial-scale solutions and products from concept to commercial acceptance. He has held various product and project leadership roles at General Electric focused on battery and solar technology advancement, renewable grid integration, and alternative energy project development and execution. Prior to starting NexESS Analytics, he developed and led the Leidos Engineering independent engineering and owner’s advisory energy storage practice.
New Project Media (NPM) is an actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
Allan Marks, a partner in Milbank's Global Projects, Energy & Infrastructure Finance group joins NPM managing editor Jon Berke to discuss a variety of topics including the project finance outlook in 2022, forecasting the M&A market in 2022 following a robust 2021 for trades of renewable developers and how federal infrastructure act passed in November 2021 will impact the electric vehicle market.
Separately, on April 5th 2022, Marks will also be moderating the energy transition panel at NPM's US Developer & Financing Forum in Houston. The panel includes Marjorie Hong, Shell Renewable Generation’s Head of Onshore Renewable Power Development, Apex Clean Energy’s VP of Finance Omar Karar, Blackstone Infrastructure’s Senior MD Matthew Runkle, EnCap Investments Energy Transition’s Managing Partner Jim Hughes, and Bill Caesar’s President of Generate Capital’s waste-to-value platform.
For more information on the event CLICK HERE
New Project Media (NPM) is an actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
In this episode, NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by Ambri’s Chief Commercial Officer, Adam Briggs.
As renewable penetration continues to increase across the US grid, the demand and deployment of large-scale battery storage projects is on the rise. But with lithium-ion technologies hitting a four-hour ceiling, the demand for longer duration storage may require new technology to enter the fold.
Briggs, a multi-decade veteran of the battery industry, discusses the evolution and challenges facing the battery storage market and how Ambri, with its innovative approach to battery storage, may fit into the market in the years ahead.
New Project Media (NPM) is an actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
For this episode, NPM's Managing Editor Jon Berke speaks with Patrick Verdonck, founder of energy storage developer Rhynland Energy and financial advisory firm Verdonck Partners about the current state of the US transmission market.
The two discuss how the USD 1.2trn Infrastructure and Jobs Act will address transmission deficits, what regional ISOs are doing to get transmission built to support onshore renewables growth and what transmission options are being explored for the nascent US offshore wind market.
New Project Media (NPM) is an actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
On this Interconnections podcast we have Paulo Misk, CEO and President of Largo Inc.
Largo is a vertically integrated supplier of vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) focused on long-duration energy storage applications.
Misk joined Largo in 2014, where he led the commissioning of the Maracás Menchen Mine and has since been instrumental in a multitude of achievements at the company. He was promoted in 2018 and became President and CEO in 2019.
He holds over 35 years of experience in operational management for various large multi-national companies such as AMG Brasil, Anglo American and Largo Resources, across a wide range of specialty commodities including vanadium oxide, tin, lithium, and other industrial minerals.
New Project Media (NPM) is an actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
On this Interconnections podcast we have Mark Gabriel, president and CEO of Colorado-based United Power to talk about its separation from Tri-State and upcoming renewable energy procurement.
Mark Gabriel is a 25-year veteran in the electric utility business. Prior to United Power, he served as Administrator and CEO of the Western Area Power Administration and as Acting President at the Electric Power Research Institute, where he led a nationwide effort known as the Electricity Sector Framework for the Future. He is also the author of the Indie Award-winning book, Visions for a Sustainable Energy Future.
Upon joining United Power in March, Gabriel took over energy negotiations with the cooperative’s wholesale power provider, Tri-State G&T, and together with staff developed a 10-year plan providing direction for the future of the co-op.
New Project Media (NPM) is an actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by Chaberton Energy CEO Stefano Ratti.
Chaberton is a developer founded in 2020 with a focus on DG and community solar. The firm recently closed its first two solar projects in Maryland and is building out a rapidly expanding pipeline of community solar projects across the Northeast and some western states like New Mexico.
Ratti walks us through the formation of Chaberton in a challenging post-COVID environment, explains the firm's focus in the market, and discusses the drivers behind the ongoing community solar boom.
New Project Media (NPM) is an actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
NPM reporter Colt Shaw sits down with Doral Group Renewable Energy Resources President & Co-Founder Nick Cohen and VP of Project Management Amit Nadkarni to discuss their massive forthcoming 1.65 GWdc Mammoth Solar Project in Indiana, the first phase of which is expected online next year.
The two also discuss supply chain disruptions facing the industry, how the company is mitigating its risks, and what Doral’s future pipeline looks like.
New Project Media (NPM) is an actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
NPM Managing Editor Jon Berke sits down with Tad Glauthier, Vice President of Market Development for Stem Inc, a global leader in AI-driven energy services and software with a clean energy intelligence platform called Athena. The duo weigh up the rise of electric vehicle infrastructure and its convergence with energy storage.
Glauthier also kicks off the show with a discussion of Stem Inc’s recent co-marketing agreement with ENGIE North America to provide eMobility solutions to schools, transit agencies and commercial fleets in the US.
New Project Media (NPM) is a growing actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
Jon Berke, Managing Editor for NPM hosts a year-end internal roundtable with fellow team members Ken Meehan, Jillian Farmer and Andrew Burnes. The team discuss industry highlights from 2021 and stories they will be following heading into 2022.
Happy Holidays!
New Project Media (NPM) is a growing actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
In this episode, NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by Encore CEO Chad Farrell. Encore has carved out a niche for itself as a leader in community solar development on brownfields, which is often incentivized in Northeast markets.
Farrell discusses the challenges of brownfield development and project financing, and Encore's explorations into storage development, both short and long-term, and the interconnection and supply chain challenges that are a growing concern for Northeast developers.
Finally, Farrell breaks down ongoing legislative talks at both the state and federal level and pulls out specific policies he would like to see implemented over the next few years.
New Project Media (NPM) is a growing actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
NPM Reporter Colt Shaw sits down with Steve Levitas, Senior VP for Regulatory and Government Affairs at Pine Gate Renewables, to talk about clean energy policy in the Southeast, including the Virginia Clean Economy Act and the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM).
The two also discuss North Carolina's recent emissions bill, Levitas' role in authoring it and the challenges that lie ahead in the law's implementation.
New Project Media (NPM) is a growing actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
Ahead of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) releasing its cost estimate on the Build Back Better (BBB) Act, Adam Kobos, a partner in the tax practice of Troutman Pepper joins NPM Managing Editor Jon Berke on the NPM Interconnections Podcast.
The two discuss how developers of solar, wind and storage will benefit from extensions and expansions of the ITC and PTC tax credits in the revised framework for the BBB Act, the ramifications of including direct pay as an option over tax equity and finally how carbon capture will play into this.
Kobos also shares his thoughts on some immediate impacts of the already-passed federal infrastructure bill in the power sector.
New Project Media (NPM) is a growing actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
In this episode, NPM's Andrew Burnes speaks with Zaid Ashai, Chairman and CEO of Nexamp.
The two discuss recent developments for the company including the closes of a USD 240m equity capital commitment from Generate Capital and a USD 440m senior secured debt financing package led by MUFG backing a 380 MW portfolio of solar and energy storage assets.
Ashai also discusses the developer's recent deal with Walmart as the anchor commitment for 23 community solar projects located in New York, and runs through highlights of its longer term strategic growth plan to expand beyond community solar.
New Project Media (NPM) is a growing actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
In this episode, NPM’s Jillian Farmer speaks with Scott Maloni, Vice President of Project Development for Poseidon Water about the company’s proposed Huntington Beach Seawater Desalination Facility.
Poseidon Water is waiting on its final state permit to build the Huntington Beach Desalination Plant, which has been 20 years in the making.
According to Maloni, the plant is modeled after the company’s desalination facility in Carlsbad, California. The Huntington Beach facility will be capable of producing 50 million gallons of drinking water a day from the Pacific Ocean.
Poseidon Water introduced the concept of both the Huntington Beach and Carlsbad facilities in the late 1990s and began permitting in the early 2000s. According to Maloni, Carlsbad was successfully permitted in 2012 and began operation in 2015. Since the facility began operating, it has produced about 80 billion gallons of drinking water and is the largest single source of local water supply in San Diego.
New Project Media (NPM) is a growing actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
In this episode, NPM Managing Editor, Jon Berke sits down with Ash Redkar, the head of the ESG/Energy Transition team for The Prax Group to talk about the emerging market for carbon credits.
During the discussion Redkar reviews what carbon credits are, how they are valued and why he expects escalating demand to eventually create one of the biggest markets in the world. The pair also delve into the valuation differences between credits tied to the avoidance, reduction or removal of harmful emissions.
New Project Media (NPM) is a growing actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
NPM Reporter, Andrew Burnes sits down with Nautilus Solar's co-founders Laura Stern and Jim Rice. As Nautilus celebrates its 15 year anniversary this quarter, Laura and Jim reflect on how Nautilus has evolved, the company's growth initiatives and a look ahead to the possible impact of policy changes on the horizon, including the provisions for direct pay tax credits.
New Project Media (NPM) is a growing actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
In the latest edition of the NPM Podcast, Generate Capital principal Peggy Flannery discusses community solar as an asset class.
Among other topics, Ms. Flannery talks through Generate’s portfolio of community solar projects in New York, its recent deal with Starbucks and finally the firm’s investment in developer Nexamp.
New Project Media (NPM) is a growing actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
Daniel Sawmiller is currently the Ohio Energy Policy Director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and previously served as the senior representative in Ohio for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign. He has also worked as a senior regulatory analyst and economist with the Office of the Ohio Consumers' Council and has provided expert witness testimony before regulatory proceedings and the state legislature. Sawmiller's experience has given him a front row seat to the enormous changes under way in Ohio.
New Project Media (NPM) is a growing actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
NPM Western Reporter, Jillian Farmer is joined by Sam Wade to talk about renewable natural gas. Sam is the Director of Public Policy at the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas and previously worked as the Chief of the Transportation Fuel Branch at the California Air Resources Board, where he oversaw the low carbon fuel standard program for four years.
New Project Media (NPM) is a growing actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
www.newprojectmedia.com
Although geothermal energy doesn’t have the market penetration that solar and wind do, California’s recent procurement order for 1 GW of weather-independent capacity resources is quickly putting an increasing spotlight on the technology.
Andrew Burnes sits down with Sarah Jewett, Director of Strategy at geothermal developer Fervo Energy to learn more about the selling points and challenges of geothermal energy and how shifting market appetites might make it a key renewable energy technology moving forward.
New Project Media (NPM) is a growing actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.
Find us at www.newprojectmedia.com
Renewable sources of electricity such as wind and solar grew at their fastest rate in two decades in 2020. These resources are slated for major global expansion in the coming years at a much faster pace than prior to the pandemic, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. The increase in 2020 is set to become the “new normal,” with about 270 GW of renewable capacity on course to be added in 2021 and almost 280 GW in 2022. How are asset managers keeping pace with this unprecedented growth?
NPM Senior Reporter Elana Knopp is joined by Katie Crider, Director of Asset Management at Sage Energy Consulting. Katie has extensive experience maximizing financial performance of distributed generation and small utility-scale solar projects, leading Sage Energy Consulting’s asset management of solar and solar + storage systems.
In this interview, NPM Reporter Andrew Burnes speaks with Jamie Hutson about his background, as well as the background of DSD before moving into a wide ranging discussion tackling trends in the C&I market, the challenges and traits that make the market unique, and where it thrives most. We also get into Jamie's approach to project finance, particularly his focus on the efficiency of capital over the cost of capital. Finally, we discuss the tax equity market and how it would be affected by a federal direct pay alternative, the rise of storage and the role it will play in DSD's pipeline going forward, and Jamie's major goals for the next two years.
Jamie Hutson was recently promoted to Chief Investment Officer of DSD where he oversees the financing wing of the company. He has been with the company since 2019 and been working on project finance with GE since 2015. During his tenure at DSD, Hutson has accomplished several key financings including most recently a financing package with Credit Suisse, a debt revolver package from Rabobank, and a tax equity package from Bank of America. Before joining GE in 2015, Jamie started two companies of his own and worked at those organizations for 10 years.
The Biden administration recently unveiled the American Jobs Plan, a proposal that would turbocharge the building of major new electricity transmission lines and accelerate expansion and modernization of America’s power infrastructure. Can we get it done?
Ken Irvin is a co-leader of Sidley Austin’s global Energy practice area team, and represents clients on a variety of regulatory, enforcement, compliance and transactional matters involving the U.S. wholesale electricity and natural gas markets. Ken has extensive experience representing clients in regulatory and investigations proceedings before the FERC and multiple state energy regulatory agencies.
He has been frequently recognized as one of the leading lawyers in his field and was recently selected by The National Law Journal for inclusion in the annual list of Energy & Environmental Trailblazers. The recognition honors individuals who have “moved the needle” and made an impact at the “crucial intersection of energy production and the environment.”
In recent years, there has been a surge of interest among Indigenous communities in on-site renewable energy as an alternative revenue source, as a means to sovereignty, and as part of a larger effort, to steward the land in a responsible way, in contrast to carbon emitting traditional sources of energy. Developers, attracted by abundant land in sun- and wind-heavy plains, are paying attention.
Bob Blake is the owner of solar installation company Solar Bear and the head of the nonprofit community power development firm Native Sun. Blake is also a frequent advocate for clean energy in the media and a tribal citizen of the Red Lake Nation in Minnesota. Bob speaks with NPM Reporter Colt Shaw about bringing renewable energy to Native nations.
A campaign launched by a coalition of environmental justice advocates is hoping to end the long-standing pollution burden on New York City’s frontline communities caused by 19 aging peaker plants that dot the landscape of the South Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and other neighborhoods. The plan calls for replacing the city's fleet of peaker plants with renewable energy and battery storage by 2030.
Seth Mullendore is Vice President and project director for the Clean Energy Group. Seth works with policymakers, project developers, and community and environmental justice groups to advance clean energy policies and projects, with a focus on achieving greater access to solar and battery storage technologies for disadvantaged communities.
The TVA's Green Invest program since 2018 has acted as a match maker for companies, cities and universities attempting to source clean energy and hungry developers looking for their next big partnership. The program can count Facebook, Google, GM, Vanderbilt University, and Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey among its alums. Jamie Bach, Manager of Renewable Energy Solutions at TVA sits down with NPM reporter, Colt Shaw to talk about the Green Invest program's roots and future.
EDPR NA DG's Chief Investment Officer, Richard Dovere sits down with NPM's Andrew Burnes to discuss the rapidly evolving distributed generation solar sector and what the recent acquisition of C2 Omega means for the company's growth plans.
States, developers and investors are increasingly looking to green banks as a way to use innovative financing to connect clean energy projects with capital.
Now, the idea of a national climate bank is seeing major momentum under the Biden administration. Will this be the year we finally see a national green bank come to life? Let’s find out.
A little over a year after the dip in the international supply chain for renewable projects, many are starting to wonder where the U.S. fits into the world's renewable energy market. Can we really build a clean power supply chain on the home front?
NPM Reporter Michaela Althouse speaks with Andy Klump, CEO & Founder of Clean Energy Associates, a North American-owned solar PV and battery storage quality assurance, supply chain management and engineering services firm based in Denver, Colorado and Shanghai, China.
What might the “Blue Wave” Mean for Renewables Tax Legislation?
NPM Senior Reporter Elana Knopp speaks with Judy Kwok, an attorney with Mintz's Energy and Sustainability practice. Judy specializes in tax-efficient strategies for renewable energy developers and investors. Prior to joining Mintz, Judy served as Vice President, Tax Planning and Tax Counsel for GE Energy Financial Services.