https://projectfinance.law/podcasts/ © 2016-18 Norton Rose Fulbright emily.rogers@nortonrosefulbright.com (Norton Rose Fulbright) en-us Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:54:40 GMT Hipcast RSS Feeder 2.00c News & Current Events 60 https://chadcurrents.hipcast.com/albumart/1000_1668722080.jpg https://projectfinance.law/podcasts/ Norton Rose Fulbright episodic Currents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Currents is a podcast published by Norton Rose Fulbright that features in-depth discussions on the latest developments in project finance. The podcast is hosted by partner Todd Alexander, who interviews key business leaders and policy makers to investigate important trends affecting the energy and infrastructure space.Project Finance, Renewable Energy & Moreemily.rogers@nortonrosefulbright.comNorton Rose Fulbright Fri, 12 Aug 2022 05:00:00 GMT 196 full 3602 clean Norton Rose FulbrightKeith Martin, David Burton and Hilary Lefko have a lively discussion about the Inflation Reduction Act’s effect on deals. Some parts of the Inflation Reduction Act that passed the Senate are retroactive to the start of 2022. Other parts apply only to projects that are placed in service after this year. The bill is expected to clear the House this week. It will affect the tax equity market. It will affect construction and equipment procurement contracts.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Fri, 29 Jul 2022 05:00:00 GMT 195 full 1836 clean Norton Rose FulbrightKeith Martin gives a lively update on what is new in the market. The tax equity market is wrestling with a series of issues tied to inflation and construction delays. Developers forced for the same reasons to renegotiate power contracts are drawing interesting lessons. Rising electricity prices are affecting the economics of making green hydrogen, but hydrogen is coming and may prove more disruptive than appeared even a year ago.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 21 Jul 2022 05:00:00 GMT 194 full 1568 clean Norton Rose FulbrightBob Shapiro, partner in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Washington office, joins us to discuss the new regulations in PJM and FERC rules being considered. We discuss how PJM is addressing their backlog, an overview of the two interconnection proposals, who the big winners and losers are, how the FERC proposal differs from the PJM regulations and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:00:00 GMT 193 full 2227 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJigar Shah, Director of the Department of Energy's Loan Program Office, joins us to discuss the mission of the program and what it is working on right now. We talk about the types of deals that are relevant for the office, what Jigar views as the sweet spot in terms of size and debt for a project, how the pricing works, where he sees the renewable market going in the next five years and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:00:00 GMT 192 full 1007 clean Norton Rose FulbrightStefan Reisinger, partner Norton Rose Fulbright’s Washington office, joins us for a closer look at the Biden action yesterday to shield solar panels imported from Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia during the next two years from any anti-circumvention duties that the Commerce Department decides to impose. We discuss the current Commerce investigation, how the Biden order will affect imported panels, what it means for current financings and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 02 Jun 2022 05:00:00 GMT full 1946 clean Norton Rose FulbrightLee Taylor, CEO of REsurety, joins us to discuss the recent evolution of the hedge market due to the impacts of winter storm Uri. We get into the spectrum of hedging options before the storm, how each of those structures fared, how the hedging landscape has changed and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Fri, 15 Apr 2022 05:00:00 GMT 190 full 1500 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJason Kaminsky, CEO of kWh Analytics, joins us to discuss the company’s $20M Series B fundraise and the emergence of climate insurance. We discuss what the fundraise means for the industry as a whole, why climate insurance hasn’t emerged yet and the challenges the insurance industry faces when insuring renewables, solutions he has seen on the insurance side, the partnerships that are happening in the industry, the improvement in modeling on the underwriting side and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Fri, 01 Apr 2022 05:00:00 GMT 189 full 1134 clean Norton Rose FulbrightAbigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, joins us to discuss what the potential anti-circumvention tariffs on cells and modules from Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. We talk about why we are in the midst of an investigation, how long the Department of Commerce has to investigate and what it could mean for the industry, the percentage of panels that are sourced from these four countries, other significant concerns that Hopper has and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 09 Feb 2022 05:00:00 GMT 188 full 1055 clean Norton Rose FulbrightKeith Martin, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in Washington, joins us to discuss investment tax credits (ITCs) for energy storage and provide an update on the current tax equity market. We get into how current ITCs apply to energy storage, what happens if you have a battery that is only partially charged by a renewables project, why an ITC for an energy storage project doesn’t work well with wind farms claiming PTCs, whether the storage and wind or solar projects have to have the same owner, what he expects to see happen with the Build Back Better bill, how the overall market is different in 2022 and much more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Fri, 04 Feb 2022 05:00:00 GMT 187 full 1611 clean Norton Rose FulbrightBill Nussey, founder and CEO of the Freeing Energy Project, joins us to discuss the shift to cleaner, cheaper energy. We discuss his new book, Freeing Energy, why he thinks local energy can be cheaper than electricity from the "big grid" and what the advantages are, the roles that natural gas, hydrogen and nuclear energy will play in the shift to cleaner energy, policies that can accelerate use of local energy, and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 26 Jan 2022 07:00:00 GMT 186 full 2494 clean Norton Rose FulbrightSheldon Kimber, CEO and co-founder of Intersect Power, joins us to discuss the $2.6 billion financing facility that Intersect signed in November 2021 to finance a portfolio of late-stage solar and storage projects in California and Texas. We get into Intersect’s $600 million equity raise last year, Sheldon’s openness to merchant risk, the sacrifices that need to be made when the company structures these deals, where he sees the energy storage market going and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 19 Jan 2022 05:00:00 GMT 185 full 3738 clean Norton Rose FulbrightThe year ahead looks like another strong year for financings, but with uncertainty around supply chains, inflation, potential tax law changes and import tariffs. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond is up significantly so far in January, repeating a pattern early last year. The Federal Reserve is expected to start raising interest rates as early as March. Listen to a discussion about what to expect in the year ahead for tax equity, bank and term loan B debt and project bonds, led by Keith Martin from Norton Rose Fulbright, among John C.S. Anderson, global head of corporate finance and infrastructure at Manulife, Jack Cargas, managing director and head of originations on the tax equity desk at Bank of America, Ralph Cho, global co-head of the power and infrastructure group at Investec, Max Lipkind, managing director and head of Americas leveraged finance origination at Credit Suisse, and Rubiao Song, managing director and head of energy investments at JPMorgan.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Fri, 17 Dec 2021 05:00:00 GMT 184 full 1089 clean Norton Rose FulbrightKatie McClain, partner at Energize Ventures, joins us to discuss the company’s investment approach. We get into what it looks for in clean energy and climate tech companies, how its approach differs from other funds, how Katie’s policy background shapes her personal investing thesis, the way decarbonization goals are shaping the clean energy economy and much more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 02 Dec 2021 05:00:00 GMT 183 full 1213 clean Norton Rose FulbrightMaria Klutey, president of Activate Renewables, joins us to discuss how the company’s business model maximizes the value of renewable real estate holdings. We get into the history and background of Activate, its competitive advantage, the advantage that comes with partnering with DESRI, the structures offered to landowners and developers, how much of a project’s capital stack it typically funds, challenges to the business moving forward and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:00:00 GMT 182 full 1644 clean Norton Rose FulbrightMatt Harper, chief commercial officer at Invinity Energy Systems, joins us to explain vanadium flow batteries. We discuss the future of energy storage, how vanadium flow batteries differ from lithium-ion, what has held back vanadium flow so far, what’s next for Invinity and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Fri, 19 Nov 2021 05:00:00 GMT 181 full 2122 clean Norton Rose FulbrightSheldon Kimber, CEO and co-founder of Intersect Power, joins us to discuss what he is seeing in the industry and talk about the company’s latest financing. We discuss Intersect’s interest in green hydrogen, how big of an impact tariffs are having on supply chain issues, the current tax equity market, Intersect’s $2.6B financing for construction and operations of a six-portfolio project, and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 15 Nov 2021 05:00:00 GMT 180 full 1673 clean Norton Rose FulbrightMaryann Johnson, senior managing director of property and energy claims at Beecher Carlson, Brian DiLuigi, senior vice president of alternative energy, and Alex Nephew, risk management and insurance advisor with Brown & Brown, join us to discuss the complexities of insuring renewables. We discuss the different capabilities Beecher Carlson and Brown & Brown have to help renewable energy companies, the types of coverage the insurance market has in place for solar and other renewables, some of the differences within the renewables industry relating to coverage and cost for asset owners, what has been happening in regard to losses and claims due to recent severe weather events, the differences relating to coverage and cost for solar asset owners, risk factors that dictate appetite and cost for carriers, what developers and asset owners should be doing to minimize their risk and cost, and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 04 Nov 2021 05:00:00 GMT 179 full 1495 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJackson Moore, product director at DNV for renewable energy software, joins us to discuss DNV's solar energy validation work and to address questions about how and why solar assets may underperform. We discuss factors that may affect the likelihood that a project will satisfy investor expectations, whether any of the common causes of underperformance may be remediable during operation, how underperformance risk is being addressed in project finance transactions and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:00:00 GMT 178 full 1491 clean Norton Rose FulbrightSam Porter and Mike Sloan, partners at Synergetic, join us to discuss green energy infrastructure. We go over Synergetic’s mission to deliver zero-carbon energy, the current infrastructure issues that it has identified, how fast the energy transition can happen, what has been learned from Texas’ proactive electric transmission plan (CREZ), what they expect from the infrastructure bill and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:00:00 GMT 177 full 1842 clean Norton Rose FulbrightMichael Edesess, managing partner, and Pascal Schoneburg, founder of M1K, join us to talk about sustainable finance. We discuss what sustainable finance is, the financial instruments included in it, whether sustainable finance has been embraced by corporations, the benefits of a sustainable investment and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 05 Oct 2021 05:00:00 GMT 176 full 1922 clean Norton Rose FulbrightArunava Mitra, CFO of Mitsubishi Power Americas, and Nik Nunes, CEO of Industrial Development Funding (IDF), join us to discuss their collaboration to provide creative forms of financing for energy projects. We get into who the two companies are, their plans for the energy transition, how Mitsubishi Power Americas is creating value for customers through the IDF financing solution, the most important trends and opportunities over the next 10 years in energy, where the companies see opportunities for future collaboration and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 28 Sep 2021 05:00:00 GMT 175 full 1493 clean Norton Rose FulbrightBrett Phillips, vice president, sustainable and responsible investments at Unico Solar, joins us to discuss the company and how it is developing projects in the C&I space. We get into the type of projects that Unico is investing in, the biggest challenges in developing C&I, the company’s joint venture with Excelsior Capital, how the company’s real estate background makes the contracting process easier, the company’s approach to tax equity and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 23 Sep 2021 05:00:00 GMT 174 full 1317 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRick Luebbe, CEO of Group14, joins us to discuss how the company brings new performance capabilities to lithium-silicon batteries. We get into how Group14’s technology works, what it means for the typical consumer, where Group14 sees the biggest demand for better batteries, what OEMs are looking for in battery materials, how Group14 is scaling up, what it will take to get everything electrified and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 09 Sep 2021 05:00:00 GMT 173 full 1636 clean Norton Rose FulbrightAbby Watson, head of governmental affairs, North America at Siemens Gamesa, joins us to discuss the US offshore wind market. We discuss the trajectory of offshore wind on a global level, where it is headed in the US, the potential challenges the sector faces, how it compares to offshore wind in Europe, policy changes and developments that could unlock potential manufacturing jobs, how new technology could affect viability of offshore wind in the future and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 26 Aug 2021 05:00:00 GMT 172 full 1377 clean Norton Rose FulbrightAbby Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), joins us to discuss current supply chain ethics issues in the US solar industry. We discuss the current forced labor issues that the industry is seeing, the response SEIA has seen from the Chinese government, what is happening at the border with US Customs, the association’s traceability protocol, the new tariffs some US solar panel manufacturers are seeking and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 16 Aug 2021 05:00:00 GMT 171 full 1738 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJean-Louis Kindler, CEO of Ways2H, a company focused on turning the world’s waste into renewable hydrogen, joins us to discuss the company’s technology and the hydrogen market. We get into what is currently happening in hydrogen, how Ways2H fits into the hydrogen economy, its recent projects in Tokyo, Paris and the UK, where he sees the biggest demand for renewable hydrogen, the cost of renewable hydrogen and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 02 Aug 2021 05:00:00 GMT 170 full 1359 clean Norton Rose FulbrightMark McGrail, vice president of the commercial office at Enel Green Power North America, joins us to discuss green power aggregation. We get into the options available to corporations that want to buy renewable energy, how virtual power purchase agreements work and why they are growing in popularity, the factors buyers should consider when making their purchasing decisions, common myths about PPAs, what Mark views as the next big thing in renewable energy and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 26 Jul 2021 05:00:00 GMT 169 full 1724 clean Norton Rose FulbrightNick Knapp, senior managing director, and Mike Yurkerwich, director with CohnReznick Capital, join us to talk about what sponsors need to know to finance carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects. We discuss what CCS is and why it is an important component of the energy transition, what the current market for CCS is in the US, the market drivers spurring growth, capital requirements for CCS projects, key financing considerations, what financing structures are most likely to increase comfort for financing CCS projects and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 20 Jul 2021 05:00:00 GMT 168 full 3503 clean Norton Rose FulbrightDue to the increased investor appetite for digital infrastructure and growing governmental focus on improving connectivity, digital assets like data centers are crucial in supporting the growth of smart and sustainable cities. Listen to a discussion led by David Barksdale, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, among Kristina Metzger, senior vice president and leader of CBRE Data Center Capital Markets, Ben Wobschalll, managing director at Principal Global Investors, Sicco Boomsma, managing direct at ING Wholesale Banking, Christophe Strauven, senior vice president and treasurer at Vantage Data Centres, and Matthew Eid-Holm, vice president at Deutsche Bank about what they are seeing in the market.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 12 Jul 2021 05:00:00 GMT 167 full 1290 clean Norton Rose FulbrightBret Kugelmass, managing director of the Energy Impact Center, joins us to talk about why nuclear is his chosen technology to reach our carbon goals. We get into what small modular reactors (SMRs) are and how they are different from the larger traditional nuclear reactors, what the main challenges are in the commercialization of SMRs, the current opportunities for SMR developers, how the OPEN100 model is different from other developers’ models and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 06 Jul 2021 05:00:00 GMT 166 full 1774 clean Norton Rose FulbrightDamian Georgino, with Norton Rose Fulbright, joins us to discuss investing in water infrastructure. We start with how he got into the water space, what the market looks like today, the diligence questions that investors should be asking, how rates are regulated in the market, where the investment opportunities are and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 28 Jun 2021 05:00:00 GMT 165 full 1151 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJames Wright, managing director and head of renewables, clean energy and sustainability with CIBC Capital Markets, joins us to discuss batteries and energy storage. We get into why it has taken so long for battery storage deals to come to the project finance lending market, how lenders are thinking about the unique risk factors that come with a new technology, why these battery projects are more bankable now, what is holding back some of the non-lithium technologies from making it to bankers’ desks, the battery issue that keeps James awake at night and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 21 Jun 2021 05:00:00 GMT 164 full 1335 clean Norton Rose FulbrightKimberlee Centera, CEO of TerraPro Solutions, joins us to discuss the critical aspects of utility-scale transmission development. We discuss key issues and challenges for transmission line development, land use feasibility, tax credits and incentives, site location, project development and timing and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 15 Jun 2021 05:00:00 GMT 163 full 1651 clean Norton Rose FulbrightAndy Klump, CEO of Clean Energy Associates, joins us to discuss supply chain traceability. We get into the concerns over polysilicon made in Xinjiang that many financiers and developers have due to their ESG-minded stakeholders, the work that CEA has been doing on supply chain traceability, its expansion into downstream engineering services work in the US, the challenges that Klump sees as more multinational corporations and financial institutions shift to renewables and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 08 Jun 2021 05:00:00 GMT 162 full 1418 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRichard Matsui, CEO of kWh Analytics, and Joe Kastner, CEO of Radian Generation, join us to discuss the 2021 Solar Risk Assessment Report. We discuss the findings of the report’s third edition, what the risk assessments mean for the solar project finance community, the problems the research found, Matsui’s and Kastner’s perspectives on the underperformance issues that were uncovered in last year’s report, things to be optimistic about and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 01 Jun 2021 05:00:00 GMT 161 full 1323 clean Norton Rose FulbrightLaura Pagliarulo, president of SolaREIT, joins us to talk about ways to reduce project costs in clean energy projects. We discuss how SolaREIT works with landowners and developers on land acquisition and lease monetization, the types of investors it has, the liquidity it is providing landowners, at what stage SolaREIT buys the land or lease, how it interacts with financing parties and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 24 May 2021 05:00:00 GMT 160 full 1577 clean Norton Rose FulbrightNacho Ruiz Hens, managing director at Karbone, joins us to talk about breaking into the US renewable energy market for foreign investors, especially from Spain. We discuss the attraction of the US market, the main barriers to entry, the current activity from Spain, what opportunities he sees and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 18 May 2021 05:00:00 GMT 159 full 1617 clean Norton Rose FulbrightTrevor Pinkerton and Lior Nuchi with Norton Rose Fulbright join us to discuss the renewable energy SPAC market. We discuss the boom the SPAC market has seen in the last year, the recent slowdown of SPAC IPOs and why it is happening, why technology-focused companies are subject to de-SPACing, the history of renewable energy in the SPAC world, what happens with the deals after they close, how much de-SPACing is happening and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 11 May 2021 05:00:00 GMT 158 full 1973 clean Norton Rose FulbrightDr. Javier Cavada, CEO of Highview Power, joins us to talk about the energy storage technology on which the company is working. We discuss the energy storage landscape and where he sees it going in the future, market drivers for long-duration energy storage, some of the challenges with long-duration energy storage that Highview Power is addressing, projects the company is developing, the company’s growth plans, its recent $70 million funding and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 03 May 2021 05:00:00 GMT 157 full 1363 clean Norton Rose FulbrightLee Taylor, CEO of REsurety, joins us discuss the carbon accounting market. We discuss how the company has solved the missing piece of the carbon accounting puzzle, how it has found that some renewable projects displace as much as twice the amount of carbon as others, what locational marginal prices are and how they work, a new concept called locational marginal emissions and how it can help energy buyers double their carbon savings, how this relates to Google’s 24/7 system and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 26 Apr 2021 05:00:00 GMT 156 full 2153 clean Norton Rose FulbrightDanny Kennedy, an early pioneer in the residential solar rooftop sector and now CEO of New Energy Nexus, a non-profit that connects entrepreneurs to capital to build clean energy projects, joins us to discuss the future of clean energy. We get into his view on the fate of coal, who is winning the race for the future, what will happen to petro states in an EV economy, China’s role in clean energy, the biggest opportunities for impact and return, the most exciting entrepreneurs in the company’s portfolio and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 19 Apr 2021 05:00:00 GMT 155 full 1492 clean Norton Rose FulbrightDaniel Goldman, co-founder and managing director of Clean Energy Ventures, joins us to discuss green infrastructure investment. We go over what Clean Energy Ventures looks for in potential clean energy and climate tech companies in which to invest, how its investment approach toward early-stage companies differs from the traditional venture capital model, what areas it considers most promising, what trends and technologies in the climate tech sector it expects to gain momentum in the next year and much more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 12 Apr 2021 05:00:00 GMT 154 full 1374 clean Norton Rose FulbrightSimon Morrish, entrepreneur and CEO of Xlinks, joins us to discuss the ambitious Xlinks solar project, which transfers solar energy from Morocco via a 6.3 GW subsea cable to the UK. We get into the scope of the project, where the idea came from, the current project status and next steps, how projects like this are financed, if the model can be replicated internationally, how he is able to convince skeptics and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 06 Apr 2021 05:00:00 GMT 153 full 3577 clean Norton Rose FulbrightWhat is the outlook in Congress for the massive infrastructure plan that President Biden unveiled last week? Listen as four veteran Washington observers, John Gimigliano, principal-in-charge, federal tax legislative and regulatory services, KMPG Global, Elissa Levin, director, federal government affairs, Avangrid, Inc., Joe Mikrut, partner, Capitol Tax Partners, and Chris Miller, partner, AJW, Inc., discuss which parts of the plan they expect to be enacted with Keith Martin from Norton Rose Fulbright.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:00:00 GMT 152 full 1194 clean Norton Rose FulbrightAdam Stern, executive director of Offshore Wind California, and Jim Berger, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, join us to discuss prospects and growing momentum for offshore wind power in California. We start with an overview of progress to harness offshore wind in the US, the potential to bring this renewable energy technology to California, what it would mean for clean power, jobs and climate in the Golden State, new legislative initiatives as well as hurdles and financing to develop offshore wind in California, and how much this new industry is expected to grow in the next 10 years.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 22 Mar 2021 05:00:00 GMT 151 full 1694 clean Norton Rose FulbrightCharles Wheeler, president, co-CEO and CIO, and Benjamin Baker, managing director, at Greebacker Capital join us to discuss the firm’s mission and their fundamental approach to sustainable infrastructure. We discuss some of the most notable changes in renewable energy since the firm was founded, the hardest part about navigating the industry, the competitive landscape, the shift to a private equity focus, how the firm is expected to evolve and much more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:00:00 GMT 150 full 2774 clean Norton Rose FulbrightHas the appetite among banks and tax equity investors to finance hedged merchant power and storage projects changed as a result of the events last month in Texas and, if so, how? What lessons did lenders and tax equity investors take away about how to do future projects? Are the effects limited to projects in ERCOT? Sven Wellock, managing director and co-lead of energy – renewables and power at ING Capital, Daniel Miller, managing director at CIT Energy, James Wright, managing director and head of renewables, clean energy and sustainability for the United States at CIBC Capital Markets, and Rubiao Song, managing director and head of energy investments at JPMorgan, talk about these and related questions with Keith Martin from Norton Rose Fulbright.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 15 Mar 2021 05:00:00 GMT 149 full 916 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRichard Matsui, CEO of kWh Analytics, joins us for an update on the Solar Lendscape. He covers what is new in tax equity, gives a breakdown of three trends he is seeing on the lender side and an update on the underperformance of solar projects that was uncovered in the Solar Generation Index, explains how underperformance might affect refinancing and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 11 Mar 2021 05:00:00 GMT 148 full 3569 clean Norton Rose FulbrightClose to 4,000 people registered to listen to a discussion among three experts about the prospects for hydrogen. Interest is particularly high in green hydrogen, which is expected to play a significant role as the US moves rapidly to decarbonize. Sheldon Kimber, CEO and founder of Intersect Power, Karen Lee, senior counsel for commercial law at the Southern California Gas Company, and Sanjay Shrestha, chief strategy officer of Plug Power, talked with Jim Berger and Deanne Barrow with Norton Rose Fulbright.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:00:00 GMT 147 full 1459 clean Norton Rose FulbrightEren Ergin, general manager of renewables and distributed assets at Honeywell, joins us to talk about stationary battery storage. We discuss what Honeywell is doing in the market, how it has created a business unit focusing on storage, how it believes it can compete and succeed long-term, how remote operation centers tie into asset management, safety concerns for projects, misconceptions about battery storage in the infrastructure investment community and much more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 01 Mar 2021 05:00:00 GMT 146 full 1424 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRichard Walsh, managing partner at Madison Energy Investments, joins us to talk about trends he is seeing in the C&I solar market. We get into the best state markets for C&I solar and emerging markets, how storage is becoming part of projects, how investors can keep track of the different markets despite the rapid pace of change, how the corporate push for renewable energy has affected C&I solar, how retail energy providers play a role in deregulated state electricity markets and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 23 Feb 2021 05:00:00 GMT 145 full 1349 clean Norton Rose FulbrightKunal Phalpher, CCO of Li-Cycle, joins us to talk about recycling lithium-ion batteries. We get into the size of the market, what is recycled out of the batteries, how much of the materials extracted can be used in new batteries, the impact the growing energy storage market will have on the need to recycle batteries and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 15 Feb 2021 05:00:00 GMT 144 full 1782 clean Norton Rose FulbrightEli Hopson, CEO, and Jay Lurie, CIO, at the DC Green Bank join us to give an overview of the bank, why it was established and the goals it has set for itself. We discuss its available capital, priority sectors, how its financings are structured, the near-term opportunities and obstacles it sees, how private capital and service providers can start a discussion with the bank about working together and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 08 Feb 2021 05:00:00 GMT 143 full 1619 clean Norton Rose FulbrightBryce Smith, CEO, and Rob Collier, vice president, developer relations of LevelTen Energy, join us to discuss the company and the current state of PPA offer prices and trends. We get into how the renewable energy industry has changed in the last decade, what they are seeing in the PPA market, Q4 data on solar and wind P50 prices, their forecast for 2021 and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 01 Feb 2021 05:00:00 GMT 142 full 1218 clean Norton Rose FulbrightBill Green, managing partner of Climate Adaptive Infrastructure, joins us to talk about the meaning of the firm’s name and its mandate. We get into how Climate Adaptive Infrastructure is different from typical infrastructure investors, how the firm is tackling the ‘triple threat risk’ of the climate crisis, examples of recent investments the firm has made, areas that it is targeting, the point at which it wants to invest in a project and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 25 Jan 2021 05:00:00 GMT 141 full 1592 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRudy Roy, CEO of HST, joins us to discuss the technology company’s mission of improving people’s lives by scaling clean energy. We discuss how HST has scaled its platform to have thousands of projects in over 100 countries, who the platform’s customers are, how its metasearch functionality works and applies to clean energy, how a software company can reduce a gigaton of carbon emissions, the challenges and opportunities he sees for global cooperation in the buildout of clean energy and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 21 Jan 2021 05:00:00 GMT 140 full 3601 clean Norton Rose FulbrightMany developers struggled during 2020 to find tax equity. Economists expect growth to start slow and accelerate by year end. Interest rates remain low, but the yield curve is becoming steeper as the bond market takes into account the potential for future inflation. Listen to a discussion led by Keith Martin, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, among John C.S. Anderson, global head of corporate finance and infrastructure at Manulife, Jean-Pierre Boudrias, managing director and head of project finance for North America at Goldman Sachs, Jack Cargas, managing director at Bank of America, Ralph Cho, co-head of the North American power and infrastructure group at Investec, and Yale Henderson, managing director at J.P.Morgan, about what to expect in the year ahead for tax equity, bank and term loan B debt and project bonds.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 19 Jan 2021 05:00:00 GMT 139 full 1455 clean Norton Rose FulbrightKiran Bhatraju, CEO of Arcadia, and Jorge Vargas, operating partner at Energy Impact Partners, join us to discuss Arcadia’s community solar strategy, including subscriber management. We discuss the benefits of community solar compared to retail or rooftop, where the market is most active, how to manage community solar offtake effectively, how billing works, how customers can save money, Arcadia’s work with the project finance community, getting investors comfortable with no FICO scores and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 11 Jan 2021 05:00:00 GMT 138 full 1462 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJohn D. Powers, vice president, global renewables and cleantech at Schneider Electric, joins us for a close look at trends in the corporate renewable energy market. We discuss how an organization can best accelerate its carbon neutrality efforts, Schneider Electric’s Gigaton PPA Program with Walmart, whether other organizations can replicate the program, new corporate PPA markets that are emerging, opportunities for organizations to automate and digitize, other sustainability models and technologies to consider and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:00:00 GMT 137 full 2133 clean Norton Rose FulbrightAdam Kuehne, senior vice president of project finance at Summit Ridge Energy, a leading owner-operator of community solar projects in the US, joins us for a community solar market update. We discuss the market today, how it has been affected by COVID, what 2021 will look like, the next variants of community solar, his wish list for regulatory reform and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 22 Dec 2020 05:00:00 GMT 136 full 534 clean Norton Rose FulbrightKeith Martin, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, joins us to unpack the tax extenders bill that cleared Congress on Monday night. We discuss how the bill affects solar, wind, and other renewable energy projects, the immediate impact on the market, who the biggest beneficiaries are and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 21 Dec 2020 05:00:00 GMT 135 full 1224 clean Norton Rose FulbrightNick Merricks, head of UK smart electricity meter products at Landis+Gyr, joins us to discuss smart technology in the energy industry. We discuss how COVID-19 has affected the market, the growing need to invest in infrastructure that will support the energy transition, how vital smart meters are to reaching net-zero carbon emissions, how regulation affects energy digitalization, what technologies Landis+Gyr is developing to support deployment of EVs and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 15 Dec 2020 05:00:00 GMT 134 full 1942 clean Norton Rose FulbrightSteve Vavrik, chief executive officer, Josh Prueher, chief financial officer, Mark Klein, chief operating officer, and Doug Moorehead, chief technology officer of Broad Reach Power, join us to discuss their investment strategy in solar + storage. We get into why they are so heavily concentrated in ERCOT and California, how they are different from other developers, the new battery projects they are developing in ERCOT, the changes they have seen in battery projects over the last decade and what they think we will see in the next five years and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 07 Dec 2020 05:00:00 GMT 133 full 1903 clean Norton Rose FulbrightReid Spolek, energy lead at Google, Chris Hansen, vice president of origination and renewables at TVA, Spencer Sessions, senior manager of economic development at TVA and Johan Vanhee, chief commercial officer and chief procurement officer at Origis Energy, join us to discuss the role of clean energy in rural America’s economic rebound. We discuss how the organizations are involved with solar and energy storage in rural American communities, how the projects affect low-revenue-base communities, the challenges and lessons learned from the recently announced Skyhawk project, a 100-MW solar installation in Tennessee, how large corporate energy buyers like Google are viewed and much more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 30 Nov 2020 05:00:00 GMT 132 full 1035 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJonathan Yates, associate principal with Arup, joins us for an update on the district energy space. We discuss why district energy is getting a lot of attention right now, what activity Arup is currently seeing in the market, how COVID is affecting the outlook for new projects, factors to consider when looking at how to procure energy for projects, the future of technology in the space, how to assess when a district-energy system is the right solution for a project, key issues for sponsors and lenders to pay attention to and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 23 Nov 2020 05:00:00 GMT 131 full 1617 clean Norton Rose FulbrightDr. Angela Wilkinson, secretary general of the World Energy Council, joins us to discuss the Council’s mission. We get into the differences between the Council and other organizations, the impact that COVID-19 will have on the industry, the Council’s “Humanizing Energy” theme and what it is looking to achieve, why the energy transition is important, the “Energy Plus community” and how it relates to the transition, the Council’s immediate priorities and much more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 16 Nov 2020 05:00:00 GMT 130 full 1383 clean Norton Rose FulbrightKimberlee Centera, CEO of TerraPro Solutions, joins us to discuss her company and how it is handling risk management during this unprecedented year. We get into what TerraPro Solutions does, some of the risks involved in developing utility-scale energy projects, challenges developers are facing, how delays related to COVID-19 are being managed, how to build trust among stakeholders and much more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Fri, 06 Nov 2020 05:00:00 GMT 129 full 3620 clean Norton Rose FulbrightFive veteran Washington observers talked about what changes to expect for renewable energy and the project finance market as a result of the election. John Gimigliano, principal in charge, federal tax and regulatory services at KPMG, Brandon Hurlbut, partner at Boundary Stone Partners and co-host of the “Political Climate” podcast, Joe Mikrut, partner at Capitol Tax Partners, Christine Tezak, managing director at ClearView Energy Partners, and Eric Wolff, an energy reporter at Politico, joined Keith Martin, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in Washington.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 02 Nov 2020 05:00:00 GMT 128 full 1467 clean Norton Rose FulbrightChris Leary, investment partner at Orion Energy Partners, joins us to discuss how the company invests in energy innovation. We get into how Orion defines energy innovation, what it has already invested in, why it believes this approach is important, the drivers of acceleration in ESG investing, who else is active in the space and much more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 26 Oct 2020 05:00:00 GMT 127 full 1092 clean Norton Rose FulbrightKathy Hannun, president and co-founder of Dandelion Energy, joins us to discuss residential geothermal heating and cooling. We dive into her background, why she decided to form Dandelion Energy, how geothermal heating and cooling is an efficient, clean alternative to fossil fuel heating, the challenges and opportunities in the industry, what innovations are needed in order for geothermal to go mainstream and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 19 Oct 2020 05:00:00 GMT 126 full 1517 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJohnPaul Baric, CEO of Aurum Capital Ventures Inc., joins us to explain the relationship between bitcoin mining and the energy industry. We dive into what bitcoin mining is, why bitcoins are scarce, how bitcoin mining is a new way to monetize energy, how miners interact with the power grid, who is currently funding miners operations, where he sees the bitcoin space going in the next five years and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Fri, 16 Oct 2020 05:00:00 GMT 125 full 2126 clean Norton Rose FulbrightThe November elections carry significant potential upside for renewable energy companies. The election is factoring into construction-start strategies. A FERC order involving Broadview Solar has many solar developers up in arms. More than 3,400 companies have filed suit against the Trump administration to get back duties paid on Chinese products. A test case involving COVID-19 claims under business interruption insurance policies was decided in September. The tax equity market remains a tale of two cities. Keith Martin, partner in Washington, gives a lively half-hour update on what is new in the market.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 12 Oct 2020 05:00:00 GMT 124 full 1486 clean Norton Rose FulbrightYuri Horowitz, CEO of Sol Systems, joins us to discuss the convergence of social and environmental impact principles on solar energy infrastructure. We talk about what motivates corporations to take action, the challenges of implementation, how corporations are integrating ESG into their solar procurement strategies, Sol Systems’ recent groundbreaking solar power community investment agreement with Microsoft and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 05 Oct 2020 05:00:00 GMT 123 full 1427 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRichard Matsui, CEO and founder of kWh Analytics, joins us to unpack a new kWh study that found US utility-scale solar projects are underperforming P50 production estimates on average by 6.3%.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 28 Sep 2020 05:00:00 GMT 122 full 2223 clean Norton Rose FulbrightBrian Callaway, vice president, structured finance at sPower, and Conor McKenna, managing director at CohnReznick Capital Markets, walk us through the Highlander transaction, sPower’s 620-MW solar project and the largest solar plant east of the Mississippi. The pair discusses the developer’s vision for the project, how they were able to bring together so many high-profile counterparties, the challenges they faced to get it across the finish line, how they handled ESG and NIMBY, the complex financing structure and much more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 21 Sep 2020 05:00:00 GMT 121 full 1291 clean Norton Rose FulbrightChristen Blum, vice president, renewables advisory and analytics, and Emily Williams, vice president, strategy and sustainability at Edison Energy, join us to discuss vPPAs, PPAs and Edison’s entrance into the European market. They get into the difference between vPPAs and PPAs, which model is used more widely in Europe, how COVID-19 is affecting corporate interest in renewable energy and much more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 14 Sep 2020 05:00:00 GMT 120 full 1813 clean Norton Rose FulbrightNorman Crowley, serial entrepreneur and founder and head of Cool Planet Group, joins us to discuss his entrepreneurial adventures in renewables and what his nonprofit foundation, The Cool Planet Experience, was created to address. We journey from the first company he created at 16 to his retirement at 28, the energy efficiency company he founded in 2010, Crowley Carbon, Electrfi, his electric car company that creates world-class hypercars, the solar company he launched last year, his foundation addressing the fun side of environmental responsibility and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 09 Sep 2020 05:00:00 GMT 119 full 2003 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRaquel Bierzwinsky, partner in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Mexico City and New York offices, joins us to discuss the renewables market in Mexico almost two years into AMLO’s term in office. She goes over the shift in government policy and what it means for project developers and lenders.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 31 Aug 2020 05:00:00 GMT 118 full 1020 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJan Smutny-Jones, chief executive officer of the Independent Energy Producers Association, joins us to discuss the recent blackouts in California and how the renewables industry is related. Jan explains what has been happening, what could be done to prevent future blackouts and how storage can help, the investigation that is currently underway, the effect the blackouts might have on political support for the state’s high renewable portfolio standard goals and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 24 Aug 2020 05:00:00 GMT 117 full 1604 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRalph Cho and Mike Pantelogianis, Power & Infrastructure Finance Co-heads for Investec in North America, join us to discuss the commercial bank, term loan B and project bond lending markets. We get into the different features of each market, how lenders deal with construction risk differently, the speed of execution and ratings as well as the current tax equity market and the group’s picks for this year’s World Series.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 17 Aug 2020 05:00:00 GMT 116 full 1307 clean Norton Rose FulbrightDr. Alana Duerr, director, offshore wind North America at DNV GL, joins us to discuss the outlook for floating wind in the United States. We get into what floating wind is, the different types, in which global markets floating wind has already gotten traction, where floating wind will work in the US, its advantages and challenges and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 10 Aug 2020 05:00:00 GMT 115 full 1298 clean Norton Rose FulbrightTom Dickson, CEO of New Energy Risk, joins us to discuss how the company is enabling project finance and bankability for new technologies through insurance. We go over the void that New Energy Risk is filling, how its product offerings evolve over time, how to scale energy storage, how carbon capture will compare to other industries, trends in capital markets and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 03 Aug 2020 05:00:00 GMT 114 full 1370 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRobert Mudge, principal at The Brattle Group, joins us to go over the company’s report on the impact COVID-19 is having on utilities. We go over how electric load has been affected, how effects vary among different types of utility customers, how they are expected to change over time and by region, the financial consequences for utilities, how states are responding, commodity pricing and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 28 Jul 2020 05:00:00 GMT 113 full 2916 clean Norton Rose FulbrightMany developers report trouble raising tax equity this year for renewable energy projects. This is the third in a series of calls since late March with different tax equity investors to test the current condition of the market. Keith Martin, partner in Washington, is joined by Robert Capps, managing director at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Eric Cohen, group head – renewable energy finance at Fifth Third Bank, Eric Heintz, director of energy finance at M&T Bank, B. Scott McClain, executive vice president and managing director at First Horizon Bank and Yonette Chung McLean, managing director at RBC Capital Markets.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 27 Jul 2020 05:00:00 GMT 112 full 1768 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRichard Matsui, CEO and co-founder of kWh Analytics, and Dana Olson, solar segment leader at DNV GL, are back to discuss the second annual "Solar Risk Assessment" report in which they, along with industry experts from eight other companies, share their quantitative insights on solar production risk. We get into the trends that are being seen in the market, the underperformance that is being found, what is causing it and much more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 22 Jul 2020 05:00:00 GMT 111 full 3620 clean Norton Rose FulbrightPG&E is on its way out of bankruptcy, and there are many lessons to learn from the largest American utility’s second trip through bankruptcy. We briefly cover the political and regulatory issues lurking in the background and then dive into the lessons learned from people who were affected by the bankruptcy, cover what they would do differently if it were to happen again, address how to price bankruptcy risk and discuss how the industry is approaching projects with PG&E offtake contracts and California in general. Jim Berger and Christy Rivera, partners with Norton Rose Fulbright, are joined by Kevin P. Malcarney, senior vice president and general counsel at Clearway Energy, Paul Pace, senior vice president and team leader at KeyBank, and Pascal Uttinger, managing director, project finance in the Americas, at MUFG.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 20 Jul 2020 05:00:00 GMT 110 full 1411 clean Norton Rose FulbrightBrian Warshay, principal consultant, DER and energy storage at DNV GL, joins us to discuss opportunities in behind-the-meter storage. We get into how companies can make money in BTM solar and storage, how the projects are financed, how companies are changing their business models to adapt to the evolving market, additional entities that can get involved in BTM storage, how customer data can be used to increase value to energy providers and customers, what he is currently seeing in the community storage market and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:00:00 GMT 109 full 2357 clean Norton Rose FulbrightAnother economic stimulus bill is expected in August. A refundable tax credit proposal has gotten traction among Republicans. Tax equity is harder for many developers to find this year. A key motion being argued before a federal court in Washington this month could affect contest rights in tax equity deals. Keith Martin, partner in Washington, gives a lively half-hour update on what is new in the market.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 13 Jul 2020 05:00:00 GMT 108 full 1209 clean Norton Rose FulbrightSteve Cunningham, managing partner of Madison Energy Investments, joins us to explain the details of investing in C&I solar. We discuss what C&I means in the context of size, offtaker and style, why it exists and what the benefits are versus utility-scale solar, what makes C&I attractive for investors, the specific risks in C&I, how site control is handled, the benefits of scaling and much more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 06 Jul 2020 05:00:00 GMT 107 full 1786 clean Norton Rose FulbrightCaitlin Smith, vice president, and Matthew Berend, co-founder, of AB Power Advisors, and Sam Porter, senior counsel at Norton Rose Fulbright, join us to discuss energy storage projects in ERCOT. We discuss what storage projects have been done so far in ERCOT, the regulatory background, ancillary service opportunities for storage, how much storage is currently in the queue, what incentives there are to build storage, who might be interested in these projects and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 29 Jun 2020 21:03:48 GMT 106 full 1490 clean Norton Rose FulbrightBob Powell, founder and CEO of Brightmark, joins us to discuss his company and the important environmental problems it is solving. He discusses the projects on which the company is working in renewable natural gas, how he decided to get into the RNG space, how the arrangements are typically structured, the value for offtakers, the company’s work in advanced plastics recycling and where he sees the next big opportunity.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 22 Jun 2020 05:00:00 GMT 105 full 1521 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRichard Dovere, managing member of C2 Energy Capital, joins us to discuss how COVID-19 has affected the distributed generation sector. We discuss factors that are coming into play on resiliency and the role of DG, the current appetite for new PPAs, how the pandemic is affecting project returns, how the tax equity and debt markets are responding to market conditions and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 15 Jun 2020 05:00:00 GMT 104 full 1737 clean Norton Rose FulbrightAndy Klump, CEO of Clean Energy Associates, joins us to discuss trends the company is seeing in quality assurance and independent engineering work globally since COVID-19 became a pandemic. He discusses the type of work the company is still able to do amidst shutdowns, the trends it sees in the supply chain, where energy storage is headed, lessons learned that the storage industry should consider, his prediction for how the renewables industry will emerge post-pandemic and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 08 Jun 2020 05:00:00 GMT 103 full 1310 clean Norton Rose FulbrightAki Marceau, director of electrification of transportation, and Yoh Kawanami, director of customer energy resources, operations at Hawaiian Electric, join us to discuss Hawaiian Electric’s efforts to electrify transportation on the islands. We talk about the unique position that the utility is in, how it has been affected by COVID-19, the utility’s demand response department, its EV charging program with Enel X and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 03 Jun 2020 05:00:00 GMT 102 full 3013 clean Norton Rose FulbrightHow should carbon sequestration transactions be structured in light of proposed regulations the IRS issued on May 27 about claiming section 45Q tax credits? The IRS has disallowed over half the tax credits claimed so far. Keith Martin, David Burton and Amanda Rosenberg talk about three ways to structure such transactions and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Fri, 22 May 2020 05:00:00 GMT 101 full 2781 clean Norton Rose FulbrightMany developers report that the tide appears to be flowing out on tax equity. At the same time, the two largest tax equity investors say it is business as usual for them. We talked to Peter Cross, managing director at Credit Suisse Securities, Jorge Iragorri, head of the alternative financing group at Morgan Stanley, George Revock, head of alternative energy and project finance at Capital One, and Darren van’t Hof, managing director of environmental and community capital at US Bank, about the current state of the market.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 20 May 2020 05:00:00 GMT 100 full 962 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJames Bowen, co-founder of Energetic Insurance, joins us to discuss his company’s story and the problems that its insurance policy solves. We get into who should consider using the product, the value proposition, who benefits, how the policy helps when there is a lack of tax equity, if it can enable securitizations or other capital market transactions and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 13 May 2020 05:00:00 GMT 99 full 1190 clean Norton Rose FulbrightGiovanni Bertolino, head of e-mobility at Enel X, joins us to discuss the rapidly evolving electric vehicle sector and the potential impact on the renewable grid. We discuss Enel X’s role in energy and transportation, some of the broader impacts of COVID-19, how government incentives encourage sales of EVs and installation of charging infrastructure, how increased EV adoption might affect the energy grid, smart charging strategies that utilities are using today and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 11 May 2020 05:00:00 GMT 98 full 3481 clean Norton Rose FulbrightIn times of economic and financial crisis, commercial lending and private sector investment into emerging markets – even for projects or opportunities with sound economics and credit fundamentals – often dry up. Development finance institutions and export credit agencies are often called upon to step into the breach. While aggregate investment declines, IFIs, in effect, see a larger piece of a smaller pie. In these unprecedented times of global pandemic and meltdown of the world economies and markets, DFIs and ECAs are able to take a longer view beyond the immediate crisis and play a leading role in getting emerging markets back on track. A panel of senior representatives of leading IFIs join us to discuss what their institutions are doing to tackle the crisis. Sarah Devine and Ken Hansen, partners at Norton Rose Fulbright, moderate a panel including Tony Bakels, director of credit and special operations at FMO, Georgina Baker, vice president, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe and Central Asia at International Finance Corporation, Koffi Klousseh, director of project development at Africa50, Luke Lindberg, senior vice president of external engagement, The Export-Import Bank of the United States, Hristo Stovkov, head of growth capital and innovation finance at European Investment Bank and Tracey Webb, vice president structured finance and insurance at U.S. International Development Finance Corporation.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 06 May 2020 05:00:00 GMT 97 full 757 clean Norton Rose FulbrightKeith Martin, partner in Washington, joins us to discuss the recent executive order banning equipment provided by companies in foreign adversary countries. We get into what the ban covers, which power projects are affected, how it will work in practice, when it will take effect and how it might affect equipment already installed. We also cover the recently launched investigation that may lead to tariffs on imported electrical transformers and their components.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 04 May 2020 05:00:00 GMT 96 full 1163 clean Norton Rose FulbrightKen Elser, senior vice president for project finance and M&A at DNV GL, joins us to discuss how independent engineers are seeing COVID-19 affect renewable energy projects. We talk about how the pandemic has affected the execution of deals already in progress, what DNV GL has seen in terms of force majeure claims, its insights into supply chain issues, how the pandemic is affecting how IEs work, how deal flow would change in the event of some form of tax credit extension and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 27 Apr 2020 05:00:00 GMT 95 full 1832 clean Norton Rose FulbrightBenoit Allehaut, managing director at Capital Dynamics, joins us to discuss the state of the market and what the company has been up to lately. We go over what he views as the current state of the M&A, tax equity and debt markets, how investors are handling the merchant curve when valuing projects, the company’s new joint venture with Sol Systems, exposure to the PG&E bankruptcy, and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 20 Apr 2020 05:00:00 GMT 94 full 1575 clean Norton Rose FulbrightGary Blitz, co-CEO, and Matthew Heinz, managing director, of AON M&A and Transaction Solutions, join us to discuss the reps & warranty and tax insurance markets. We get into how they are being affected by COVID-19, how R&W insurance can help in distressed transactions, how specialty products like tax insurance and litigation buyouts are being used, and much more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 06 Apr 2020 05:00:00 GMT 93 full 1536 clean Norton Rose FulbrightBrian Warshay, principal consultant for distributed energy resources and energy storage at DNV GL, joins us to discuss merchant storage. We discuss the evolving energy storage value stack, how developers are managing the risk involved with merchant storage projects, the difference between merchant storage and merchant power plants, whether lenders are comfortable with merchant storage, the current size of the energy storage market, three questions clients should be asking and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 30 Mar 2020 05:00:00 GMT 92 full 932 clean Norton Rose FulbrightLuke Lindberg, senior vice president of external engagement for the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), joins us to discuss EXIM’s reauthorization after Chairman Reed’s confirmation last May. We go into what the bank’s priorities are, the changes Congress made to its charter during reauthorization, the markets that EXIM is focused on, how they work with other government agencies and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Sun, 29 Mar 2020 05:00:00 GMT 91 full 1274 clean Norton Rose FulbrightKeith Martin, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in Washington, joins us to unpack the $2.2 trillion economic relief bill that cleared Congress on Friday -- the CARES Act -- and what it means for companies in the project finance market. We get into the handful of things it does for companies, the prospects for more targeted relief for renewables, what we are seeing currently in the market and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 26 Mar 2020 05:00:00 GMT 90 full 3754 clean Norton Rose FulbrightTax equity for renewable energy was expected to be a US$15 billion market this year, and interest rates on bank debt had dropped to 125 to 137.5 basis points over LIBOR – before the coronavirus hit. Is financing still available for power and infrastructure projects? Has there been any change in availability or cost of tax equity, bank debt, B loans and project bonds? How have asset valuations been affected? Six key market participants talked about these questions and more. They are John C.S. Anderson, global head, corporate finance and infrastructure at Manulife, Ted Brandt, CEO of Marathon Capital, Jack Cargas, managing director at Bank of America, Ralph Cho, co-head of North American power and infrastructure at Investec Bank, Yale Henderson, managing director at J.P.Morgan and Max Lipkind, managing director and head of energy and power leveraged finance at Credit Suisse.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Fri, 20 Mar 2020 05:00:00 GMT 89 full 3588 clean Norton Rose FulbrightThis was expected to be a peak year in new capacity additions for wind and solar projects – before coronavirus hit. How has the outlook changed? Is work continuing on projects that are already under construction? Are new projects still able to secure financing? How are utilities faring? What issues are companies facing that will require a government response? Six power company CEOs joined us to talk about these questions and more. They are Michael Garland, CEO of Pattern Energy, Paul Gaynor, CEO of Longroad Energy, Miguel Prado, CEO of EDP Renewables North America, James Torgerson, CEO of Avangrid, Guy Vanderhaegen, CEO of Origis Energy, and Tom Werner, Chairman and CEO of SunPower Corporation.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 18 Mar 2020 05:00:00 GMT 88 full 1207 clean Norton Rose FulbrightDan Shreve, head of global wind energy research at Wood Mackenzie, joins us to discuss the future of the wind market. We take a look back at 2019, the outlook for 2020, the risks to the supply chain due to coronavirus and the potential effect on deployment, the impact of the PTC extension, the competition in the US between wind and solar, and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 03 Mar 2020 05:00:00 GMT 87 full 1128 clean Norton Rose FulbrightSue Wang, Ben Koenigsberg and Keith Martin join us to discuss the impacts of coronavirus on the renewable energy industry. We discuss how coronavirus is affecting daily life in Wuhan, the effect on loans, what sponsors should do after receiving force majeure notices, what might happen to renewable energy projects that are up against deadlines to start or finish construction to qualify for tax credits, how the M&A market is being affected, and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 25 Feb 2020 05:00:00 GMT 86 full 1324 clean Norton Rose FulbrightClaire Edwards, knowledge counsel with Norton Rose Fulbright in London, joins us to discuss the upcoming move away from LIBOR, the London Interbank Offered Rate. We discuss the basics of LIBOR, its importance to the industry, why it is being replaced, what types of rates people can expect to see in place of it, the difficulties around getting people to accept a new standard rate and much more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:30:00 GMT 85 full 920 clean Norton Rose FulbrightKarl Choltus, SVP, national surety practice leader at Beecher Carlson Insurance Services, LLC, joins us to discuss all things surety bonds. We discuss what a surety bond is, their traditional applications and competitive advantages, how similar a surety bond is to a guarantee, the target audience for a surety bond and much more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 10 Feb 2020 05:00:00 GMT 84 full 968 clean Norton Rose FulbrightSue Wang, senior counsel in our Washington office, joins us to discuss the banner year that renewables had in 2019. We get into the different changes in step-down dates for tax credits, what types of projects people are interested in buying, how clients are mitigating political risk, the growth in storage paired with generating facilities and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 22 Jan 2020 05:00:00 GMT 83 full 3764 clean Norton Rose FulbrightIt is the start of a new year. Many forecasters expect modest global growth this year, helped by favorable monetary policies by central banks, but with risk on the downside due to trade and geopolitical tensions. The US market remains awash in liquidity. Listen to a discussion led by Keith Martin, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, among John C.S. Anderson, global head of corporate finance and infrastructure at Manulife, Jean-Pierre Boudrias, managing director and head of project finance for North America at Goldman Sachs, Jack Cargas, managing director at Bank of America, Ralph Cho, co-head of the North American power and infrastructure group at Investec Bank plc, and Yale Henderson, managing director at J.P.Morgan, about what to expect in the year ahead for tax equity, bank and term loan B debt and project bonds.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 20 Jan 2020 05:00:00 GMT 82 full 1043 clean Norton Rose FulbrightHoward Seife, global head of financial restructuring and insolvency at Norton Rose Fulbright, joins us to discuss how power purchase agreements are affected by utility bankruptcies in the wake of the latest ruling by a US appeals court in the FirstEnergy Solutions bankruptcy. He covers what the FirstEnergy Solutions case, plus experience with the PG&E and other recent bankruptcies, suggest about when a PPA can be rejected, what project owners and creditors can do to protect themselves, and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 13 Jan 2020 04:00:00 GMT 81 full 1091 clean Norton Rose FulbrightWoody Rubin, president at AES Distributed Energy, joins us to discuss the distributed solar market. We talk about the market in general, the current abundance of capital, the balance between community and residential solar, AES’ recent success in Hawaii, changes he has seen in the energy storage market and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 06 Jan 2020 05:00:00 GMT 80 full 1096 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRichard Matsui, co-founder and CEO of kWh Analytics, is back to give us an update on their popular resource, the Solar Lendscape. We discuss how many banks are currently active in solar, what that means for the market and how many are lending in the community solar segment. From there we discuss the solar revenue put, trends in merchant risk and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Fri, 06 Dec 2019 05:00:00 GMT full 690 clean Norton Rose FulbrightKeith Martin, with Norton Rose Fulbright, joins us from Washington to discuss the likelihood that Congress will pass a tax extenders bill at year end and what tax changes of interest to the renewable energy industry are potentially in play.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 03 Dec 2019 05:00:00 GMT 78 full 2976 clean Norton Rose FulbrightLive from the Wharton Energy Conference, Manish Kumar, managing director at The AES Corporation, Jackson Lehr, operating partner, infrastructure at Energy Impact Partners, Martin Torres, managing director at BlackRock and Peter Zhu, senior vice president at Macquarie Capital, sit down with Todd Alexander to cover financing renewable energy. The lively panel discusses everything from traditional PPAs and tax equity to the latest trends the panelists are seeing in the industry.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 25 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMT 77 full 1354 clean Norton Rose FulbrightFleming Ray, senior project manager, due diligence at DNV GL, joins us to discuss all things solar plus storage. We get into the federal and state policies surrounding the market, the outlook for the next five years, the core technical due diligence focus areas, the integration of battery testing results including DNV GL’s recently published Battery Scorecard, and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 24 Oct 2019 05:00:00 GMT full 1180 clean Norton Rose FulbrightBob Shapiro, partner in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Washington office, discusses FERC’s proposed changes to PURPA. We go over what PURPA is and why it was created, its relevance today, the most significant changes that FERC is proposing and how those changes will affect the market.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:00:00 GMT full 1263 clean Norton Rose FulbrightSerge Abergel, director of media relations at Hydro-Québec, joins us to discuss how being state-owned affects the company's business decisions, how much energy the company exports and where the energy is being exported. We get into the business of hydro, its environmental impacts, the challenges of exporting to the northeastern US and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 30 Sep 2019 05:00:00 GMT 74 full 1705 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJim Spano, co-founder of Radiant REIT, joins us to discuss the evolution of the solar market and the idea behind his new company. Radiant REIT has an interesting business model for providing long term fixed-rate debt to solar projects.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 11 Sep 2019 05:00:00 GMT full 2762 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRussell Gold, senior energy reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and Michael Skelly, a senior advisor at Lazard and founder of Clean Line Energy Partners, join us for a discussion about Gold’s new book on the ultimately frustrated effort by Clean Line Energy Partners to build four independently-owned transmission lines to move wind electricity from the Midwest to other parts of the country.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 04 Sep 2019 05:00:00 GMT 72 full 962 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJessie Robbins, senior director of structured finance at Sol Systems, joins us to talk about the ITC extension bill. We talk about whether developers still need to worry about safe harboring, how the ITC step down works, whether safe harboring is worth it, how module prices are affecting developers' decisions and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 21 Aug 2019 22:45:00 GMT 71 full 1647 clean Norton Rose FulbrightEthan Zindler, head of Americas at BloombergNEF, joins us to discuss their New Energy Outlook. We get into how the outlook differs from others in the market, some of the biggest and most surprising findings, the big shifts that are being seen in the US power sector, how costs of wind and solar are changing, and much more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 12 Aug 2019 21:15:00 GMT 70 full 811 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRichard Matsui, founder and CEO of kWh Analytics, is back to give us an update on their Solar Lendscape from the asset owners’ perspective. We get into their methodology, discuss the recent trend of refinancing and how refinancing is being built into models, strategic partnerships in the industry and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 29 Jul 2019 22:00:00 GMT 69 full 974 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJohn Schuster, founder and president of JLS Capital Strategies, LLC and former vice president and head of the structured finance division of US ExIm Bank, joins us to discuss US ExIm Bank’s re-entrance into the market. We discuss what happened, his prediction for the future of the bank, as well as his thoughts on working with the bank and other development finance institutions to finance overseas.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 16 Jul 2019 02:45:00 GMT 68 full 1150 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJan Smutny-Jones, CEO of the Independent Energy Producers Association, joins us to discuss the California market. We discuss the current appetite for new investment in the state, how people are reacting to CCAs and mitigating their risks, how the market looks in the aftermath of the wildfires and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 08 Jul 2019 18:45:00 GMT 67 full 1036 clean Norton Rose FulbrightTed Brandt, CEO and founder of Marathon Capital, joins us again to discuss his overall perspective on how active the M&A market is for renewables right now and what he sees in the next six months. We discuss the shift in clients on the buy side, the market’s reaction to the influx of new products, how people are currently looking at the California market and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 01 Jul 2019 16:25:15 GMT 66 full 1056 clean Norton Rose FulbrightDavid Burton, partner in our New York office, joins us to for an update on recent headlines in the tax market. We discuss the recent opinions of the US Court of Federal Claims in Bishop Hill Energy, LLC and California Ridge Wind Energy, LLC; what is driving the recent increase in repowerings from a tax perspective; and finally safe harboring panels: why people are doing it, how they are structuring their deals and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 25 Jun 2019 14:50:35 GMT 65 full 1466 clean Norton Rose FulbrightTom Buttgenbach, CEO and president of 8minute Solar Energy, one of the most successful developers of utility-scale solar projects in the United States, joins us to discuss what he sees in store for the solar market. We get into how solar technology has affected the energy industry, Tom's forecast for the solar market and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 03 Jun 2019 15:50:54 GMT 64 full 1856 clean Norton Rose FulbrightNoam Berk of Dean Street Capital Advisors joins us to discuss interesting developments in thermal power hedging as well as key hedge products. We get into the details of tolls, HRCOs, RPOs, spark spread swaps, gas netbacks and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 28 May 2019 22:30:00 GMT 63 full 1337 clean Norton Rose FulbrightAli Ghorashi, head of section, wind independent engineering at DNV GL, joins us to unpack the business of repowering, which has become relevant in the past few years. We discuss the key valuation drivers, the technological challenges, how the financing structure differs from a preconstruction project and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 23 May 2019 00:13:00 GMT 62 full 1907 clean Norton Rose FulbrightAlex Hinojosa, Calixto Mateos, Carlos Carranza, and Salvador Lopez of the North American Development Bank, join us to talk about why the bank was formed, the types of projects it finances, how it is governed and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 13 May 2019 19:15:00 GMT 61 full 1984 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRichard Matsui, CEO and co-founder of kWh Analytics, and Dana Olson, solar segment leader at DNV GL, join us to discuss the recently published "Solar Risk Assessment" report in which they, along with industry experts from eight other companies, share their quantitative insights on solar production risk.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Fri, 03 May 2019 13:53:44 GMT full 1630 clean Norton Rose FulbrightDr. Becca Jones-Albertus, deputy director of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office, joins us to talk about what the office does and the programs it has funded in the past. The office recently announced $130 million of new funding, $3 million of which has been allocated for “Innovative Solar Finance”; she gets into how you can submit a project for funding, how the solar office tracks the success of its projects and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 23 Apr 2019 15:45:00 GMT 59 full 1836 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRalph Cho and Mike Pantelogianis, Power & Infrastructure Finance Co-heads for Investec in North America, join us to discuss quasi-merchant gas deals. They go into how the projects are set up, who takes the merchant exposure, different types of hedges available and more. .Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 16 Apr 2019 20:39:00 GMT 58 full 1233 clean Norton Rose FulbrightKat Gamache, senior counsel at Norton Rose Fulbright, joins us to discuss all things energy PPAs. We go into the biggest differences between traditional renewable PPAs and PPAs with storage, how pricing is handled, the types of batteries she is seeing in the market, lifespan terms in combined resource projects and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 26 Mar 2019 22:15:00 GMT 57 full 1518 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJared Quient, Executive Vice President and General Counsel at BayWa r.e., joins us to discuss the innovative PPA structure the company recently used to finance its 100 MW solar deal in North Carolina, from there we expand the discussion to the environment for solar development in the US.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:13:25 GMT full 1630 clean Norton Rose FulbrightDr. Becca Jones-Albertus, deputy director of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office, joins us to talk about what the office does and the programs it has funded in the past. The office recently announced $130 million of new funding, $3 million of which has been allocated for “Innovative Solar Finance”; she gets into how you can submit a project for funding, how the solar office tracks the success of its projects and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 12 Mar 2019 02:00:00 GMT 55 full 1021 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRichard Matsui, CEO and co-founder of kWh Analytics, joins us again to share the company's popular Solar Lendscape and discuss the current solar market. He goes into why the company created the Lendscape, what is currently going on in debt markets for solar projects, how new lenders are getting into the market, how deals with progressively shorter PPAs are being financed, lenders' comfort levels with merchant risk and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 05 Mar 2019 01:15:00 GMT 54 full 1645 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJohn Mauel, partner in our Houston office, joins us to discuss the current US LNG market. We take the discussion from an overview of the global LNG industry to where the US market fits into the global transformation. John shares his experiences in the rapidly evolving market and his predictions for the future.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:00:00 GMT 3527 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJohn Eber, former CEO of JPM Capital Corporation, joins us for a conversation about lessons learned over a 30-year career working as a prominent tax equity investor.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 18 Feb 2019 19:45:00 GMT 1028 clean Norton Rose FulbrightMarion Hill, business line director, renewable energy for North America of DNV GL, joins us to discuss the company's "2018 Energy Transition Outlook." We talk about the model on which the outlook is based and how the DNV GL outlook differs from other energy outlooks, when DNV GL thinks the world will hit peak energy demand and why it thinks demand in North America has already peaked.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 11 Feb 2019 21:15:00 GMT 1780 clean Norton Rose FulbrightAlfred Griffin, president of the NY Green Bank, joins us to discuss its mission, what types of deals it is authorized to do and the benefits of borrowing from it. We get into where opportunity currently lies for entrepreneurs, what kind of pricing is offered and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 04 Feb 2019 21:30:00 GMT 1955 clean Norton Rose FulbrightListen in as Lee Taylor, CEO of REsurety, joins Todd Alexander and Rob Eberhardt to give us a refresher course on covariance risk. Lee answers everything from what it is and why you should care about it to who wears the risk in a project and what commercial and industrial buyers can do about when facing it.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 28 Jan 2019 19:00:00 GMT 1941 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRob Gramlich, CEO of Grid Strategies, joins us to discuss a recent report on reforms needed in the PJM and MISO electricity markets for renewable energy to become competitive. He explains how different technologies can improve the reliability of wind and solar output, the changes needed in the market for a high-penetration renewable energy scenario, how transmission fits in and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 22 Jan 2019 02:15:00 GMT 1919 clean Norton Rose FulbrightThe new Mexican president already made headlines by halting construction work on the new Mexico City airport and requiring resignations of executives at state companies to reduce salaries. Raquel Bierzwinsky sits down to tell us what she expects to see in the power and infrastructure sectors in Mexico with Andrés Manuel López Obrador in charge.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 14 Jan 2019 22:15:00 GMT 4493 clean Norton Rose FulbrightIt is the start of a new year. Interest rates are headed up in the broader market. Economists are split on where the US and global economies are headed. Share prices on world bourses took a beating at the end of 2018. On January 11, we had a conversation among a group of project finance industry veterans about what to expect in the year ahead for tax equity, bank and term loan B debt and project bonds.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 07 Jan 2019 19:30:00 GMT 1126 clean Norton Rose FulbrightIn Episode 23, Richard Matsui of kWh Analytics sat down with us to explain the solar revenue put. One year later, he joins us again to discuss how the market has reacted, the number of deals that have used it, the response to this new innovation and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Fri, 30 Nov 2018 19:00:00 GMT full 1310 clean Norton Rose FulbrightBob Shapiro joins us to discuss potential wildfire impacts on PG&E, including potential impacts to PG&E's counterparties. We dive into the relationship between the California legislature and the California Public Utilities Commission, the impact a significant loss to PG&E could have on power generators and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 19 Nov 2018 01:00:00 GMT full 3646 clean Norton Rose FulbrightListen to a discussion among Keith Martin and five veteran Washington lobbyists and power company office heads about how the US mid-term election results are likely to affect the power sector, especially renewable energy.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 14 Nov 2018 02:30:00 GMT full 1954 clean Norton Rose FulbrightGreg Remec, Senior Director with Fitch Ratings, joins us to give a master class on ratings for projects, discussing what goes into a rating, how the different players affect the grade and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 23 Oct 2018 21:15:00 GMT full 2122 clean Norton Rose FulbrightScott Bank of First American Insurance sat down to discuss all things title insurance; in this episode we go from title insurance 101 and endorsements for project finance projects to how pricing breaks down and where he sees the insurer most often paying out.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 15 Oct 2018 17:59:00 GMT full 1518 clean Norton Rose FulbrightKen Elser of DNV GL joins us to discuss when a company contemplating an M&A transaction should approach an independent engineer, the different methods DNV GL takes in buy-side vs. sell-side transactions, the top three things that drive the value of an M&A transaction, where he sees the market going in the next six to 12 months, how DNV GL can help, and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 03 Oct 2018 23:10:00 GMT full 1926 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRen Plastina of Investec joins us to talk about energy storage and electric vehicles and how to be a first mover in both markets. He gets into energy storage from standpoint of a lender, what is going in the market and whether lenders are seeing deals that can actually be financed, as well as how the traditional project finance model can be used for EV charging infrastructure, a market that is still in the formative stages.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:00:00 GMT full 1656 clean Norton Rose FulbrightSteven Greenwald, senior advisor and former head of project finance with Credit Suisse, reflects on a rich 39-year history in the project finance industry. Steve shares what led him to become an investment banker, the secret to his longevity, how he has seen the business evolve, common mistakes to avoid and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 17 Sep 2018 21:00:00 GMT full 2309 clean Norton Rose FulbrightMichael Kleinberg, head of distributed energy resources and energy storage at DNV GL, joins us to talk all things energy storage. He shares an update on current technology trends of lithium ion, the cost environment, how projects are priced, key players on the manufacturing side and how these technologies are being deployed in the US. The residential market is awakening and Todd asks how much confidence can the project finance industry take from the numbers that the market is currently reporting.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 11 Sep 2018 20:45:00 GMT full 1564 clean Norton Rose FulbrightThe representations and warranties insurance (RWI) market is growing rapidly as the insurance expands in scope to cover more types of transactions. David Barrett discusses RWI from a legal perspective: talking about the basics of sell-side and buy-side policies, typical pricing, premiums last year versus this year, the risks that aren't covered, special considerations for energy projects, the claims history and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 28 Aug 2018 00:57:00 GMT full 951 clean Norton Rose FulbrightAmanda Rosenberg tells us what the major changes to CFIUS are and how they will affect the energy industry, including details on the new review authority, changes to process, mandatory declarations and when everything comes into effect.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 20 Aug 2018 23:00:00 GMT full 1193 clean Norton Rose FulbrightListen in as Patrick Dolan offers a general overview of securitization and then dives specifically into the niche market of property assessed clean energy (PACE) bonds. We cover which states are doing the highest volume in PACE securitizations, a history of the ratings, residential versus commercial and where he sees the future of the program.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 06 Aug 2018 21:45:00 GMT full 1214 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJim Berger discusses back-leveraged loans from a legal perspective, going over the big picture of project structures as well as the most negotiated points in these transactions, the breakdown of benefits for sponsor members and tax equity investors, security packages, cash sweeps and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 30 Jul 2018 23:45:00 GMT full 1672 clean Norton Rose FulbrightBankruptcy lawyer Howard Seife sits down to talk about what happens when a power purchaser files for bankruptcy, using the recent Chapter 11 filing by First Energy Solutions as a case study. As we see more power projects financed based on projected cash flows from corporate PPAs, IPPs need to understand the credit risk presented by a potential bankruptcy of their counterparty.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 23 Jul 2018 22:45:00 GMT full 1633 clean Norton Rose FulbrightWe sat down with Benoit Allehaut, director on the clean energy infrastructure team at Capital Dynamics, fresh off the heels of its acquisition and privatization of 8point3 Energy Partners LP. Benoit shares his views on how much appetite there is currently in the market for solar, the effects of the new solar tariffs, PPAs, the future of energy storage and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 18 Jul 2018 18:30:00 GMT full 1085 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJoin us as we take a closer look at CFIUS, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, the committee is charged with reviewing transactions in which a foreign person will gain control over a US trade or business. Amanda Rosenberg talks about the basics, national security, specific project finance concerns, lessons learned and what is happening today.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 09 Jul 2018 20:45:00 GMT full 1661 clean Norton Rose FulbrightTodd Alexander meets with Alicia Barton, president of NYSERDA to discuss New York's 50% renewable energy by 2030 plan, their aims for the offshore wind market and their stance on energy storage.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:00:00 GMT full 906 clean Norton Rose FulbrightKeith Martin joins Todd Alexander to talk about the likely outcome of DOE efforts to halt coal and nuclear power plant retirements, how the growing number of US import tariffs is affecting the market, and possible moves this summer to place further restrictions on inbound US investment.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 18 Jun 2018 20:15:00 GMT full 1844 clean Norton Rose FulbrightTodd Alexander discusses the M&A landscape, macro trends in the market, valuations, assumptions, natural owners and more with industry veteran Ted Brandt of Marathon Capital.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 21 May 2018 21:45:00 GMT full 1737 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJoin us as Matt Heinz, Senior Managing Director at Aon Transaction Solutions, unpacks representations and warranties insurance, a product that is now considered an essential tool in closing deals. We will discuss the market-driven pricing of policies, buyer's and seller's advantages, special considerations for the energy industry and more.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 01 May 2018 21:58:00 GMT full 1737 clean Norton Rose FulbrightTax equity transactions have been a mainstay of financing renewable energy projects. While the general idea—using the tax benefits from renewable energy projects as a way to generate financing for their construction—is not very complicated, tax-equity participants are subject to a number of tax risks. We speak with Daniel Schoenberg, Senior Managing Director at Aon Transaction Solutions to learn exactly what is tax credit insurance and how it is used in the renewable space.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 28 Mar 2018 17:15:00 GMT full 3702 clean Norton Rose FulbrightPlease join us for a webinar from Norton Rose Fulbright and ICF on energy storage. Our own Kat Gamache and Deanne Barrow are joined by Judah Rose and Shankar Chandramowli from ICF to discuss market drivers of storage adoption and potential risks and challenges.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 07 Mar 2018 20:24:00 GMT full 923 clean Norton Rose FulbrightAs the community solar market continues to expand, our associate Ana Vucetic joins us to provide an update on the market and takes us through important recent changes in net metering rules across several key states.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 26 Feb 2018 21:30:00 GMT full 1083 clean Norton Rose FulbrightRichard Matsui, CEO of KwH Analytics, joins us to discuss the Solar Revenue Put, an innovative new financial product that may change the way many solar projects are financed. While the solar industry faces the potential impact of tariffs, we explore how this product can reduce project costs.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 31 Jan 2018 13:30:00 GMT full 4523 clean Norton Rose FulbrightPlease join us for a special episode featuring our 2018 Cost of Capital webinar. Partner Keith Martin moderates and is joined by panelists John C.S. Anderson of Manulife/John Hancock, Jean-Pierre Boudrias of Goldman Sachs, Jack Cargas of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Ralph Cho of Investec, and John Eber of J.P.Morgan.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 17 Jan 2018 15:30:00 GMT full 2442 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJacob Susman has been investing and developing projects in renewable energy since 1999. He led OwnEnergy from inception to its sale to EDF Renewable Energy, where he is now VP, Head of Origination. In today's episode, Jacob sits down with Todd to discuss what it takes to build a successful renewable energy startup and offers his insights on opportunities in today's market.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 21 Dec 2017 16:15:00 GMT full 4523 clean Norton Rose FulbrightJoin Keith Martin, David Gillespie and Michael Masri as they take you through over a dozen provisions in the recently enacted tax bill that will affect transactions in the power and broader infrastructure markets. This special episode was recorded live on December 19 starting with an overview of the changes followed by answering audience questions. Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 06 Dec 2017 18:15:00 GMT full 1089 clean Norton Rose FulbrightA massive tax-cut tax bill that is in the final stages in Congress has significant consequences for the US power industry, especially renewable energy companies. Keith Martin, partner in the Washington office, joins us to discuss the implications.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 28 Nov 2017 22:30:00 GMT full 2011 clean Norton Rose FulbrightDramatic change is underway in Mexico's power sector. Clean energy auctions awarding long-term power purchase agreements have been a great success so far. The results of the third and most recent auction were announced in November, bringing some of the lowest prices for renewable energy in the world. We're joined by Raquel Bierzwinsky, partner in the New York and Mexico City offices, to discuss the auction and the reform of the Mexican renewables sector more broadly.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 14 Nov 2017 21:07:00 GMT full 1675 clean Norton Rose FulbrightBack-leverage loans have become the primary way to raise debt for tax equity-funded renewable energy projects in the US. Today, we're joined by Ralph Cho and Mike Pantelogianis, Co-Heads of Power and Infrastructure Finance, North America at Investec, to discuss the state of the back-leverage loan market.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 25 Oct 2017 22:15:00 GMT full 1862 clean Norton Rose FulbrightTo kick off Season 2 of Currents, we've invited Rob Eberhardt, partner in New York, to discuss financial hedges for renewable energy projects. Rob helped to develop an innovative new wind power hedge last year that attracted considerable attention in the market.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Fri, 30 Jun 2017 15:04:00 GMT full 1420 clean Norton Rose FulbrightMergers and acquisitions activity in the energy sector is on the rise, and cross-border transactions are driving much of this activity. In today's episode, we talk to Marwan Azzi, from our New York office, who gives us an in-depth view of how these transactions work and shares his insight on market trends.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 15 Jun 2017 23:13:00 GMT full 2065 clean Norton Rose FulbrightAs political uncertainty continues to dominate the news, we take a closer look at political risk insurance: a valuable tool when developing projects in riskier emerging markets. Ken Hansen, partner in our Washington office, joins us to give a breakdown of the industry and major players, and discuss recent developments.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 24 May 2017 21:15:00 GMT full 2222 clean Norton Rose FulbrightThe global LNG industry has seen remarkable growth in a short time. Noam Ayali and Brian Greene, partners in our Washington, DC office, fill us in on the market, how these projects are developed and financed, and some of the hurtles you might face.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Fri, 12 May 2017 16:15:00 GMT full 2106 clean Norton Rose FulbrightThe Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, “WIFIA,” is a funding mechanism that was enacted to address the US water infrastructure gap. WIFIA aims to encourage private investment in public water infrastructure projects, and the EPA announced this week that it had received 43 letters of interest in its first round of solicitations. In this episode, we speak with Jake Falk, Counsel in our Washington, DC office, to discuss the WIFIA program.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:35:00 GMT full 2557 clean Norton Rose FulbrightIn this special bonus episode, Governor Pataki discusses his political views and influences, what motivates him, and his advice for the next generation.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:30:00 GMT full 1836 clean Norton Rose FulbrightIn this episode, we're joined by the 53rd Governor of New York state, George E. Pataki, to discuss his views on the future of energy and infrastructure under the Trump administration.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 06 Apr 2017 14:15:00 GMT full 1860 clean Norton Rose FulbrightAs the Trump administration and the Republican Congress continue to work on corporate tax reform, we speak to Keith Martin, partner in the Washington, DC office and co-head of the project finance group, to walk us through some of the proposals and their potential effects on the US renewable energy industry.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:15:00 GMT full 1798 clean Norton Rose FulbrightFour project finance lawyers talk about their favorite projects in this episode. From racking up frequent flier miles traveling the world, to bringing a project to a war torn country, to only sleeping for 13 hours in an entire week, Todd Alexander, Doug Fried and William Nicholson talk about some of the highlights of their careers.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 23 Feb 2017 20:00:00 GMT full 1632 clean Norton Rose FulbrightTax equity transactions have been a mainstay of financing renewable energy projects in the US. William Nicholson, associate in the New York office, joins us to give a primer on how these transactions are structured and key considerations that developers and investors should keep in mind.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:00:00 GMT full 1725 clean Norton Rose FulbrightThe renewable energy industry saw a tremendous amount of success in 2016, but the new year brings some uncertainty, both in the US and abroad. In this episode, we speak to Todd Alexander, partner in Chadbourne's New York office, to discuss why he thinks 2017 will be continue to bring success to the industry.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 19 Jan 2017 20:45:00 GMT full 3858 clean Norton Rose FulbrightIt is the start of a new year. The Trump presidency and the likelihood of corporate tax reform have added an element of unpredictability. On January 17, 2017 Chadbourne hosted a webinar among a group of project finance industry veterans about what to expect in the year ahead for tax equity, bank and term loan B debt and project bonds.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 05 Jan 2017 19:15:00 GMT full 1438 clean Norton Rose FulbrightThere is a tremendous amount of opportunity for energy and infrastructure development in Africa. In this episode, we speak to Chadbourne partner Ikenna Emehelu to discuss opportunities, challenges, the future of the Electrify Africa Act, and what a Trump administration means for the African energy and infrastructure market.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 14 Dec 2016 15:00:00 GMT full 1432 clean Norton Rose FulbrightThe bankruptcy of solar power developer SunEdison has been one of the most discussed topics of the US renewable energy market in 2016. Christy Rivera, partner in Chadbourne's bankruptcy group, joins us to discuss outcomes, surprises and lessons learned from SunEdison's bankruptcy filing.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 05 Dec 2016 17:45:00 GMT full 2068 clean Norton Rose FulbrightPresident-Elect Trump has positioned US infrastructure investment as a top priority, and the topic was a rare source of bipartisan agreement throughout the 2016 election season. In this episode, we're joined by Chadbourne partner Doug Fried and Mike Parker, US Infrastructure Advisory Leader of Ernst & Young Infrastructure Advisors, LLC to discuss opportunities in the infrastructure sector and how the public-private-partnership ("P3") model is likely to play a role.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 21 Nov 2016 15:00:00 GMT full 3392 clean Norton Rose FulbrightThe markets are trying rapidly to assess the effects of a Trump presidency on the energy industry. On Thursday, November 10, 2016, Chadbourne hosted a webinar with five experts in Washington who are close to energy and tax policy for an assessment of what the election results mean for renewable energy. The participants were: Keith Martin, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP (Moderator) Richard Glick, General Counsel (minority), Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and former senior policy advisor to the US Secretary of Energy Mark Menezes, Vice President, Federal Relations, Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company, and former Chief Counsel, House Energy and Commerce Committee Joseph Mikrut, Partner, Capitol Tax Partners and former Tax Legislative Counsel, US Department of the Treasury Kathleen Weiss, Vice President, Government Affairs, First SolarNorton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Mon, 07 Nov 2016 23:15:00 GMT full 1765 clean Norton Rose FulbrightChadbourne associate Megan Strand joins us to discuss net metering, an important tool in the continued deployment of distributed solar in the United States. As utilities and developers battle over net metering policy, we explore the different methods states are using to promote - and manage - net metering.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Thu, 27 Oct 2016 19:45:00 GMT full 1797 clean Norton Rose FulbrightIn part two of our discussion on offshore wind development in the United States, Chadbourne counsel Kat Gamache delves into the complex regulations that developers of US offshore wind projects should consider. Topics discussed include the Jones Act, the Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA), and the recent Supreme Court ruling in Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing. Kat also covers some of the challenges that these projects face when securing long-term, fixed-price power purchase agreements (PPAs) and government permits.Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Fri, 21 Oct 2016 21:33:00 GMT full 1446 clean Norton Rose FulbrightBenjamin Koenigsberg and Christine Brozynski take us on a behind-the-scenes tour of the complex financing and construction of the Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in the US. What hurdles did the team clear to make it happen and what does this mean for future projects?Norton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander Wed, 19 Oct 2016 21:15:00 GMT full 130 clean Norton Rose FulbrightNorton Rose FulbrightCurrents,Project,Finance,Renewable,Energy,Todd,Alexander no