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As we delve into the currents of progress, the US offshore wind sector has found itself somewhat lost at sea. Despite strong tides provided by a collective commitment to combat climate change and favorable tax incentives, many of the multi-billion-dollar projects have stalled or terminated.
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NordLB's Sondra Martinez, CohnReznick Capital's Conor McKenna, Convergent Energy + Power's Frank Genova and Kirkland & Ellis's Brian Greene discuss the latest developments in the energy storage market.
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In February, for the first time, Power Finance & Risk brought together representatives of the bank loan, private placement, term loan B and tax equity markets with a project sponsor to discuss the state of project finance, how they coped with the Covid-19 pandemic and what is in store for 2021.
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Last year, solar ABS faced its first major test in the form of economic disruption wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. To discuss how the market weathered the storm, PFR brought together a panel of market participants, including both issuers and investors.
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In order to deepen our understanding of the benefits and the pitfalls of advanced hedging and offtake strategies, PFR brought together a group of experienced market participants to share their perspectives and insight.
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The US offshore wind industry is on the cusp of lift-off. To discuss the path forward, PFR and McDermott Will & Emery brought together a group of professionals at the forefront.
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As Latin America's power sector grapples with the consequences of the pandemic, PFR has brought together a diverse panel to share their perspectives on how the market will move forward.
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For private placement investors, pandemic-related disruption created opportunities as well as headaches. To discuss this, PFR brought together a diverse panel to share their perspectives. Sponsored by Fitch Ratings and MUFG.
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Andy Redinger and Dan Brown, managing directors at KeyBanc Capital Markets, discuss the surge in demand for US renewable energy assets and what global investors need to consider when evaluating opportunities in this sector.
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In July, PFR brought together CoBank's Brian Goldstein, Matthew Wade of IFM Investors, Clearway Energy Group's Johana Afenjar and Sean Yovan from Innergex Renewable Energy to look back on a tumultuous - and memorable - six months in the Midyear Review 2020 roundtable.
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Ares Management's Keith Derman, John Drake of Osaka Gas USA, and Daniel Englander from Panamint Capital take you through the latest trends in US gas-fired project finance on PFR's Thermal Power Roundtable 2020.
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Power Finance & Risk brought together experts to discuss energy storage, one of the hottest topics in the infrastructure investing and project finance world. If you are interested in the future of financing energy storage – and who isn’t? – you will not want to miss it.
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Experts in distributed solar finance discussed tax equity, the impact of Covid-19, the emerging community solar model and much more.
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A panel of solar securitization experts gathered in December to discuss the progress of the solar ABS market and what the future holds for this emerging asset class. Sponsored by Credit Suisse.
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In October, Power Finance & Risk brought together a group of project finance officials and a partner from Allen & Overy to discuss the latest opportunities and challenges in financing power and renewables across Latin America.
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In September, Power Finance & Risk brought together a panel of project finance officials at insurance companies, asset managers and Fitch Ratings to discuss how U.S. private placement debt investors are viewing the latest innovations in power and renewable energy finance.
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In August, PFR hosted a panel discussion on the challenges facing sponsors seeking to finance U.S. wind repowerings.
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In July, Power Finance & Risk teamed up with Bracewell to host a panel on the key project finance trends we saw in the first half of the year. Experts from Capital Dynamics, CohnReznick Capital and NextEra Energy also laid out what the market can expect in the next six months.
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Power Finance & Risk brought together a panel of experts to talk through the changing dynamics of California’s sun-soaked power market and the impact for project financiers. Leaders from Strata Solar, CleanCapital, Capstone Headwaters and Solar Frontier Americas talked through PG&E’s restructuring, pricing of battery storage debt and much more.
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In May, PFR brought together three developers, a private equity investor and a lender for a fascinating and frank discussion about financing battery storage finance.
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Andy Redinger and Daniel Brown, managing directors at KeyBanc Capital Markets, discuss residential solar finance, including the latest trends in M&A and the future of the sector.
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C2 Energy Capital’s Rich Dovere, Doran Hole from ReneSola, Mike Roth from Ares Management and Soltage cfo Sripradha Ilango joined PFR reporter Shravan Bhat to drill down into the intricacies of financing commercial and industrial solar projects.
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Kirkland & Ellis attorneys Kelann Stirling and Robert Fleishman, Novartis’ Jim Goudreau, Citi’s Brian Anast and Goldman Sachs’ Cindy Quan joined PFR reporter Shravan Bhat to talk through the challenges and opportunities facing corporate buyers of renewable energy.
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CoBank’s Brian Goldstein, KeyBanc Capital Markets’ Andy Redinger and Morgan Stanley’s Michael Kumar joined PFR editor Richard Metcalf in January to review 2018 in power project finance and look ahead to 2019. Check out what they had to say.
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In October, PFR teamed up with Fitch Ratings and Orrick to host a candid discussion on the challenges and opportunities for financing America’s nascent offshore wind industry. Experts covered everything from debt pricing to offtake structures and the full report is in this week’s issue.
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In September, PFR and Mayer Brown teamed up to bring together a panel of tax equity experts to review the latest developments and innovations in this fascinating area of renewable energy finance, as well as the outlook for the coming years. Check out the full transcript.
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In the third and final part of this exclusive interview, Nick Knapp, president of CohnReznick Capital, discusses co-advisory mandates, emerging areas of activity in renewables and the state of the project finance market with PFR reporter Fotios Tsarouhis.
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In the second part of this exclusive interview, Nick Knapp, president of CohnReznick Capital, discusses opportunities in restructuring, M&A market dynamics and how the firm competes for advisory mandates with PFR reporter Fotios Tsarouhis.
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Nick Knapp, who took over as president of CohnReznick Capital in January, discusses the latest changes at the firm and his outlook for project finance and M&A activity with PFR reporter Fotios Tsarouhis.
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MUFG's Matt Odette, director in project finance, and Frederick Echeverria, executive director on the private placement desk, discuss the trend toward financing projects in the bond market in the second part of this exclusive interview.
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Matt Odette, director in project finance, and Frederick Echeverria, executive director on the private placement desk, discussed the trend toward financing projects in the bond market with Richard Metcalf, editor of PFR, in this exclusive interview.
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Shortly after the International Trade Commission's momentous September ruling in a Section 201 trade case concerning solar panel imports, PFR assembled a power and utilities banker, two developers, a project finance attorney and an asset manager who focuses on energy infrastructure debt to discuss the impact of the case and all the latest trends in solar finance.
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Rabobank's Gregory Hutton discusses the bank's project finance strategy in the rapidly evolving U.S. renewables sector, touching on non-utility offtakers, community solar and biomass, in the second part of this exclusive interview with PFR's Fotios Tsaoruhis
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Gregory Hutton, managing director and head of project finance for the Americas in Rabobank’s New York office, discusses the renewables landscape, project finance pricing and deal flow and the impact of the Suniva trade case in the first part of an exclusive interview with PFR reporter Fotios Tsarouhis.
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In June, officials from KeyBanc Capital Markets, Prudential Capital Group, Voya Investment Management and BlackRock discussed the latest trends U.S. renewable project finance with PFR.
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Mike Garland, ceo of Pattern Development and president and ceo of its yield company, Pattern Energy Group (PEGI), discusses the latest trends in project finance and gives his view on the state of yieldco equities.
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Mike Garland, ceo of Pattern Development and president and ceo of its yield company, Pattern Energy Group (PEGI), gives his view on trends in the availability and pricing of power purchase agreements, the competitiveness of offshore wind and the latest developments in the tax equity market in the first part of this exclusive interview with Richard Metcalf, editor of PFR.
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In the second part of this exclusive interview, PFR’s managing editor, Olivia Feld, speaks with Josh Goldstein, senior v.p., finance and capital markets, at Recurrent Energy, about tax equity, market dynamics in Texas and Recurrent’s strategy regarding distributed generation and power hedges.
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In this exclusive interview Recurrent senior v.p., finance & capital markets, and PFR finance official of 2015, Josh Goldstein, discusses the project finance landscape.
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In the second part of this exclusive interview, Kevin Walsh, managing director and group head of renewable energy at GE Energy Financial Services, talks with PFR reporter Fotios Tsarouhis about what is driving development of renewables both in the U.S. and abroad, and what markets GE’s project finance arm is focusing on.
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In the first part of this exclusive interview, Don Kyle, senior managing director at GE Capital Markets, and Tim Howell, m.d., power and development, at GE EFS, discussed the firm’s investment targets and strategy for conventional generation in a shifting U.S. power market with PFR reporter Fotios Tsarouhis.
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In the second part of this exclusive interview, PFR’s managing editor, Olivia Feld, speaks with Daniel Brown of Keybanc Capital Markets about bank market capacity for gas-fired debt in PJM, why he thinks the yieldco market is only facing a temporary setback, and what that means for asset valuations.
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In the first part of this exclusive interview, PFR’s managing editor, Olivia Feld, speaks with Daniel Brown of Keybanc Capital Markets about the bank's appetite for deals, the state of the residential solar market and how low oil and gas prices are affecting the growth of renewables.
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In the second half of this exclusive interview, Pablo Otin, v.p, of emerging markets at 8minutenergy Renewables, talks to PFR managing editor Olivia Feld about the sponsor’s plans to finance its expansion into Latin American and engage with local developers and financiers.
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PFR’s managing editor, Olivia Feld, speaks to Pablo Otin, v.p., emerging markets, at 8minutenergy, about the solar developer’s plans to expand, particularly into Brazil and Mexico.
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PFR editor Richard Metcalf catches up with Steven Nichols, capital markets manager at Southern Co., after its subsidiary Southern Power issued its debut green bond.
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In the second half of this exclusive interview, Santosh Raikar, m.d., renewable energy investments at State Street, talks to PFR managing editor Olivia Feld about the planning for the ITC step down, competition with corporates for tax equity deals and appetite for renewables outside of wind and solar.
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In this exclusive interview, Santosh Raikar, m.d. at State Street Bank, speaks with PFR managing editor Olivia Feld about finding financeable projects amid a lack of suitable deals and an influx of new players. Raikar leads a team that originates and executes tax equity deals, in addition to managing the performance of existing investments.
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In the second half of this exclusive interview, Jean-Pierre Boudrias, v.p. and head of project finance at Goldman Sachs, talks to PFR managing editor Olivia Feld about the investment bank's plans to finance more projects in Latin America and how contagion from the energy market is affecting pricing.
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Jean-Pierre Boudrias, v.p. and head of project finance at Goldman Sachs, sat down with PFR managing editor Olivia Feld in New York to discuss Goldman’s appetite for deals, the impact of recent market volatility on terms and pricing and the rush to get renewable financing sealed before the expiration of tax credits. Boudrias has worked with Panda Power Funds on a succession of deals, most recently the term loan B backing the Hummel project.
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Conergy’s regional head of the Americas, Yann Brandt, speaks to PFR editor Richard Metcalf about the aspirant solar independent power producer's plans to grow its portfolio in the U.S., Brazil and Mexico, how it will finance that growth, and long term financing options such as securitization and yield companies.
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Having established itself as a significant player in tax equity, earlier this year U.S. Bancorp launched its first renewable tax equity syndications. Chris Roetheli, v.p in U.S. Bancorp’s tax equity syndication department, spoke to PFR about the need for more sources of tax equity and the bank's plans to expand its footprint in the market.
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Brad Nordholm, the ceo and managing director of Starwood Energy, and Himanshu Saxena, managing director, talk about the appeal of transmission assets, the evolution of the debt finance market, the prospects for mergers and acquisitions in PJM, the emergence of non-utility offtakers in the renewables space, and the impact of President Obama’s Clean Power Plan.
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This week, Mexican energy infrastructure developer Fermaca's cfo Sergio Camacho spoke to Richard Metcalf, editor of PFR, about the Mexican project finance market, the recent financing of the El Encino-La Laguna gas pipeline and Fermaca’s long-term financing plans for the project.
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In the second part of this exclusive interview, Mona Dajani, a partner in the banking and finance practice at Baker & McKenzie’s Chicago and New York offices, talks to PFR about the sustainability of the yieldco business model and the consequences of high levels of liquidity in a credit market pepped up by new entrants.
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In this exclusive interview with PFR, Mona Dajani, a partner at Baker & McKenzie’s banking and finance group sheds light on how the ongoing transformation of the power industry is driving corporate restructuring in the context of industry consolidation, and a potential uptick in M&A activity.
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Brian O’Connor and Paul Colatrella, managing directors at Ares Management, talk exclusively to PFR's Nischinta Amarnath about strategies within the company’s direct lending group, their approach to borrowers, the Panda deals, the burgeoning market for mezzanine debt, and more.
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In this exclusive, David Giordano, managing director at BlackRock discusses the company’s role in M&A transactions, the benefits of its partnership with EDF Renewable Energy, its burgeoning interest in greenfield renewable project investments, and the risks facing project finance players in parts of Latin America.
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In the second installment of this PFR exclusive, Michael Allison, senior managing director at Macquarie's renewables group discusses his views on the potential for yieldcos coming to market, challenges involved in securing tax equity investments and more.
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Michael Allison, senior managing director of Macquarie Capital’s renewables group, sat down with Managing Editor Nischinta Amarnath to discuss the bank’s approach to clients, M&A transactions and capital markets activities. In the first instalment of this exclusive, Allison also offers insights into the bank’s measures to minimize the risks involved in providing development capital for renewable projects.
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SolarCity is considering multiple ABS issuances in 2015, Marco Krapels, senior v.p. of structured finance and strategy at SolarCity, says in the second instalment of this PFR exclusive by Senior Reporter Olivia Feld.
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The San Mateo, Calif.-based pioneer of asset-backed rooftop solar securities continues exploring new financial structures under its latest hire, Marco Krapels, senior v.p. of structured finance and strategy. In the first instalment of this PFR exclusive, Krapels spoke to Senior Reporter Olivia Feld about SolarCity’s expansion plans and asset class growth.
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Larry Kellerman, former ceo of Quantum Utility Generation is poised to grow his new venture, Twenty-First Century Utilities as he looks to wed utilities to the latest technology. In this exclusive, Senior Reporter Olivia Feld spoke to him about his company's plans for acquisitions and his take on the future of the utility model.
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As executive v.p. of North America utility and global wind for SunEd, Paul Gaynor is looking to leverage the new wind business over SunEd’s existing global reach. Senior Reporter Olivia Feld sat down with Gaynor to discuss his new role and strategy for wind projects at SunEd.
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