Currents

Michael Beckerman, CEO of CREtech, joins Todd Alexander to discuss how commercial real estate developers are taking a closer look at renewable energy sustainability. They go over what climate technologies developers are incorporating into their projects, what role the government is playing in encouraging adoption of such technologies, hurdles for adoption, predictions about the future, and more.

Christine Brozynski, partner in Norton Rose Fulbright’s projects practice, joins Todd Alexander to talk about recent trends in offtake strategies for energy storage projects. They go over how tolling agreements work, what risks that entail, what other offtake strategies developers are using and more.

Dr. Harald Överholm, CEO and founder of Alight, discusses the opportunities and challenges in the European solar market, including solar PPA demand in Scandinavia and other European regions. They also cover Alight's approach to the market, deploying capital in Europe, the equipment supply chain, and the importance of energy storage in the solar industry.

Eric Daucher, partner in Norton Rose Fulbright’s bankruptcy practice, joins Todd Alexander to talk about debt workouts and liability management transactions, how they are executed and leveraged, their legality, how investors and lenders can avoid litigation, and more.

Nate Owen, CEO of Ampion, discusses managing distributed generation projects and the role of his company. They explore challenges and growth in community solar, innovative methods for attracting subscribers, and the future of integration with utilities.

Neil Ethier, vice president of business development for Eavor, joins Todd Alexander to talk about the new approach Eavor has developed to tap geothermal energy. They discuss why geothermal is still an underused energy source, what is being done to make it more accessible, how new technology can keep costs competitive, what opportunities the company see for use and licensing, what are the investment challenges, how the Inflation Reduction Act will help, and more.

Taylor Gant, business development manager at Alliant Consulting, joins Todd Alexander to explain the wage requirements portion of the Inflation Reduction Act. They go over what developers should understand about the requirements, how wages are determined, how developers can stay compliant, how the rules change based on market conditions and how the wage requirements in the IRA differ from the Davis-Bacon Act.

Andy Marsh, president and CEO of Plug Power, joins Todd Alexander for a lively discussion about green hydrogen, theopportunities created by the Inflation Reduction, the competitiveness of green hydrogen, Washington’s role in implementing rules around green hydrogen, what Plug Power is doing to facilitate the transition to hydrogen and what markets it is pursuing.

Aaron Halimi, President of Renewable Properties, discusses community solar and its advantages and challenges. Topics include: how community solar differs from other projects, new California regulations and the Inflation Reduction Act, financing pros and cons, spreading community solar to disadvantaged communities with incentives, and challenges and potential for streamlining the permitting process.

An analysis of the current state of the renewables M&A market, reasons for declining valuation, pricing range and duration differences in credit transfers, investment opportunities in energy storage, carbon capture, and RNG, and the potential of green hydrogen as a game-changer in renewable energy.