This week, host Andrew Burnes is joined by OPAL Fuels Co-CEO Adam Comora who discusses the advent of RNG in both the transportation and electricity sector, and OPAL Fuels' vertically integrated approach to managing its pipeline between both subsets of offtakers. Comora also discusses the USD 500m credit facility the firm closed in September of last…

Hans Royal, Senior Director of Renewable Energy and Carbon Advisory for Schneider Electric joins the NPM podcast to discuss the different ways data centers are procuring clean energy today. Royal also provides a follow-up on Schneider Electric’s recent tax credit transferability agreement with Engie and the emerging dynamics he sees impacting futur…

Aaron Halimi, founder and President of Renewable Properties, a community solar developer, owner and operator based in San Francisco, joins NPM Reporter Michelle France, to discuss the status of a community solar program in California and why he and dozens of other developers are urging Governor Gavin Newsom to get involved following the most recent…

On NPM’s 100th podcast episode, host Jillian Ward is joined by Scout Clean Energy’s founder and CEO Michael Rucker to discuss the ISO migration in the West and what it could mean for developers. Scout is a renewable energy owner-operator with projects in 26 U.S. states. Scout was also acquired by the Brookfield Global Transition Fund in 2022, and t…

Allan Marks, a member of Milbank’s Global Project Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group, joins NPM Managing Editor Jon Berke on the podcast this week to discuss capital market conditions for clean energy projects. The two review the current impacts of inflation, recent platform M&A deal trends, and the increased number of utilities looking at lar…

On this week's episode of the NPM podcast, host Andrew Burnes is joined by Stem's VP of Front-of-the-Meter Solutions Jake Berlin. The two have an in-depth discussion of the ERCOT storage market, the trend toward larger vs. smaller projects, storage activity in Texas' ancillary services, and the introduction of alternative revenue streams like tolli…

Steve Lieberman, Vice President of Transmission and Regulatory Affairs at American Municipal Power (or AMP), joins Colt Shaw on the NPM Podcast this week to discuss PJM’s ongoing efforts to reform its forward-looking capacity market in the face of looming reliability concerns. Lieberman discusses the good and the bad of recent FERC-approved reforms…

Keith Derman, Partner and Co-Head of Ares Infrastructure Opportunities, joins the podcast this week to discuss investing opportunities in renewable energy today, what emerging clean energy areas are attractive and some thoughts around corporate offtake. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing originatio…

Tony Dutzik, Associate Director and Senior Policy Analyst at Frontier Group joins NPM Reporter Reagin von Lehe on the podcast to discuss the future of the small-scale rooftop solar market, especially in states with new net metering legislation such as California, Massachusetts and South Carolina. Frontier Group said in its most recent report that s…

Elias Hinckley, a partner at Baker Botts joins Jon Berke on the NPM podcast to discuss the latest developments in clean hydrogen, including guidance released before the holidays by the IRS on the section 45V tax credit which called for hourly matching. The two then discuss other major pillars of the IRS guidance including regionality and additional…

Garrett Peterson, co-founder of start-up developer Sigma Renewables, joins the podcast to talk about permitting at the local and state levels, particularly as it pertains to distributed generation. Later, Peterson discusses how smaller developers are getting impacted by queue backlog and interconnection reform. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading …

Manny Citron, Chief of Staff for Philadelphia’s Department of Labor, joins NPM’s Colt Shaw this week to discuss the forthcoming Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub, dubbed MACH2. The city’s point man for the project, Citron discusses next steps for the ambitious hub and the early partners already lining up to participate, as well as the hope that hydro…

Jason Segal and Patrick Norton, managing directors of specialist merchant banking firm Javelin Capital join the NPM podcast this week to discuss M&A trends in 2024, including addressing the growing role of structured equity transactions, platform valuations and how storage might factor into these trends. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, i…

In the first NPM podcast of 2024, William Demas, Head of Americas at the Green Investment Group of Macquarie Asset Management discusses renewable energy and energy transition investment trends with NPM Managing Editor Jon Berke. Demas forecasts consolidation coming amongst solar developers as the industry continues to scale. Later in the program, D…

On this week's episode, NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by Louisiana PSC commissioner Davante Lewis who is wrapping up his first year in office and is grappling with major policy discussions in the state regarding whether renewable project development should be allowed outside the purview of the vertically integrated utilities. Mr. Lewis walks us thr…

On this week's podcast, Juan Macias, CEO of AlphaStruxure joins NPM’s Jon Berke and Reagin von Lehe to discuss his company’s business model as a developer and owner of tailored energy infrastructure solutions, including microgrids. Over the course of the interview, Macias discusses microgrid projects at the under-construction JFK Terminal One and a…

Gabe Murtaugh, Director of Markets and Technology for the Long Duration Energy Storage Council, joins the NPM Interconnections Podcast this week to discuss the current state of play for long duration storage in the US. A former storage sector manager for CAISO, Murtaugh discusses the impact of recent policy drivers at the federal level, including t…

Vitaly Lee, EVP & Chief Development Officer for Q Cells USA joins Jon Berke on the NPM podcast this week. Over the course of the program, Lee addresses current obstacles and solutions in siting and permitting for solar and storage projects, procurement updates in some of its major markets including New York and Pacificorp service territories, new m…

On this week's episode, NPM’s Andrew Burnes is joined by Jenny Netherton, Senior Program Manager at Southeastern Wind Coalition and Helen Rose Patterson, Senior Campaign Manager for Offshore Wind at the National Wildlife Federation to discuss the advent of offshore wind in Louisiana state waters. Together, Jenny and Helen Rose answer poignant quest…

Mark Gabriel, president and CEO of United Power, joins the podcast this week to discuss the ongoing transmission challenges out West. Gabriel dives into the transmission issues being faced in states like Colorado, where he has put United Power on the path of hyper-localization as a way to bypass the need for transmission. Gabriel sees hyper-localiz…

Allan Marks, partner with Milbank LLP’s Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group, joins the podcast this week to discuss the recently awarded USD 7bn hydrogen hub program winners. Marks discusses how the selected applicants will apply for the funds, why the Department of Energy picked winners in both green hydrogen and other forms of…

Alan Alexander, a partner in Vinson & Elkins LLP's Energy Transaction & Projects practice and head of its hydrogen and ammonia task force, joins the podcast to discuss the state of the green hydrogen market in the US. Alexander provides insight on when guidance is coming from the US Department of Energy (DOE) on the production tax credit for Sectio…

Bryen Alperin, partner and managing director of tax credit specialist Foss & Co. joins the podcast this week to discuss the intersection of community solar and tax credits. Alperin reviews financing options for the asset class prior to the Inflation Reduction Act and discusses how conditions have evolved into today’s environment where transferabili…

Dean Keller, a partner in boutique advisory firm Independence Point Advisors, joins the podcast this week to discuss lessons learned from his days as a junior energy banker in Salomon Smith Barney where he worked with Enron, prior to its bankruptcy, amongst other independent power producer giants. Keller goes on to discuss the hurdles and solutions…

Solstice co-founders, Steph Speirs and Sandhya Murali, join the NPM podcast this week, as well as their policy coordinator, Alex Pasanen, to discuss what developers should keep in mind in the early stages of project planning, subscription-friendly markets, and their work in New Mexico, where they partnered with four developers to subscribe 100 MW o…

Frank Getman joins the NPM podcast this week to discuss the state of the capital markets for renewable energy developers heading into the final third of 2023. Great Bay, a renewable royalty financing company, has deployed about USD 300m between developing and operating projects, spread across more than 15 GW of wind, solar, and storage. On the prog…

On this week’s episode, NPM's Jillian Ward and Michelle France are joined by Autumn Johnson, executive director for the Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association (AriSEIA). AriSEIA is the state’s solar, storage, and electrification trade association. Johnson speaks about the Arizona Community Solar Program's current status, why it is not yet the …

On this week's episode of the podcast, host Andrew Burnes is joined by Scout Clean Energy Founder and CEO Michael Rucker to discuss the firm's growing solar pipeline and evolving acquisition strategy on the heels of its acquisition by Brookfield. The conversation also features a deep dive into recent interconnection reform proposals from MISO and F…

Mike Reynolds, managing director of infrastructure private equity firm Ultra Capital, joins this week’s podcast to discuss his firm’s investing model, how different aspects of the Inflation Reduction Act will impact the renewable energy industry and the opportunities that industrial decarbonization could represent. New Project Media (NPM) is a lead…

On this week’s episode, NPM managing editor Jon Berke is joined by Declan Flanagan, Founder & CEO of Bluestar Energy Capital. Formerly EVP and CEO of Orsted Onshore, Flanagan established Nova Clean Energy in the US and BEA Renewables in Australia in 2022 to pursue greenfield renewable development opportunities. On today’s program, Flanagan discusse…

On this week's episode, NPM’s Andrew Burnes is joined by Jesse Gronner, Founder and CEO of Triple Oak Power. Gronner discusses his interesting path through the industry and deep well of experience in the Oregon market before reviewing the driving focus of Triple Oak and the company's unique approach to asset management. New Project Media (NPM) is a…

CleanCapital’s CEO Thomas Byrne and Chief Commercial Officer Julia Bell join NPM’s Jon Berke and Michelle France to discuss its recent USD 500m commitment from ManuLife Investment Management and how the company plans to deploy the capital across specific industry verticals. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company…

Chris Taylor, founder and CEO of GridStor, a utility-scale battery storage IPP, joins the podcast this week to discuss the impact of IRS guidance for tax transferability on BESS development, RA contracts and permitting reform in CAISO and the growing trend of asset sale transactions involving BESS projects in ERCOT. New Project Media (NPM) is a lea…

On this week's podcast, NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by On.Energy CEO Alan Cooper to discuss the firm's recently announced financing to fund storage development in ERCOT, the impacts of the IRA on the company's move from behind-the-meter storage to utility-scale project development, and future growth vectors for the company including partnerships …

This week Thomas Burton, member and chair of the energy and sustainability practice for the law firm of Mintz joins NPM Managing Editor Jon Berke on the podcast. Burton discusses the deal environment for both renewable developer platforms and projects and reviews the recent increase of foreign investment capital being routed into DG developers. Lat…

Chris LeWand, senior managing director and leader of FTI's Power, Renewables & Utilities Practice joins NPM Managing Editor Jon Berke on the podcast this week. LeWand weighs in on the ramifications of President Biden's recent veto of Congress attempts to repeal the two-year moratorium on solar tariffs, why Texas is pursuing a natural gas regime und…

In the latest edition of New Project Media’s Interconnection’s podcast, Colt Shaw, NPM’s East Coast reporter is joined by Jon Carbajal, Director of Product Development at NineDot Energy and Patrick Verdonck, Founder of Verdonck Partners. The three discuss the future of energy storage in New York as the state considers ways to implement its ambitiou…

On this week's podcast, Fluence Americas president John Zahurancik joins NPM managing editor Jon Berke to discuss the state of the battery energy storage market. The two discuss the drivers and obstacles for growth and the newer technologies starting to change the sector. Fluence, a joint venture of AES and Siemens, is a publicly traded global batt…

On this week’s podcast, NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by Paul Gaynor, CEO of Longroad Energy, to discuss some of the major projects in the firm's pipeline. Included in this discussion is a look at Longroad Energy's massive King Pine Wind project in Maine, a deep dive into the firm's activities in Texas, the fallout of the firm's relationship with S…

Andy Redinger, Managing Director Group Head at KeyBanc Capital Markets joins the podcast to discuss the short-term and longer-term impacts of the Silicon Valley Bank meltdown on the project finance market, how project finance volumes will look in 2023 and what impacts the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will have on the renewable project finance sp…

Gary Blitz, global co-CEO for Aon's M&A and Transactions Solutions Group, joins the podcast to discuss the role that Aon plays in advising both tax equity partnerships which supports projects and also M&A for projects. Included in this insightful discussion is a look at how both transferability and direct pay, in a limited capacity, will impact how…

Daniel Revers, founder and managing partner of Boston-based energy investor ArcLight joins the podcast to discuss his views on energy storage. He also details how ArcLight’s new venture Elevate will develop storage at its existing thermal portfolio and how another affiliate, Sequitur Renewables, is buying and re-purposing older renewable projects. …

Allan Marks of Millbank LLP joins the podcast this week to discuss the potential ramifications that Silicon Valley Bank’s failure on March 10th will have on the project finance market. Later in the program, Marks discusses how project finance in general will be impacted by rising interest rates and also talks about the impact of foreign investors i…

Jonathan Vasdekas, the executive vice president of development for startup independent power producer Linea Energy joins the NPM podcast this week, to discuss Linea’s strategy to target ERCOT, PJM and MISO out of the gate. In addition, Vasdekas discusses where Linea plans to focus to gain an edge in a development market already well stocked with st…

This week, NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by Jack Godshall, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Jupiter Power. Godshall walks us through some of the highlights from Jupiter Power's 2022 including their acquisition by BlackRock, new manufacturing partnership with Energy Vault, and the expansion of their pipeline into new markets following the …

The IRS released guidance on February 13 related to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, including the much-anticipated low-income adder to the ITC under section 48(e) for qualified solar and wind facilities. The adder, which can increase the 30% ITC by an additional 10%-20%, authorizes 1.8 GW of dc capacity limitations to be awarded to projects un…

Last spring, NPM reported on a number of study delays accumulating in NYISO’s interconnection queue. In early December, NPM reported that NYISO was considering improvements to its interconnection process, including moving to a “window-based” approach. And in late December, NYSERDA released its “Road Map” to achieving 6 GW of battery storage by 2030…

In this week's edition of the NPM podcast, Eli Katz, partner and global vice chair of Latham & Watkins' Energy & Infrastructure Group forecasts when the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will provide full guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. In addition, Katz provides an update on how some of the mechanics of the tax transferability clause…

In this episode, Scott Steimer, a principal at ECP, sits down with NPM’s Jillian Farmer to discuss the firm’s renewable energy platform, the push for new community solar projects out West, and ECP’s growth in existing and new markets. Steimer’s work is focused primarily on originating and executing investments within the power generation and renewa…

This week on the Interconnections podcast, NPM’s East Coast Reporter Colt Shaw is joined by Matt Beasley, Chief Commercial Officer with Silicon Ranch. In late October, the Georgetown County Council in South Carolina deferred the second “reading” or vote for Silicon Ranch’s Lambert I and II solar projects after sustained vocal opposition from some r…