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On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by PVH USA's VP of Business Development Rodolfo Bitar. Bitar discusses the whirlwind that the domestic manufacturing sector has weathered over the first half of the year starting with the impacts of tariffs from the Trump Administration and culminating presently with the proposed cutoff of the IRA. Bitar discusses the potential ramifications that a cutoff could have on PVH and its plans for expansion in the US, as well as his advice for developers who are navigating an equally unpredictable period.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

On this week's podcast, Heather Cooper, Partner at global law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP, join's NPM's Michelle France to discuss 'One Big Beautiful Bill' as the bill heads to the US Senate for consideration.Cooper, whose practice almost exclusively focuses on federal income tax issues within the renewable industry, shares her thoughts on how the Senate will handle the bill, how hard the industry will be hit, and what developers should and can do to prepare for the changes.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

This week's podcast is the full recording of a panel discussion titled “Data Centres & Power Demand” at NPM's recent European Development & Finance Forum (#EURDEVFIN25) held on May 20th at The Fontenay Hotel in Hamburg, Germany.Speakers included:Nadine Gelke – Head of Data Centre, CBREPeter Pohlschroeder – Vice Chairman, German Datacenter AssociationJochem Steman – Founder, DataLogixFabio Spucches – CEO, GreenfieldKashif Khan – Director, MetLifeUlan Harrison-Davies – Senior Data Centre Reporter, NPM (m)And off the back of subscriber demand, and following in the footsteps of our US coverage, we are really excited to announce the launch of our European Data Centre coverage which will go live on Monday 2nd June. Our Data Centre coverage enhances subscribers' business development efforts in a rapidly evolving market, and as an adjacent offering to NPM's market leading renewable energy coverage, links renewable energy supply with data centre demand information on the same platform.Key coverage Includes:Planning & Permitting project developmentFinancing, M&A and FundraisingStrategic Interviews with senior industry playersRelevant policy developments around DC / AICompany earningsCompany ProfilesPeople MovesOur now comprehensive Data Centres coverage has been redirected from our European Renewable Energy content sets to our new European Data Centres (DC) offering. Contact your account manager or laurence.edwards@newprojectmedia.com to gain access. NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

Don Dimitrievich, portfolio manager for Infrastructure Credit & Senior Managing Director for Nuveen, joins the NPM podcast this week to discuss how tariff risk and uncertainty around the Inflation Reduction Act's longevity has created an opportunity in the private credit sector across different renewable energy technologies.Later in the program, Dimitrievich also discusses how Nuveen has continued to invest in the distributed generation and energy efficiency space.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

Greg Lavigne, a partner in energy and infrastructure practice for Sidley Austin, joins the NPM podcast this week to discuss the ongoing tariff situation and its impact on developers, how the growth of private credit is supporting today's clean energy pipeline and how the industry might get impacted by changes coming in the inflation reduction act.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

This episode of the NPM Podcast is the full panel discussion titled “Data Centers: Powering the Next Generation of Renewable Demand” held at NPM's recent US Development & Finance Forum 2025 in NYC. Not yet an NPM subscriber? For more comprehensive coverage of data centers & power year-round, go to www.newprojectmedia.com to learn more.The panel includes data center and renewable developers reviewing the challenges and opportunities being created by accelerating historic-load growth in the data center industry. The panelists also discuss the widening implications of data centers for faster growth in the power sector and investment in the grid.Panelists include:Judith Judson – Vantage Data CentersColton Brown – Aligned Data CentersLauren Edelman – Longroad EnergyMichael Diverio – BlackstoneNate Serota – Blue Owl CapitalTodd Glass – Wilson Sonsini (m)NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

Perkins Coie's Jane Rueger and Jacob Neeley join NPM's Kaitlin Fallowfield on the pod this week to discuss the eight options PJM recently presented to FERC for policies governing data centers with co-located power generation. Rueger and Neely review the advantages for developers across the different options, offer insight about how companies might navigate contracts with hyperscalers and make predictions on what the industry may see when PJM receives a response from stakeholders on its data center co-location strategy. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing business development led coverage across the US & European power and data center markets. NPM serves 400+ global development, investment, finance, advisory and corporate customers.Download our mobile app.

Kyle Hayes, a partner at Foley & Lardner and vice chair of their energy transition practice, joins the podcast to update the status of the green hydrogen industry in the US.Hayes reviews the bigger winners of the hydrogen hub opportunity being administered by the Department of Energy and also the impact of the final ruling by the Internal Revenue Service on hourly matching as a qualification for the section 45V production tax credit.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

Andrew Redinger, managing director and head of KeyBanc Capital Markets' utilities, power and renewable group, joins the podcast this week to discuss how clean energy project development will be impacted by broader macro concerns about a slowdown in M&A and other capital markets activities.Later in the program, he addresses US supply chain costs and, if certain tax credits sunset, how this might impact US solar, wind and storage project development moving forward.You can next see Mr. Redinger speak on the capital markets roundtable at NPM's US Development and Financing Forum on April 29th alongside Evan Speece of Doral Renewables, Steven Munson of CohnReznick, Ty Daul of Primergy Solar and Bryan Didier of Monarch Private Capital and moderated by Ike Emehelu of Akin.For further information on the conference, CLICK HERE.Download our mobile app.

On this week's episode, host Andrew Burnes is joined by Robert Piconi, Co-Founder and CEO of battery storage company Energy Vault. Robert dives into the different technologies the company is offering to buyers and offtakers, ranging from 1–4-hour lithium-ion applications to multi-day microgrids utilizing green hydrogen, as well as the company's move from hardware manufacturer to developer and owner/operator. Robert also discusses the areas he expects to be the next frontiers for energy storage in the US and what it will take for the market to expand in those areas, as well as some of the recent actions taken by the Trump Administration and the potential impacts on the storage sector.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

Jonathan Maxwell, the founding partner and CEO of energy transition investor Sustainable Development Capital LLP (SDCL), joins NPM on this episode to give us his view on financing infrastructure in the energy efficiency space in various countries across the world. Top of the agenda are ideas about how to supply increasingly large data centres with clean, non-intermittent power when demand for grid access has never been higher, as well as the ongoing reforms – and what else also needs improving – in the GB electricity market.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy and data center markets.Download our mobile app.

Chris Ortega, Head of Americas at Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners joins the podcast this week to discuss his views on investing in the data center space, the convergence of power and data centers, and his views on renewable energy investing coming off the asset manager's recent investment in Torch Clean Energy.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

Nicole Hughes, executive director of Renewable Northwest, talks with NPM's Jillian Ward about the recent Bonneville Power Administration layoffs and what this means for the Pacific Northwest grid.Hughes has over 20 years of experience in the renewable energy industry including work in project development, construction, finance, permitting, and policy for utility-scale wind and solar. Previously, she worked at AWS Truepower, HDR, RES Americas, and the Bonneville Power Administration.She also currently serves on the board of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

Tom Williams, partner at investment manager Downing, joins us on this episode of the podcast to relay his experiences from managing the listed Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust since its London IPO in late 2020.Hear Tom's take on the turbulent market forces that have been at work during this period, as well as the strategy that underpins the fund, his love of hydro assets, and what the macroeconomic outlook is for listed infrastructure vehicles.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy and data center markets.Download our mobile app.

Ike Emehelu, a partner in the projects and energy transition group, at the law firm of Akin, joins the NPM Podcast this week to discuss M&A trends in 2025, how ongoing budget reconciliation could impact Inflation Reduction Act tax credits and lastly, the impact that private credit might have on the sector.Ike is also scheduled to moderate the capital markets roundtable discussion at NPM's US Development and Financing Forum 2025 on April 29th in New York City, where he'll be joined by Doral Renewables' CFO Evan Speece, Primergy Solar's CEO Ty Daul, Andrew Redinger of KeyBanc Capital Markets, and Steve Munson of CohnReznick.CLICK HERE for conference details.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European renewable energy & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

Eyal Podhorzer, CEO of developer and IPP Econergy, joins the NPM Podcast this week to give us his experiences of growing and delivering a pipeline of solar, BESS and wind projects across several disparate markets across Europe.We start with an in-depth look in the fast-evolving conditions in Romania, before moving on to compare and contrast the issues and progress being made in grid connections, permitting, revenue structuring and financing in the UK, Italy, Poland, and elsewhere.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy and data center markets.Download our mobile app.

Primergy Solar's CEO Ty Daul joins the NPM Podcast this week to discuss the independent power producer's upcoming pipeline and how evolving federal policy under the new presidential administration might impact clean energy pipeline development and the supply chain.Later, Daul discusses forecasted M&A trends in the space.Daul will be on the Capital Markets Roundtable at NPM's US Development & Financing Forum being held on April 29th at the Convene in midtown NYC alongside Ike Emehelu of Akin Gump, Andrew Redinger of KeyBanc Capital Markets, Evan Speece of Doral Renewables and Steve Munson of CohnReznickCLICK HERE for additional information on the event.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing business development led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

NPM Europe welcomes BW ESS chief executive Erik Strømsø onto the pod to discuss current battery storage trends in markets including the UK, Germany, Sweden & Italy, how to deal with supply chain bottlenecks and grid delays, and the relative merits of tolling arrangements.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy and data center markets.Download our mobile app.

On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by OCI Energy President Sabah Bayatli to discuss the firm's ongoing efforts to transition its portfolio away from exclusively solar to a mix of solar and storage.Bayatli also discusses his interest in other technologies like long duration storage and small modular nuclear, OCI's transition to retain some of its projects for long-term ownership, and the transition of the ERCOT storage market from being dominated by merchant projects to contracted assets.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing business development led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

Goksenin Ozturkeri, the chief investment officer of Relevate Power, joins the podcast this week to discuss the growing role of hydropower in the energy transition.Relevate Power had a big year in 2024, having completed an equity raise with Greenbacker Capital Management's Green Development Opportunities Fund I over the summer. Then, with financial backing from Apollo, the company acquired Gravity Renewables in December. The deal added 40 MW of high-quality assets to Relevate Power's portfolio.Ozturkeri discusses the best uses of hydropower, including supporting data center and other growing load sources. Later in the program, Ozturkeri discusses Relevate's business model, which includes re-developing and modernizing older hydropower sites. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing business development led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

Tonja Wicks, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for Elevate Renewables, joins the NPM Podcast to discuss her active role in PJM's reform on Capacity Interconnection Right (CIR) Transfers, how we got here, and what's next for solving the gap in new and retiring assets.Later in the program, she talks about her passion for energy policy, bringing renewables to overlooked communities, and her expectations for the incoming second act of the Trump administration. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing business development led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by Alex Delworth, Policy Associate at the Center for Rural Affairs. Alex and his organization have recently put together some resources for local officials in counties and municipalities in Midwestern states like Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota that are experiencing proposals from renewable project developers but have yet to put their own ordinances on the books to guide these projects. NPM has covered all of these growing renewable energy markets, as well as some of the hurdles and delays that can arise when local officials enact moratoriums to give them time to enact ordinances after receiving their first project proposals. In this discussion, Alex discusses how he and his colleagues are helping guide these newcomers grappling with project development for the first time as well as advice for project developers seeking to develop projects on these "new frontiers" in the Midwest.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing business development led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

Ben Catt, CEO of Pine Gate Renewables, joins the podcast to chat with Kaitlin Gebby about the company's new nonprofit arm that emerged out of Hurricane Helene and how it underscored the renewable industry's role in climate change.Later in the show, Catt also discusses key deals Pine Gate has announced in late 2024 and the political hurdles that lay ahead under a new Trump administration.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing business development led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

On this week's episode of NPM Interconnections, host Andrew Burnes is joined by Doral Renewables' CEO and Co-Founder Nick Cohen, VP of Development Jon Baker and VP of Development and Agrivoltaics, Ed Baptista.All three guests have been directly involved in the development of two of the largest projects in the Midwest - Indiana's 1.3 GW Mammoth Solar and Wisconsin's 1.3 GW Vista Sands Solar.The trio discuss the permitting and siting challenges related to developing projects at GW scale and also the interest level in adding storage components to these projects as the technology becomes more viable in the Midwest. Finally, Cohen provides a look ahead to the firm's pipeline in 2025 and whether the firm expects to stick with projects at this scale or change things up moving forward.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing business development led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

NPM US reporter Skyler Frazer speaks with Todd Fryatt, CEO and founder of ECA Solar, a solar and battery storage project developer with operations across the US.Todd discusses the practice of safe harboring solar projects and what companies across the solar industry are doing ahead of the Trump Administration taking over in January. Todd also talks about strategies he and his industry peers can use to best prepare for any potential legislative or regulatory shakeups in the coming months.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

NPM Europe's Jon McNair speaks with JP Cerda, the CEO and co-founder of Renewabl, which is a start-up that aims to help companies better procure and manage their clean energy supplies, while aiming to avoid greenwashing.Across a wide-ranging discussion, JP gives us his perspectives on the renewable electricity purchasing market, the role of PPAs and other similar products, the expected demand growth from AI, the move towards 24/7 renewable supply for offtakers, what governments are and could be doing to boost clean energy procurement, and much more.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy markets.Download our mobile app.

Allan T. Marks, a partner with Milbank and a member of the firm's Global Project Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group and senior fellow at Columbia University in the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, joins Jon Berke on the podcast to discuss the impacts that the incoming Trump administration will have on clean energy policy.More broadly, Marks discusses how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Loans Program Office (LPO) under the Department of Energy will be impacted. The two also discuss the impacts that nominees for the Department of Energy and Department of Interior, Chris Wright and Doug Burgum, respectively, will have on clean energy policy.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

NPM Europe editor Peter Kneller welcomes Rosalind Smith-Maxwell, a Director at Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners onto the pod to discuss the UK planning environment, grid delays and how to solve them.She also reviews the challenges facing the battery storage market and factors to bear in mind as the industry turns its attention to CfD Allocation Round 7 in 2025.  Ms. Smith-Maxwell will also be a speaker appearing on the Capital Markets Outlook for Renewables panel discussion at NPM's upcoming UK Development & Finance Forum on Wednesday, 27 November in London.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy markets.Download our mobile app.

Foresight Group Managing Director Ross Driver joins the podcast this week to assess the current fundraising and investment landscape for listed renewable energy funds, such as Foresight Solar Fund for which he oversees the mandate. These listed investment trusts, or yieldcos as they are often known, are almost universally trading at discounts to NAV at present due to a macroeconomic environment that is now host to elevated central bank base rates which have led to a reallocation away from real assets and towards safe havens like gilts. In the episode, Driver gives us his view on recent conditions as well as a way forward for his fund, with questions lingering over whether there will be a return to so-called normality any time soon. NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy markets.Download our mobile app.

Ben Huffman, a partner in Sheppard Mullin's energy infrastructure and project finance team joins the NPM podcast to discuss some trends emerging in debt financing and tax transferability.Later in the program, Huffman discusses what impact if any, the looming elections will have on clean energy policy.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

Joel Gamoran, Arcadia's Vice President & General Manager, Energy Services joins reporter Michelle France to discuss the community solar subscription landscape, the monetization of IRA incentives, and a unique community solar model that doesn't require community solar legislation.You can hear Joel speak more during the first panel at NPM's Distributed Generation Development & Financing Forum being held on October 24 in New York City, alongside panelists from Perch Energy, New York Power Authority (NYPA), AC Power, and Trajectory Energy Partners.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

​On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by Scout Clean Energy's new Chief Development Officer Kris Cheney, who started at the company over the summer following a 15-year stretch at EDPR.Cheney discusses his move to Scout and draws parallels to EDPR's growth trajectory from a mid-size wind developer to where it is today and the possibility of replicating that growth at Scout.He also dissects the company's pipeline across wind, solar and storage and discusses the expected growth trajectory for each in specific markets across the US.Finally, Cheney discusses the ongoing queue issues in key markets like MISO and how that is playing into the company's development pipeline as project timelines continue to balloon.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

Gabe Phillips, CEO and Founder of Catalyst Power joins NPM reporters Michelle France and Skyler Frazer, to discuss the commercial and industrial (C&I) solar landscape, touching on policy, revenue generating strategies, and overcoming barriers to advancement. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

Hilary Preston, vice-chair of the law firm Vinson & Elkins joins the podcast to discuss the intersection of patents with clean energy development, inclusive of a decision made by the US Patent and Trademark Office in June 2023 to expand its Climate Change Mitigation Pilot program.Later in the program, Ms. Preston reviews areas of innovation she has observed recently across clean energy development.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

This week, NPM Europe welcomes Eurowind Energy chief executive Jens Rasmussen on the pod to discuss German repowering, opportunities in the Romanian renewables market and how to mitigate against grid constraints, amongst many other topics.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy markets.Download our mobile app.

On this week's episode, LineVision's VP of Client Success Karthik Rao speaks about the company's dynamic line rating technology and how it is being used by utilities to decrease congestion through software rather than through new transmission builds.Karthik also discusses the federal push for further implementation of this technology as well as his stance on where the ball should fall between incentives vs. mandates for this push.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

John DiMarco, managing director of global infrastructure fund manager Igneo Infrastructure Partners joins the podcast to discuss the status of emerging technologies such as nuclear in the wake of the ADVANCE Act signed in July by the Biden Administration, the state of the electric vehicle market and supporting EV infrastructure and clean fuels.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

Leo Moreno, CEO of Zelestra joins the podcast this week to discuss the company's recent rebranding from Solarpack and the aggressive expansion of its pipeline.Moreno discusses Zelestra's growth trajectory in the US and compares that with what it's doing abroad in other markets including Europe and India.He also discusses the diversification of the company's pipeline from solar into wind, storage and even green hydrogen and the hiring ramp the company is currently undergoing to bring that to bear.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the US and European renewable energy markets.Download our mobile app.

Jonathon Kaufman, Head of Infrastructure and Energy Transition at Evercore, joins the podcast to discuss ongoing and looming market trends in M&A in both the conventional renewable and thermal space.Later in the program, he discusses the impact of data centers on capital formation, whether we might see a return to the public markets for renewable energy developers and some broader observations about the impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

NPM Europe Co-editor Jon McNair sits down with Schroders Greencoat duo Richard Nourse and David Boyce to reflect on some of the parallels and differences between investing in European and US renewable energy assets.Founded in the UK in 2009 as Greencoat Capital, the fund manager in 2021 entered the US market and now invests across a variety of technologies and geographies on both sides of the Atlantic, giving it a privileged view across the investment landscape in its target markets.We'll hear views from Nourse and Boyce on the Inflation Reduction Act, the relative merits of various project incentives frameworks in different countries, the macroeconomic drivers behind recent investment and fundraising trends, geopolitical developments in renewables, and much more.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy markets.Download our mobile app.

Vinod Mukani, the Global Head of Infrastructure and Power Finance for Nomura joins the podcast this week to discuss the outlook for capital markets in the 2H24, how the forthcoming US Presidential election might influence clean energy finance and also update the current financing environment for Europe.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy markets.Download our mobile app.

Harmony Energy CEO Peter Kavanagh joins NPM host Jon McNair on the podcast this week to take a look at some of the most exciting battery storage markets now emerging across Europe.After cutting its teeth in the UK, Harmony is now actively developing new projects in France, Germany, Poland and Italy, and Peter offers his views on some of the relative merits of each country's battery storage sectors, including revenue streams, trading strategies, financing and grid access.Kavanagh also gives an appraisal of an at-times difficult year for battery storage operators and listed infrastructure fund managers in the UK, along with a forecast for where the market may head in the coming quarters.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy markets.Download our new mobile app.

Nicole Steele, Workforce and Equitable Access Program Manager at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office, joins NPM Reporter Michelle France on this week's podcast.Steele discusses the Least-Cost Optimal Distribution Grid Expansion model (LODGE) currently under development, which aims to identify cost-effective ways community solar and storage can be sited on the grid.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our new mobile app.

Coming off SolaREIT surpassing 2,000 acres of community solar land financed through its flexible capital, the company's founder and CEO Laura Pagliarulo, joins the NPM podcast this week to explore all the options a solar developer has in monetizing real estate at NTP.Pagliarulo also discusses the business' foray into storage and how inflation has impacted SolaREIT's business model.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our new mobile app.

With Europe's power market looking to steady itself after a period of volatile prices, NPM Europe Editor Peter Kneller welcomes Lightsource bp's Zosia Riesner to the podcast to discuss key PPA dynamics and some abiding principles to bear in mind when striking deals.Riesner also discusses the interplay between PPA prices and government-backed support measures, touching on Italy's recently announced intention to introduce new generous looking auction tariffs and concern from some quarters over the impact this could have on the country's offtake market.Also on the agenda, navigating PPA negotiations with corporate buyer consortia, the market's need to prepare for the complexities of PPAs with co-located solar with storage assets, and an assessment of developer-led, “reverse-auction” PPA tenders as a procurement tool.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led market research across the European and US renewable energy markets.

Host Andrew Burnes welcomes Jupiter Power's Caitlin Smith to the podcast this week to discuss some of the specifics of ERCOT's upcoming market redesigns including the Texas Energy Fund, Real-Time Co-Optimization and Performance Credit Mechanism.Smith also discusses her strategies heading into the next legislative session, which is already gearing up for early 2025. Finally, Smith discusses Jupiter Power's own pipeline expansion beyond Texas, drivers from newer offtakers like data centers, and increased activity in the storage market.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.

NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined this week by energy social scientist Robi Nilson of Berkeley Labs who recently led a study researching utility-scale renewable project delays and cancellations.Nilson does a deep dive into the results of that study with a particular focus on local opposition, the impacts it has on solar vs. wind projects, and the steps developers can take to avoid and mitigate opposition obstacles.Finally, Nilson provides her take on the growing number of states shifting renewable energy project siting oversight away from the local level and its possible ramifications going forward.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.

Kevin Smith, the CEO of Arevon Energy, joins the podcast this week to discuss its solar and storage activities in CAISO and MISO, some background behind recent financing packages for four of its projects and new geographic markets it is exploring.Arevon is backed by an investor group including CalSTRS, APG and ADIA following an August 2021 transaction which saw Capital Dynamics and Arevon Asset Management launch the platform. At present the company has 3.5 GW of projects in operation, 1.5 GW under construction and an additional 5 GW of solar and storage projects under development across the US.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.

Scott Jacobs, CEO and co-founder of sustainable infrastructure platform Generate Capital, joins the podcast today to discuss a variety of topics, including his views on the obstacles that the US faces to reach infrastructure transition goals, the impacts of inflation on the process and how the Inflation Reduction Act has impacted Generate's clean energy investments.As reported, Generate Capital was part of the latest fundraise by Pine Gate Renewables, and over the years has invested in community solar developers Nexamp and Cultivate Power, front-of-the-meter battery storage developer esVolta and RNG developer Amp Americas.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.

This week, host Andrew Burnes is joined by OPAL Fuels Co-CEO Adam Comora who discusses the advent of RNG in both the transportation and electricity sector, and OPAL Fuels' vertically integrated approach to managing its pipeline between both subsets of offtakers.Comora also discusses the USD 500m credit facility the firm closed in September of last year and how it will fit into the company's pipeline, as well as some of the tax benefits unlocked through the IRA that the company plans to utilize.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.

Hans Royal, Senior Director of Renewable Energy and Carbon Advisory for Schneider Electric joins the NPM podcast to discuss the different ways data centers are procuring clean energy today.Royal also provides a follow-up on Schneider Electric's recent tax credit transferability agreement with Engie and the emerging dynamics he sees impacting future transferability transactions.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.