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.
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This is a two-part podcast about the opportunity created by the Inflation Reduction Act to buy and sell US clean energy tax credits. The podcasts features two experts on these trades: Ted Sheen who heads Clean Tech Americas for Standard Chartered and David Burton who is a partner with Norton Rose Fulbright and a leading expert in US clean energy tax credits. The podcast is relevant to developers seeking to use energy tax credits to fund clean energy projects and US corporations interested in ...
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Want expert insight on what’s trending in the world of technology, data and innovation each month? The Smart Dust Podcast is for you. But what on Earth is Smart Dust? The name refers to the very real and extraordinary dust-sized computers designed to be breathed in and monitor the human brain. No, we are not making that up. The mission of the Smart Dust Podcast is to give you brain-expanding ideas and perspectives to breathe in and apply to your daily and professional life. With industry-lea ...
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Energy. In one place. A podcast which takes you behind the scenes of the Africa Energy Forum, and offers expert insight into where the industry is headed to next. Brought to you by EnergyNet.
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Everyone wants to keep up to date with the emerging legal trends and technologies transforming the way Australia’s legal system is practised, but not everyone has the time or patience to sit and read through a bunch of articles. Join Isabella from OpenLaw and BarNet JADE as she provides your go-to series for all things Law. Learn the tips, tricks and challenges of the legal profession's best, challenging conventions and innovating the legal landscape, in under an hour with focused and curate ...
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Ep270: Making Deals in the Thermal and Renewable Markets
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Akshat Kasliwal, managing consultant at PA Consulting, joins us to give his thoughts on the thermal and renewables markets.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep269: AlphaStruxure’s CEO on Microgrids
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Juan Macias, CEO of AlphaStruxure, joins us to discuss what microgrids are and how they are at the core of his company’s energy service providing business.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep268: The Offshore Wind Market in California
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Adam Stern, executive director of Offshore Wind California, joins us to discuss developments in the California offshore wind market.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep267: A Venture Capitalist’s Take on Climate Tech
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Albert Bielinko, general partner at Titanium Ventures, joins us to give venture capital’s perspective on investing in climate tech. Also, please stay until the end to hear our guest’s predictions on this year’s MLB World Series!Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep266: Reunion Co-Founders on the Tax Credit Market
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Andy Moon and Billy Lee, co-founders of Reunion, join us to give an overview of the tax credit market and what Reunion is doing to lower the transaction costs for market participants.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep265: Greenbacker Principal on Infrastructure and Renewables Investment
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Quinn Pasloske, principal at Greenbacker, joins us to discuss Greenbacker’s approach to infrastructure and renewable energy investment and current market economics.Norton Rose Fulbright
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David Burton and Tim Byrne, partners in Norton Rose Fulbright, join us to discuss the likely outcome of the Federal Reserve's review of the application of Basel III to the risk weighting imposed on commercial banks when they make tax credit equity investments.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep263: Extreme Weather and the Grid
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Michael Levy, head of global asset resilience at Baringa, a management consultancy, discusses how utilities and other energy companies are planning for extreme weather events.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep262: PEI Global Partners on the Development Loan Sector
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John Bills, partner of PEI Global Partners, joins us to discuss the development loan sector and how PEI has been instrumental in structuring and arranging many energy and infrastructure deals.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep261: Cresta’s Managing Partner on Clean Energy Investment
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Chris Rozzell, managing partner at Cresta Fund Management, joins us to discuss Cresta’s background, the sectors in which it has been investing and more.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep260: EV Realty CEO on EV Fleet Infrastructure
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Patrick Sullivan, CEO of EV Realty, joins us to discuss medium-to-heavy commercial fleet EV infrastructure.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep259: sonnen Senior Vice President on Energy Storage Systems
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Geoff Ferrell, senior vice president at sonnen, joins us to explain how energy storage systems can help utilities manage their grids.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep258: Riverside Advisors on Financial Hedging
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Christ Frost and Steve Plake, partners at Riverside Advisors, join us to discuss financial hedging, an important tool in project financings.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep257: EPSA CEO on Recent Policies and Their Effect on the Grid
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Todd Snitchler, president and CEO of the Electric Power Supply Association, joins us to discuss how recent policies are impacting the electricity markets and how they may shape the future electric grid.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep256: Schneider Electric Vice President on Offtake Agreements and Tax Credits
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John Powers, vice president of global renewables and clean tech at Schneider Electric, updates us on developments in the offtake agreement and tax credit transfer markets.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep255 Supplement: kWh Analytics' 2024 Solar Risk Assesment Report
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The 2024 Solar Risk Assessment, now in its 6th edition, is a comprehensive report of the most pressing risks and opportunities facing the solar and storage industries. Compiled by industry experts, this report offers a data-driven look at key challenges such as extreme weather, equipment failures, and battery safety. 2024 contributors include: kWh …
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Ep 255: kWh CEO Discusses the Solar Risk Assessment Report
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Jason Kaminsky, CEO of kWh Analytics, joins us to discuss this year’s solar risk assessment report published by kWh. He summarizes the findings in the report, including risks to the battery energy storage industry.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep254: Peak Energy CEO on Sodium-ion Batteries
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Landon Mossburg, CEO of Peak Energy, joins us to discuss sodium-ion batteries and how they can complement lithium-ion batteriesNorton Rose Fulbright
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Ep253: FERC Transmission Actions: How Big A Deal
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FERC Commissioner Allison Clements, Grid Strategies President Rob Gramlich and Norton Rose Fulbright partner Kat Gamache talk about how much of a difference recent government actions to ease grid congestion will make to developers waiting to connect new projects to the grid.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep252: Fourth Power CEO on Thermal Storage
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Arvin Ganesan, CEO of Fourth Power, joins us to discuss thermal storage technologies and what role they can have in the energy storage market.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep 251: US Treasury’s New Bonus Tax Credit Guidance
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Hilary Lefko, Norton Rose Fulbright partner, joins us to discuss the US Treasury’s new guidance on calculating whether projects have enough domestic content to qualify for a bonus tax credit.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep250: Section 301 Tariffs
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Stefan Reisinger, Norton Rose Fulbright partner, joins us to discuss the Biden administration's changes to section 301 tariffs on certain Chinese products and how they can affect the renewables community.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep249: Ariel Green on Technology Performance Insurance
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Jan Napiorkowski and Jamie Daggett, global director and energy storage lead at Ariel Green, join us to discuss how technology performance insurance can facilitate the use of new technologies and serve as a substitute for extended warranties.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep248: The IRS’s New Tax Credit Rules
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Hilary Lefko, partner in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Washington office, joins us to discuss the IRS’s new guidance on tax credit transfers.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep247: Solar Module Petition Update
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Stefan Reisinger, partner in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Washington office, joins us to discuss the anti-dumping and countervailing duty petition on solar modules that was filed by the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep246: Developing Solar on Variable Terrain
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Yezin Taha, CEO of Nevados, joins us to discuss the increasing demand for developing non-flat land for utility-scale solar projects, the challenges and costs involved, and the technology Nevados uses when working on variable terrain.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep245: Renewable Properties President on the CPUC’s Community Solar Proposal
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Aaron Halimi, founder and president of Renewable Properties, joins us to discuss how a proposed decision by the California Public Utilities Commission could affect community solar projects.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep244: BrightNight CEO on Investing in Renewable Energy
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Martin Hermann, CEO of BrightNight, joins us to discuss investing in renewable energy projects and technologies. He also discusses what inefficiencies he sees in the market, what is driving growth, what impact AI will have on clean energy, and more.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep243: John Cockerill on hydrogen electrolyzers
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Nicolas De Coignac, President Americas of John Cockerill, joins us to talk about John Cockerill's electrolyzer technology, what the company is doing in the US hydrogen market, the outlook for green hydrogen, and more.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep242: MUFG Managing Director on the Project Finance Renewables Loan Market
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Beth Waters, managing director at MUFG bank, joins us to discuss the commercial bank loan market for renewables projects. She also explains what a private placement is and discusses the areas in which she is seeing the most growth, the types of deals in which MUFG is most interested, and more.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep241: Trump and the IRA
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Two veteran Washington observers talk about the outlook for the Inflation Reduction Act if Trump is elected. The two are Joe Mikrut, Partner, Capitol Tax Partners and John Gimigliano, Principal-in Charge, Federal Tax Legislative and Regulatory Services, KPMG. The moderator is Keith Martin in Washington.…
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Ep240: Anza CEO on Solar Procurement
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Mike Hall, CEO of Anza Renewables, joins us to discuss Anza’s solar procurement platform, the algorithms behind its platform, a general overview on solar modules and more.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep239: Nomura’s Vinod Mukani on the state of the commercial bank market
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Vinod Mukani of Nomura Securities is our guest for this episode. He begins with a background on his activities at Nomura and growing Nomura's infrastructure and project finance areas before switching to a discussion on the state of the commercial bank market and Nomura’s success with development loan facilities.…
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Ep238: Tariff Moratorium Update
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Stefan Reisinger, partner in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Washington office, joins us to give an update on the tariff moratorium applied to solar modules imported from Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia first implemented in June 2022. He also speaks about the recent lawsuit challenging the moratorium by Auxin Solar and Concept Clean Energy, the po…
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Ep237: DoubleLine Capital making moves into infrastructure
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Andrew Hsu, portfolio manager at DoubleLine Capital, joins us to discuss DoubleLine’s investment in the infrastructure space, the kind of deals on which it is focused, what differentiates DoubleLine from other means of financing, and more.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep236: Cost of Capital: 2024 Outlook
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Four project finance industry veterans talk about what to expect in the year ahead for tax equity, tax credit sales and debt. The four are Jack Cargas, managing director and head of tax equity origination, Bank of America, Ralph Cho, Co-CEO, Apterra Infrastructure Capital, Rubiao Song, managing director and head of energy investments, JPMorgan, and…
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Ep235: Mini-grids and Bringing Power to Developing Areas
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William Brent, chief marketing officer of Husk Power Systems, joins us to discuss Husk’s work in bringing electricity to developing areas in Africa and Asia with mini-grids. He discusses how Husk navigates regulations and works with local partnerships, what challenges it has faced, and more.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep234: Fluence President on Energy Storage Projects
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John Zahurancik, president of Fluence, joins us to discuss energy storage projects, how the Inflation Reduction Act has affected them, how easy it will be for storage projects to qualify for domestic content bonus credits, what new technological advances are around the corner, and more.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Dr Duffy v Google - A Story of the Underdog.
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David v Goliath. Duffy v Google. Everyone loves a story of the underdog. Usually, Goliath reigns supreme. But sometimes, just sometimes, the underdog gets justice. Today, we are speaking with an inspiring individual who took on one of the world’s largest companies, Google, in a defamation case, and won. Remarkably, she even defeated Google as a sel…
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Ep233: Plus Power on Stand-Alone Energy Storage
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Brandon Keefe and Joshua Goldstein of Plus Power join us to discuss stand-alone battery storage. They talk about why stand-alone is the energy storage approach they pursued, the future of such energy storage projects, how investors have responded, and more.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep232: Insurance Affecting Projects Part II
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Weather-related catastrophes have left the global insurance market with $50 billion in losses in the first half of this year, the second worst start to a year since 2011. Moderator Keith Martin discusses how climate change is affecting the availability and cost of insurance with Ernst Rauch, Chief Climate Scientist at Munich Re, Lesley Harding, Glo…
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Ep231: Insurance Affecting Projects Part I
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Rising insurance costs and shrinking coverage are starting to limit where renewable and other energy projects can be built. Moderator Keith Martin discusses conditions in the US market with Sam Jensen, partner and co-founder at STANCE Renewable Risk Partners, and Tucker Compton, client advisor at Sterling Seacrest Pritchard, in the first of two pod…
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Ep230: Clean Energy Associates Vice President Discusses Market Trends
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Dan Shreve of Clean Energy Associates joins us for a wide-ranging discussion about the current environment around existing and emerging technologies in the energy mix, challenges facing renewable energy, the regulatory climate in the US and Europe, and advice for individuals who are interested in entering the renewable energy industry.…
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Ep229: Declan Falanagn, CEO of Bluestar, Discusses Renewable Investing
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Declan Flanagan, founder and CEO of Bluestar Energy Capital, joins us for a wide-ranging discussion, including what he sees as the most promising markets, supply-chain risk over the next few years, how have the ability to raise capital and pricing changed over the past few months, how viable he sees some technologies such as battery storage and off…
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Welcome to the first part of a podcast looking at the Inflation Reduction Act and Transferable Tax Credits. This episode explains the purpose of the IRA and a new profitable opportunity for corporations to support the clean energy transition. Expert advice is provided by Ted Sheen, Head of Clean Tech Americas, Standard Chartered and David Burton, P…
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Ep228: CEO of Spearmint Energy on Battery Energy Storage
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Andrew Waranch, CEO of Spearmint Energy, joins us to discuss his company and why he chose to go into battery energy storage, how the growing availability of energy storage options has affected the larger renewable energy market, tax equity’s interest in energy storage, what incentives the Inflation Reduction Act has created for energy storage inves…
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Cleantech and Sustainability - episode 2
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In this second part Ted and David cover due diligence and discuss how to execute and monetize the Transferable Tax Credit opportunities offered by the Inflation Reduction Act. 21 mins.Standard Chartered US
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Ep227: Intersect Power CEO on the Power Grid
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Sheldon Kimber, CEO of Intersect Power, joins Todd Alexander for a discussion about the United States power grid system. He discusses what challenges the system poses to energy transition strategies, the dependency on natural gas, misconceptions that may exist around the power grid, and more.Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ep226: Aon Co-CEO Gives an Overview of Tax Credit Insurance
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Gary Blitz, global co-CEO of Aon's M&A and transaction solutions practice, joins us to talk about the insurance market for tax credit transfers. He explains what risks underwriters are willing to insure, how the Inflation Reduction Act and transferability are changing the use of tax credit insurance, whether the supply of insurance is keeping pace …
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Ep225: Invenergy Vice Presidents Discuss Build-Transfer Transactions
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Kyle Hermanson and Nate Hoeppner of Invenergy join us to discuss build-transfer transactions (BTAs), why they are attractive to utilities, how the Inflation Reduction Act has affected the BTA market, what risks they entail, and what the future holds for these transactions. Norton Rose Fulbright will be providing an in-depth webinar on build-transfe…
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