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.

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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.

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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.


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In this episode, NPM's Andrew Burnes speaks with Zaid Ashai, Chairman and CEO of Nexamp.

The two discuss recent developments for the company including the closes of a USD 240m equity capital commitment from Generate Capital and a USD 440m senior secured debt financing package led by MUFG backing a 380 MW portfolio of solar and energy storage assets.

Ashai also discusses the developer's recent deal with Walmart as the anchor commitment for 23 community solar projects located in New York, and runs through highlights of its longer term strategic growth plan to expand beyond community solar.

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In this episode, NPM’s Jillian Farmer speaks with Scott Maloni, Vice President of Project Development for Poseidon Water about the company’s proposed Huntington Beach Seawater Desalination Facility. 

Poseidon Water is waiting on its final state permit to build the Huntington Beach Desalination Plant, which has been 20 years in the making.

According to Maloni, the plant is modeled after the company’s desalination facility in Carlsbad, California. The Huntington Beach facility will be capable of producing 50 million gallons of drinking water a day from the Pacific Ocean.

Poseidon Water introduced the concept of both the Huntington Beach and Carlsbad facilities in the late 1990s and began permitting in the early 2000s. According to Maloni, Carlsbad was successfully permitted in 2012 and began operation in 2015. Since the facility began operating, it has produced about 80 billion gallons of drinking water and is the largest single source of local water supply in San Diego.

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In this episode, NPM Managing Editor, Jon Berke sits down with Ash Redkar, the head of the ESG/Energy Transition team for The Prax Group to talk about the emerging market for carbon credits. 

During the discussion Redkar reviews what carbon credits are, how they are valued and why he expects escalating demand to eventually create one of the biggest markets in the world. The pair also delve into the valuation differences between credits tied to the avoidance, reduction or removal of harmful emissions.


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NPM Reporter, Andrew Burnes sits down with Nautilus Solar's co-founders Laura Stern and Jim Rice. As Nautilus celebrates its 15 year anniversary this quarter, Laura and Jim reflect on how Nautilus has evolved, the company's growth initiatives and a look ahead to the possible impact of policy changes on the horizon, including the provisions for direct pay tax credits.


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In the latest edition of the NPM Podcast, Generate Capital principal Peggy Flannery discusses community solar as an asset class.

Among other topics, Ms. Flannery talks through Generate’s portfolio of community solar projects in New York, its recent deal with Starbucks and finally the firm’s investment in developer Nexamp.


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Daniel Sawmiller is currently the Ohio Energy Policy Director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and previously served as the senior representative in Ohio for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign. He has also worked as a senior regulatory analyst and economist with the Office of the Ohio Consumers' Council and has provided expert witness testimony before regulatory proceedings and the state legislature. Sawmiller's experience has given him a front row seat to the enormous changes under way in Ohio.

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NPM Western Reporter, Jillian Farmer is joined by Sam Wade to talk about renewable natural gas. Sam is the Director of Public Policy at the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas and previously worked as the Chief of the Transportation Fuel Branch at the California Air Resources Board, where he oversaw the low carbon fuel standard program for four years.

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Although geothermal energy doesn’t have the market penetration that solar and wind do, California’s recent procurement order for 1 GW of weather-independent capacity resources is quickly putting an increasing spotlight on the technology. 

Andrew Burnes sits down with Sarah Jewett, Director of Strategy at geothermal developer Fervo Energy to learn more about the selling points and challenges of geothermal energy and how shifting market appetites might make it a key renewable energy technology moving forward.

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Renewable sources of electricity such as wind and solar grew at their fastest rate in two decades in 2020. These resources are slated for major global expansion in the coming years at a much faster pace than prior to the pandemic, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. The increase in 2020 is set to become the “new normal,” with about 270 GW of renewable capacity on course to be added in 2021 and almost 280 GW in 2022. How are asset managers keeping pace with this unprecedented growth?

NPM Senior Reporter Elana Knopp is joined by Katie Crider, Director of Asset Management at Sage Energy Consulting. Katie has extensive experience maximizing financial performance of distributed generation and small utility-scale solar projects, leading Sage Energy Consulting’s asset management of solar and solar + storage systems.

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In this interview, NPM Reporter Andrew Burnes speaks with Jamie Hutson about his background, as well as the background of DSD before moving into a wide ranging discussion tackling trends in the C&I market, the challenges and traits that make the market unique, and where it thrives most. We also get into Jamie's approach to project finance, particularly his focus on the efficiency of capital over the cost of capital. Finally, we discuss the tax equity market and how it would be affected by a federal direct pay alternative, the rise of storage and the role it will play in DSD's pipeline going forward, and Jamie's major goals for the next two years. 

Jamie Hutson was recently promoted to Chief Investment Officer of DSD where he oversees the financing wing of the company. He has been with the company since 2019 and been working on project finance with GE since 2015. During his tenure at DSD, Hutson has accomplished several key financings including most recently a financing package with Credit Suisse, a debt revolver package from Rabobank, and a tax equity package from Bank of America. Before joining GE in 2015, Jamie started two companies of his own and worked at those organizations for 10 years. 

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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.


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The Biden administration recently unveiled the American Jobs Plan, a proposal that would turbocharge the building of major new electricity transmission lines and accelerate expansion and modernization of America’s power infrastructure. Can we get it done?

Ken Irvin is a co-leader of Sidley Austin’s global Energy practice area team, and represents clients on a variety of regulatory, enforcement, compliance and transactional matters involving the U.S. wholesale electricity and natural gas markets. Ken has extensive experience representing clients in regulatory and investigations proceedings before the FERC and multiple state energy regulatory agencies. 

He has been frequently recognized as one of the leading lawyers in his field and was recently selected by The National Law Journal for inclusion in the annual list of Energy & Environmental Trailblazers. The recognition honors individuals who have “moved the needle” and made an impact at the “crucial intersection of energy production and the environment.”

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In recent years, there has been a surge of interest among Indigenous communities in on-site renewable energy as an alternative revenue source, as a means to sovereignty, and as part of a larger effort, to steward the land in a responsible way, in contrast to carbon emitting traditional sources of energy. Developers, attracted by abundant land in sun- and wind-heavy plains, are paying attention.

Bob Blake is the owner of solar installation company Solar Bear and the head of the nonprofit community power development firm Native Sun. Blake is also a frequent advocate for clean energy in the media and a tribal citizen of the Red Lake Nation in Minnesota. Bob speaks with NPM Reporter Colt Shaw about bringing renewable energy to Native nations.

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A campaign launched by a coalition of environmental justice advocates is hoping to end the long-standing pollution burden on New York City’s frontline communities caused by 19 aging peaker plants that dot the landscape of the South Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and other neighborhoods. The plan calls for replacing the city's fleet of peaker plants with renewable energy and battery storage by 2030. 

Seth Mullendore is Vice President and project director for the Clean Energy Group. Seth works with policymakers, project developers, and community and environmental justice groups to advance clean energy policies and projects, with a focus on achieving greater access to solar and battery storage technologies for disadvantaged communities.

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The TVA's Green Invest program since 2018 has acted as a match maker for companies, cities and universities attempting to source clean energy and hungry developers looking for their next big partnership. The program can count Facebook, Google, GM, Vanderbilt University, and Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey among its alums. Jamie Bach, Manager of Renewable Energy Solutions at TVA sits down with NPM reporter, Colt Shaw to talk about the Green Invest program's roots and future.  

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EDPR NA DG's Chief Investment Officer, Richard Dovere sits down with NPM's Andrew Burnes to discuss the rapidly evolving distributed generation solar sector and what the recent acquisition of C2 Omega means for the company's growth plans.

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States, developers and investors are increasingly looking to green banks as a way to use innovative financing to connect clean energy projects with capital. 

Now, the idea of a national climate bank is seeing major momentum under the Biden administration. Will this be the year we finally see a national green bank come to life? Let’s find out.

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A little over a year after the dip in the international supply chain for renewable projects, many are starting to wonder where the U.S. fits into the world's renewable energy market. Can we really build a clean power supply chain on the home front?

NPM Reporter Michaela Althouse speaks with Andy Klump, CEO & Founder of Clean Energy Associates, a North American-owned solar PV and battery storage quality assurance, supply chain management and engineering services firm based in Denver, Colorado and Shanghai, China.

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What might the “Blue Wave” Mean for Renewables Tax Legislation? 

NPM Senior Reporter Elana Knopp speaks with Judy Kwok, an attorney with Mintz's Energy and Sustainability practice. Judy specializes in tax-efficient strategies for renewable energy developers and investors. Prior to joining Mintz, Judy served as Vice President, Tax Planning and Tax Counsel for GE Energy Financial Services.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 proposed decision by the California Public Utility's Commission.

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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 the company continues to expand its operations throughout the U.S.

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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 large-scale procurement of renewables.

Separately, Marks is also moderating a panel on April 9th at NPM’s US Development and Financing Forum at the Four Seasons Hotel in Houston, alongside executives at Linea Energy, REV Renewables, Ares Management, and CIBC.

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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.

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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 tolling agreements.

Jake also discusses the impact of the IRA on nascent storage markets and the work he and his team are doing to expand beyond the storage hotspots of Texas and California.

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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, including stop-loss measures for non-performance charges, the unpredictability of tech-specific class ratings and how they impact Effective Load Carrying Capacity, developer concern over a lack of transparency in the process, the potential for future changes to the Market Seller Offer Cap, and more.


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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.

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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 small-scale rooftop solar projects are delivering 10x more power than a decade ago. California was the leader in this market, but changes to the state’s net metering policy, which cut the value of solar energy credits by about 75 percent, has left rooftop solar with an uncertain future in the state.

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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 additionality. Hinckley also provides insights on how this might help participants in the forthcoming hydrogen hub funding program.

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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.

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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 hydrogen could one day power hard-to-electrify sectors like heavy industry and trucking across the Mid-Atlantic.

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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.

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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, Demas discusses MAM’s approach to green hydrogen including its recent investment in GH2 derivative Atlas Agro.


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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 through that debate and the interest level on the ground for opening up renewable project development. He also shares his concerns about specific technologies earmarked for development in Louisiana including offshore wind and carbon capture and storage.

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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.

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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 at bus depots in Montgomery County, Maryland as well as the growth prospects for AlphaStruxure, a joint venture between The Carlyle Group and Schneider Electric, over the coming years.

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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 the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and the Inflation Reduction Act, differing RTO and ISO approaches to energy storage, domestic manufacturing and how storage functioning as a transmission asset could ease transmission congestion and help grid operators avoid costlier grid upgrades.

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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 market opportunities and supply chain challenges.

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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 questions about whether offshore wind in state waters, essentially unprecedented elsewhere in the country, is feasible, whether demand on the ground for offshore wind in Louisiana is genuine or policy-driven, and the challenges developers interested in in the area will face when compared to the much more vetted federal WEAs identified by BOEM. The policy experts also predict some major announcements from Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards related to offshore wind, some of which may come sooner than expected.

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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-localization as the future for not just cooperatives like United Power, but utilites too. He also provides an update on United Power’s exit from Tri-State G&T.

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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 hydrogen and what the applicants that weren’t selected for an award can do to support their own projects in the growing hydrogen ecosystem.

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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 Section 45V and when funding is coming from the hydrogen hub pilot program. Alexander also addresses how when combined, both mechanisms, will reduce the cost for GH2 and provides a look at recent European developments and the best commercial uses for GH2 at this juncture.


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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 transferability and other measures are expected to accelerate development.

Alperin will next appear as a panelist on the Project Finance Fireside Chat at NPM’s Distributed Generation Development & Finance Forum (#DGNYC23) taking place at etc. venues, 360 Madison Ave in Midtown NYC on October 10-11th. The panel also includes Radial Power’s CFO Ed Kent, Andy Redinger of KeyBanc and moderator Vaughan Morrison of Troutman Pepper.

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