New Project Media (NPM) Interconnections – Détails, épisodes et analyse

This week’s episode is the full recording of the panel discussion titled “Behind the Meter, Ahead of the Curve: Onsite Power for Data Centers,” held as part of NPM’s DG Development & Finance Forum on October 23, 2025 in New York City.

Speakers include:

• Kevin Imboden – Global Director of Competitive Intelligence, EdgeConneX
• Charlie Daum – VP of Development and Origination, Generate Capital
• Duncan Campbell – VP of Data Center Solutions, Scale Microgrids
• Hannan Happi – CEO and Co-Founder, Exowatt
• Ike Emehelu – Partner, Projects & Energy Transition Group, Akin (m)

The panel addresses how distributed generation developers are adapting their strategies to solve the challenges encountered in the development of onsite power generation for data center operators.

NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.

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Former FERC Commissioner Allison Clements joins the podcast to unpack Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s directive to bring large-load interconnections under FERC oversight. Now an advisor to the data center industry at ASG, Clements discusses the DOE initiative’s legal grounding and the wider energy policy landscape under the Trump administration.

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This week’s episode is the full recording of an NPM webinar discussion titled “Putting the Scale in Hyperscale,” held on August 12, 2025.

Speakers include:

• Craig McKesson - Chief Commercial Officer, Takanock
• Bill Thomas - Chief Energy Officer, CleanArc Data Centers
• Syed Ahmed - Head of Digital Infrastructure, Apterra Infrastructure Capital
• Kyle Younker - Senior Editor, NPM (m)

The panel tackles utility constraints and policy shifts, the rise of behind-the-meter strategies, changing siting logic for training vs. inference and latency needs, and how new entrants—from renewable developers to crypto miners—are reshaping capital stacks.

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

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

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This week Thomas Burton, member and chair of the energy and sustainability practice for the law firm of Mintz joins NPM Managing Editor Jon Berke on the podcast.

Burton discusses the deal environment for both renewable developer platforms and projects and reviews the recent increase of foreign investment capital being routed into DG developers.

Later, Burton talks about deal flow in the RNG development space and general deal market trends to watch for during the back half of this year.

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Chris LeWand, senior managing director and leader of FTI's Power, Renewables & Utilities Practice joins NPM Managing Editor Jon Berke on the podcast this week.

LeWand weighs in on the ramifications of President Biden's recent veto of Congress attempts to repeal the two-year moratorium on solar tariffs, why Texas is pursuing a natural gas regime under recent legislation proposals and what needs to be done to grow transmission as an asset class in the US.

Later in the program, LeWand addresses the recent rise of private credit lending to renewable developers.

FTI Consulting’s Power, Renewables & Energy Transition Practice helps clients across the value chain navigate the energy transition by providing a wide array of advisory services addressing the strategic, financial, operational, reputational, regulatory and capital needs of our clients.

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In the latest edition of New Project Media’s Interconnection’s podcast, Colt Shaw, NPM’s East Coast reporter is joined by Jon Carbajal, Director of Product Development at NineDot Energy and Patrick Verdonck, Founder of Verdonck Partners.

The three discuss the future of energy storage in New York as the state considers ways to implement its ambitious 6 GW by 2030 Road Map plan. The plan proposes 3 GW of new bulk storage, 1.5 GW of new retail storage and 200 MW of new residential storage and represents at least 20% of the peak electricity load of New York State.

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On this week's podcast, Fluence Americas president John Zahurancik joins NPM managing editor Jon Berke to discuss the state of the battery energy storage market.

The two discuss the drivers and obstacles for growth and the newer technologies starting to change the sector.

Fluence, a joint venture of AES and Siemens, is a publicly traded global battery storage and renewables solutions provider.

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On this week’s podcast, NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by Paul Gaynor, CEO of Longroad Energy, to discuss some of the major projects in the firm's pipeline.

Included in this discussion is a look at Longroad Energy's massive King Pine Wind project in Maine, a deep dive into the firm's activities in Texas, the fallout of the firm's relationship with Silicon Valley Bank, and the shifting landscape of interconnection and offtake structures.

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