New Project Media (NPM) Interconnections

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...

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, CBRE Peter Pohlschroeder – Vice Chairman, German Datacenter Association Jochem Steman – Founder, DataLogix F...

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 h...

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...

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 develope...

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 mak...

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...

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 mi...

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 develop...

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 gri...

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 deve...

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,...

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...

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 U...

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...

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 &...

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 Euro...

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...

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 Gravi...

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 expe...

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 the...

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 Pr...

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 S...

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 ca...

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 g...