New Project Media (NPM) Interconnections

On this week's episode of the podcast, host Andrew Burnes is joined by Scout Clean Energy Founder and CEO Michael Rucker to discuss the firm's growing solar pipeline and evolving acquisition strategy on the heels of its acquisition by Brookfield. The conversation also features a deep dive into recent interconnection reform proposals from MISO and FERC and the impacts Michael projects on...

Mike Reynolds, managing director of infrastructure private equity firm Ultra Capital , joins this week’s podcast to discuss his firm’s investing model, how different aspects of the Inflation Reduction Act will impact the renewable energy industry and the opportunities that industrial decarbonization could represent. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company provid...

On this week’s episode, NPM managing editor Jon Berke is joined by Declan Flanagan, Founder & CEO of Bluestar Energy Capital . Formerly EVP and CEO of Orsted Onshore, Flanagan established Nova Clean Energy in the US and BEA Renewables in Australia in 2022 to pursue greenfield renewable development opportunities. On today’s program, Flanagan discusses Nova’s growth plan and later expresses view...

On this week's episode, NPM’s Andrew Burnes is joined by Jesse Gronner, Founder and CEO of Triple Oak Power.  Gronner discusses his interesting path through the industry and deep well of experience in the Oregon market before reviewing the driving focus of Triple Oak and the company's unique approach to asset management. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events...

CleanCapital’s CEO Thomas Byrne and Chief Commercial Officer Julia Bell join NPM’s Jon Berke and Michelle France to discuss its recent USD 500m commitment from ManuLife Investment Management and how the company plans to deploy the capital across specific industry verticals. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewab...

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. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company provid...

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...

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 develo...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Andy Redinger, Managing Director Group Head at KeyBanc Capital Markets joins the podcast to discuss the short-term and longer-term impacts of the Silicon Valley Bank meltdown on the project finance market, how project finance volumes will look in 2023 and what impacts the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will have on the renewable project finance space. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, in...

Gary Blitz, global co-CEO for Aon's M&A and Transactions Solutions Group, joins the podcast to discuss the role that Aon plays in advising both tax equity partnerships which supports projects and also M&A for projects. Included in this insightful discussion is a look at how both transferability and direct pay, in a limited capacity, will impact how projects are financed going forward...

Daniel Revers, founder and managing partner of Boston-based energy investor ArcLight joins the podcast to discuss his views on energy storage. He also details how ArcLight’s new venture Elevate will develop storage at its existing thermal portfolio and how another affiliate, Sequitur Renewables, is buying and re-purposing older renewable projects. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelli...

Allan Marks of Millbank LLP joins the podcast this week to discuss the potential ramifications that Silicon Valley Bank’s failure on March 10th will have on the project finance market. Later in the program, Marks discusses how project finance in general will be impacted by rising interest rates and also talks about the impact of foreign investors in the M&A market. Marks will be moderating the...

Jonathan Vasdekas , the executive vice president of development for startup independent power producer Linea Energy joins the NPM podcast this week, to discuss Linea’s strategy to target ERCOT, PJM and MISO out of the gate. In addition, Vasdekas discusses where Linea plans to focus to gain an edge in a development market already well stocked with strongly capitalized IPPs and what attributes of th...

This week, NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by Jack Godshall , Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Jupiter Power. Godshall walks us through some of the highlights from Jupiter Power's 2022 including their acquisition by BlackRock, new manufacturing partnership with Energy Vault, and the expansion of their pipeline into new markets following the passage of the IRA. Godshall also looks...

The IRS released guidance on February 13 related to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, including the much-anticipated low-income adder to the ITC under section 48(e) for qualified solar and wind facilities. The adder, which can increase the 30% ITC by an additional 10%-20%, authorizes 1.8 GW of dc capacity limitations to be awarded to projects under the program in 2023 and 2024. Joining the prog...

Last spring, NPM reported on a number of study delays accumulating in NYISO’s interconnection queue. In early December, NPM reported that NYISO was considering improvements to its interconnection process, including moving to a “window-based” approach. And in late December, NYSERDA released its “Road Map” to achieving 6 GW of battery storage by 2030, the latest policy goal promising to bring loads...

In this week's edition of the NPM podcast, Eli Katz , partner and global vice chair of Latham & Watkins' Energy & Infrastructure Group forecasts when the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will provide full guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. In addition, Katz provides an update on how some of the mechanics of the tax transferability clause are being worked out within th...

In this episode, Scott Steimer, a principal at ECP, sits down with NPM’s Jillian Farmer to discuss the firm’s renewable energy platform, the push for new community solar projects out West, and ECP’s growth in existing and new markets. Steimer’s work is focused primarily on originating and executing investments within the power generation and renewable sector in North America. He currently serves o...

This week on the Interconnections podcast, NPM’s East Coast Reporter Colt Shaw is joined by Matt Beasley, Chief Commercial Officer with Silicon Ranch. In late October, the Georgetown County Council in South Carolina deferred the second “reading” or vote for Silicon Ranch’s Lambert I and II solar projects after sustained vocal opposition from some residents. That reading was deferred to this week....

Joining the podcast this week is Beth Waters, senior managing director in the power vertical for MUFG Americas’ project finance team. Ms. Waters forecasts major trends for project finance in 2023, including how the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA22) will impact the economics of project development from the view of a lender with a strong set of developer clients. New Project Media (NPM) is a l...

This week, NPM’s Andrew Burnes is joined by Manish Nayar, Founder and CEO at OYA Ventures.  Manish walks us through the firm's new joint venture with Oil Well Shares and how the new venture anticipates capturing additional tax credits via "energy communities" under the IRA.  Beyond that, Manish discusses OYA's growing interest in utility-scale solar and storage, as well as how...