New Project Media (NPM) Interconnections

On this Interconnections podcast we have Mark Gabriel, president and CEO of Colorado-based United Power to talk about its separation from Tri-State and upcoming renewable energy procurement. Mark Gabriel is a 25-year veteran in the electric utility business. Prior to United Power, he served as Administrator and CEO of the Western Area Power Administration and as Acting President at the Electric Po...

NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by Chaberton Energy CEO Stefano Ratti. Chaberton is a developer founded in 2020 with a focus on DG and community solar. The firm recently closed its first two solar projects in Maryland and is building out a rapidly expanding pipeline of community solar projects across the Northeast and some western states like New Mexico. Ratti walks us through the formation of...

NPM reporter Colt Shaw sits down with Doral Group Renewable Energy Resources President & Co-Founder Nick Cohen and VP of Project Management Amit Nadkarni to discuss their massive forthcoming 1.65 GWdc Mammoth Solar Project in Indiana, the first phase of which is expected online next year. The two also discuss supply chain disruptions facing the industry, how the company is mitigating its risks...

NPM Managing Editor Jon Berke sits down with Tad Glauthier, Vice President of Market Development for Stem Inc, a global leader in AI-driven energy services and software with a clean energy intelligence platform called Athena. The duo weigh up the rise of electric vehicle infrastructure and its convergence with energy storage. Glauthier also kicks off the show with a discussion of Stem Inc’s recent...

Jon Berke, Managing Editor for NPM hosts a year-end internal roundtable with fellow team members Ken Meehan, Jillian Farmer and Andrew Burnes.  The team discuss industry highlights from 2021 and stories they will be following heading into 2022. Happy Holidays! New Project Media (NPM) is a growing actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American re...

In this episode, NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by Encore CEO Chad Farrell. Encore has carved out a niche for itself as a leader in community solar development on brownfields, which is often incentivized in Northeast markets. Farrell discusses the challenges of brownfield development and project financing, and Encore's explorations into storage development, both short and long-term, and t...

NPM Reporter Colt Shaw sits down with Steve Levitas, Senior VP for Regulatory and Government Affairs at Pine Gate Renewables, to talk about clean energy policy in the Southeast, including the Virginia Clean Economy Act and the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM). The two also discuss North Carolina's recent emissions bill, Levitas' role in authoring it and the challenges that lie ahe...

Ahead of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) releasing its cost estimate on the Build Back Better (BBB) Act, Adam Kobos, a partner in the tax practice of Troutman Pepper joins NPM Managing Editor Jon Berke on the NPM Interconnections Podcast. The two discuss how developers of solar, wind and storage will benefit from extensions and expansions of the ITC and PTC tax credits in the revised framewo...

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 r...

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...

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 th...

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. New Project Media (N...

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. New Project Media (NPM) is a growing actionable data & proprietary intel...

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...

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. New Project Media (NPM) is a growing actionabl...

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 geo...

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 t...

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 capit...

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, co...

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. Bo...

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....

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...

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. Download our mobile app .

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. Download our mobile app .

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 s...