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Currents
Currents is a podcast published by Norton Rose Fulbright that features in-depth discussions on the latest developments in project finance. The podcast is hosted by partner Jim Berger, who interviews key business leaders and policy makers to investigate important trends affecting the energy and infrastructure space.
Episodes
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Ep132: District Energy Sector Update
Jonathan Yates, associate principal with Arup, joins us for an update on the district energy space. We discuss why district energy is getting a lot of…
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Ep131: An Introduction to the World Energy Council
Dr. Angela Wilkinson, secretary general of the World Energy Council, joins us to discuss the Council’s mission. We get into the differences between the Council…
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Ep130: Risk Management in 2020
Kimberlee Centera, CEO of TerraPro Solutions, joins us to discuss her company and how it is handling risk management during this unprecedented year. We get…
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Ep129: Post-Election Analysis
Five veteran Washington observers talked about what changes to expect for renewable energy and the project finance market as a result of the election. John…
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Ep128: Investing in Energy Innovation
Chris Leary, investment partner at Orion Energy Partners, joins us to discuss how the company invests in energy innovation. We get into how Orion defines…
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Ep127: Residential Geothermal Energy
Kathy Hannun, president and co-founder of Dandelion Energy, joins us to discuss residential geothermal heating and cooling. We dive into her background, why…
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Ep126: Bitcoin and the Energy Industry Explained
JohnPaul Baric, CEO of Aurum Capital Ventures Inc., joins us to explain the relationship between bitcoin mining and the energy industry. We dive into what…
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Ep125: What's New in the Market
The November elections carry significant potential upside for renewable energy companies. The election is factoring into construction-start strategies. A FERC…
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Ep124: ESG and Solar Energy Infrastructure
Yuri Horowitz, CEO of Sol Systems, joins us to discuss the convergence of social and environmental impact principles on solar energy infrastructure. We talk…
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Ep123: 2020 Solar Production Index
Richard Matsui, CEO and founder of kWh Analytics, joins us to unpack a new kWh study that found US utility-scale solar projects are underperforming P50…
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Ep122: Highlander Transaction: sPower's 620 MW Solar Plant
Brian Callaway, vice president, structured finance at sPower, and Conor McKenna, managing director at CohnReznick Capital Markets, walk us through the…
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Ep121: Edison Energy’s Return to Europe
Christen Blum, vice president, renewables advisory and analytics, and Emily Williams, vice president, strategy and sustainability at Edison Energy, join us to…
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Ep120: Entrepreneuer Targets Climate Change: Norman Crowley
Norman Crowley, serial entrepreneur and founder and head of Cool Planet Group, joins us to discuss his entrepreneurial adventures in renewables and what his…
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Mexico Renewables Market Update
Raquel Bierzwinsky, partner in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Mexico City and New York offices, joins us to discuss the renewables market in Mexico almost two years…
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Ep118: California Blackouts and Renewables
Jan Smutny-Jones, chief executive officer of the Independent Energy Producers Association, joins us to discuss the recent blackouts in California and how the…
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Ep117: Commercial Bank, Term Loan B and Project Bond Market
Ralph Cho and Mike Pantelogianis, Power & Infrastructure Finance Co-heads for Investec in North America, join us to discuss the commercial bank, term loan B…
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Ep116: Floating Wind: US Outlook
Dr. Alana Duerr, director, offshore wind North America at DNV GL, joins us to discuss the outlook for floating wind in the United States. We get into what…
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Ep115: Enabling Bankability for New Technologies
Tom Dickson, CEO of New Energy Risk, joins us to discuss how the company is enabling project finance and bankability for new technologies through insurance. We…
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Ep114: COVID-19's Effect on Utilities
Robert Mudge, principal at The Brattle Group, joins us to go over the company’s report on the impact COVID-19 is having on utilities. We go over how electric…
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Ep113: Condition of the Tax Equity Market
Many developers report trouble raising tax equity this year for renewable energy projects. This is the third in a series of calls since late March with…
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Ep112: Solar Risk Assessment Report 2020
Richard Matsui, CEO and co-founder of kWh Analytics, and Dana Olson, solar segment leader at DNV GL, are back to discuss the second annual "Solar Risk…
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Ep111: Lessons Learned from PG&E's Bankruptcy
PG&E is on its way out of bankruptcy, and there are many lessons to learn from the largest American utility’s second trip through bankruptcy. We briefly cover…
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Ep110: Behind-the-Meter Storage
Brian Warshay, principal consultant, DER and energy storage at DNV GL, joins us to discuss opportunities in behind-the-meter storage. We get into how companies…
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Ep109: What's New in the Market
Another economic stimulus bill is expected in August. A refundable tax credit proposal has gotten traction among Republicans. Tax equity is harder for many…
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Ep108: Making C&I Solar Attractive to Institutional Investor
Steve Cunningham, managing partner of Madison Energy Investments, joins us to explain the details of investing in C&I solar. We discuss what C&I means in the…
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Ep107: Energy Storage in ERCOT
Caitlin Smith, vice president, and Matthew Berend, co-founder, of AB Power Advisors, and Sam Porter, senior counsel at Norton Rose Fulbright, join us to…
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Ep106: Brightmark on Renewable Natural Gas
Bob Powell, founder and CEO of Brightmark, joins us to discuss his company and the important environmental problems it is solving. He discusses the projects on…
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Ep105: Distributed Generation's Reaction to COVID-19
Richard Dovere, managing member of C2 Energy Capital, joins us to discuss how COVID-19 has affected the distributed generation sector. We discuss factors that…
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Ep104: Clean Energy Associates on Supply Chain, QA and IE
Andy Klump, CEO of Clean Energy Associates, joins us to discuss trends the company is seeing in quality assurance and independent engineering work globally…
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Ep103: Hawaiian Electric and EVs
Aki Marceau, director of electrification of transportation, and Yoh Kawanami, director of customer energy resources, operations at Hawaiian Electric, join us…
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Ep102: Tax Equity and Carbon Sequestration
How should carbon sequestration transactions be structured in light of proposed regulations the IRS issued on May 27 about claiming section 45Q tax credits?…
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Ep101: State of Tax Equity
Many developers report that the tide appears to be flowing out on tax equity. At the same time, the two largest tax equity investors say it is business as…
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Ep100: Energetic Insurance: Removing the Risk in Solar
James Bowen, co-founder of Energetic Insurance, joins us to discuss his company’s story and the problems that its insurance policy solves. We get into who…
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Ep99: Enel X on EV Charging and the Renewable Grid
Giovanni Bertolino, head of e-mobility at Enel X, joins us to discuss the rapidly evolving electric vehicle sector and the potential impact on the renewable…
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Ep98: Uncertain Times: The Role of IFIs
In times of economic and financial crisis, commercial lending and private sector investment into emerging markets – even for projects or opportunities with…
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Ep97: Trump's Executive Order Banning Equipment
Keith Martin, partner in Washington, joins us to discuss the recent executive order banning equipment provided by companies in foreign adversary countries. We…
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Ep96: DNV GL on COVID-19 and the Renewables Industry
Ken Elser, senior vice president for project finance and M&A at DNV GL, joins us to discuss how independent engineers are seeing COVID-19 affect renewable…
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Ep95: An Investor's View of the Market Today
Benoit Allehaut, managing director at Capital Dynamics, joins us to discuss the state of the market and what the company has been up to lately. We go over what…
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Ep94: The Current State of the R&W and Tax Insurance Markets
Gary Blitz, co-CEO, and Matthew Heinz, managing director, of AON M&A and Transaction Solutions, join us to discuss the reps & warranty and tax insurance…
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Ep93: Merchant Storage: A New Frontier
Brian Warshay, principal consultant for distributed energy resources and energy storage at DNV GL, joins us to discuss merchant storage. We discuss the…
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Ep92: US EXIM is Back
Luke Lindberg, senior vice president of external engagement for the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), joins us to discuss EXIM’s reauthorization…
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Ep91: What the CARES Act Means for Companies
Keith Martin, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in Washington, joins us to unpack the $2.2 trillion economic relief bill that cleared Congress on Friday -- the…
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Ep90: Taking Stock:Tax Equity, Debt and M&A
Tax equity for renewable energy was expected to be a US$15 billion market this year, and interest rates on bank debt had dropped to 125 to 137.5 basis points…
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Ep89: Taking Stock: Business Outlook
This was expected to be a peak year in new capacity additions for wind and solar projects – before coronavirus hit. How has the outlook changed? Is work…
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Ep88: US Wind Energy Market Outlook
Dan Shreve, head of global wind energy research at Wood Mackenzie, joins us to discuss the future of the wind market. We take a look back at 2019, the outlook…
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Ep87: Coronavirus and the Renewable Energy Industry
Sue Wang, Ben Koenigsberg and Keith Martin join us to discuss the impacts of coronavirus on the renewable energy industry. We discuss how coronavirus is…
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Ep86: The LIBOR Transition
Claire Edwards, knowledge counsel with Norton Rose Fulbright in London, joins us to discuss the upcoming move away from LIBOR, the London Interbank Offered…
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Ep85: The Advantages of Surety Bonds
Karl Choltus, SVP, national surety practice leader at Beecher Carlson Insurance Services, LLC, joins us to discuss all things surety bonds. We discuss what a…
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Ep84: 2019 Review of Renewables
Sue Wang, senior counsel in our Washington office, joins us to discuss the banner year that renewables had in 2019. We get into the different changes in…
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Ep83: Cost of Capital: 2020 Outlook
It is the start of a new year. Many forecasters expect modest global growth this year, helped by favorable monetary policies by central banks, but with risk on…
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Ep82: PPAs, Bankruptcy and Utilities, Oh My!
Howard Seife, global head of financial restructuring and insolvency at Norton Rose Fulbright, joins us to discuss how power purchase agreements are affected by…
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Ep81: Distributed Solar Market Update
Woody Rubin, president at AES Distributed Energy, joins us to discuss the distributed solar market. We talk about the market in general, the current abundance…
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Ep80: kWh Analytics' Solar Lendscape: 2020 Update
Richard Matsui, co-founder and CEO of kWh Analytics, is back to give us an update on their popular resource, the Solar Lendscape. We discuss how many banks are…
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Ep79: PTC Extension Legislation Update
Keith Martin, with Norton Rose Fulbright, joins us from Washington to discuss the likelihood that Congress will pass a tax extenders bill at year end and what…
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Ep78: Financing Renewable Energy: Present & Future
Live from the Wharton Energy Conference, Manish Kumar, managing director at The AES Corporation, Jackson Lehr, operating partner, infrastructure at Energy…
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Ep77: Solar + Storage: A Look at the Market
Fleming Ray, senior project manager, due diligence at DNV GL, joins us to discuss all things solar plus storage. We get into the federal and state policies…
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Ep76: FERC's Proposed Changes to PURPA
Bob Shapiro, partner in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Washington office, discusses FERC’s proposed changes to PURPA. We go over what PURPA is and why it was created…
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Ep75: The Business of Hydro with Hydro-Québec
Serge Abergel, director of media relations at Hydro-Québec, joins us to discuss how being state-owned affects the company's business decisions, how much energy…
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Ep74: Radiant REIT: Solar Market Disruptor
Jim Spano, co-founder of Radiant REIT, joins us to discuss the evolution of the solar market and the idea behind his new company. Radiant REIT has an…
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Ep73: Superpower: One Man's Quest to Transform US Energy
Russell Gold, senior energy reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and Michael Skelly, a senior advisor at Lazard and founder of Clean Line Energy Partners…