Utility Scale Solar - Presented by Infocast

The Primary Business Hub Where Decision-Makers Come to Develop and Finance the Next Wave of Utility Scale Solar Projects

Infocast’s 9th Annual Utility Scale Solar is the premier business hub where decision–makers gather to drive the utility scale solar sector forward. This high value networking event brings together the entire utility scale solar community to get the latest industry insights and meet other key players in the market.
The Summit Will Take an In-Depth Look at:

  • The drivers that will provide development opportunities in 2018, 2019 and beyond
  • What will shape the origination landscape in non-RPS markets
  • How the corporate market is evolving, and what corporates are seeking
  • Lessons learned about utility scale project development
  • Where Western integration is heading and what the impacts will be on utility scale solar projects
  • The outlook for financing projects and project M&A

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Join us for Community Solar on October 18, immediately prior to Utility Scale Solar.

For full details, click here.


Just Confirmed on the Agenda:

Ron Stimmel, Sr. Program Manager, Global Renewable Energy Strategy, AMAZON

Plus, hear from Other Key Players
in Community Solar:
Clean Energy Collective,
NRG, Solar City and more!

Special Pricing Available for Government & Non-Profits!

 

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2016's Featured Speakers

2016 Sponsors

 
 

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Jeffrey Butt

DUKE ENERGY RENEWABLES

Ty Daul

SUNPOWER

Diana Drysdale

PSEG POWER VENTURES

Mark Fillinger

FIRST SOLAR

Perry H. Fontana, QEP

RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS AMERICAS INC.

Hans Isern

SPOWER

James Kelly

NRG ENERGY, INC.

Yumin Liu

RECURRENT ENERGY

Warren Luhning

7X ENERGY, INC.

Dai Owen

EDF RENEWABLES

Ballard Spahr

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Ballard Spahr LLP, an Am Law 100 law firm with more than 650 lawyers in 15 offices in the United States, provides a range of services in business and finance, litigation, real estate, intellectual property, and public finance. Our clients include Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, life sciences and technology companies, health systems, investors and developers, government agencies and sponsored enterprises, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations. The firm combines a national scope of practice with strong regional market knowledge. Our Energy and Project Finance Group is a nationally recognized practice in the areas of project development, finance, regulation, and investment.

Huawei

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Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solution provider, and the number one solar inverter company in the world by MW shipments. Relying on its powerful R&D capabilities, Huawei has developed and deployed globally the FusionSolar Smart PV Solution for string inverter based utility-scale solar plants. Huawei optimizes and innovates the entire process from design and construction, to the operation and maintenance of PV plants through a global digital O&M platform that is simple to track and maximizes the customer benefits. Huawei has over 180,000 employees and serves more than 170 countries and regions, and a third of the world’s population. Learn more at http://solar.huawei.com/

Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe

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Orrick is a leading global law firm advising pioneers in energy transition, energy tech and infrastructure modernization on their ambitious decarbonization projects. With a team of 150+ energy lawyers, we support the entire life cycle of a renewables project, including all aspects of joint ventures and M&A, project finance, project development, procurement and regulatory. In the past two years alone, we have closed 250 transactions involving 135+ GW of solar, storage, wind and offshore wind capacity.

Our top tier tax equity team is at the cutting edge of the market experienced with every structure and complexity. Following the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), we have advised on one of the first tax equity financings for a standalone battery storage project, the first tax equity investment in carbon capture equipment, the first hydrogen projects taking advantage of expanded tax credits, and dozens of tax credit transfers. Learn more about Orrick’s practice, market insights and client results here.

Wilson Sonsini

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Wilson Sonsini is the firm of choice for companies, investors, and lenders seeking to structure, negotiate, and close groundbreaking transactions in the new energy economy and emerging climate solutions sector. As the newest, nimblest, and most focused projects law practice in the United States, we dedicate ourselves to a single goal: advancing what’s next in the energy industry and decarbonization technologies across economic sectors. Unlike other major law firms, our mission and resources are focused on advancing solutions to build the clean energy economy and address climate change, not fighting against the reality that all major economic sectors need to evolve, decarbonize, and be more efficient. We recognize the imperative—and the opportunities—presented by climate change and want to assist the innovators that will make a decarbonized future cheaper, more transparent, more equitable, and easier to use.

Bracewell

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Bracewell has one of the world’s largest dedicated clean energy legal teams and has been at the forefront of developments and innovations related to renewable energy. Solar, wind, biomass, hydropower and hydrogen — all are vital parts of the energy transition. These renewable sources — combined with carbon capture, energy storage, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices — involve complex legal, financial and regulatory issues that we are well-positioned to address due to our depth and vast experience. Our renewable/clean energy lawyers advise on complex renewables projects at every stage of development. Our attorneys have experience across the solar, wind and hydroelectric power sectors are complemented by the strengths of our regulatory, environmental, restructuring, tax, litigation and government relations teams. We Know Energy®

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

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Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm and powerhouse in the project finance market. Its projects group did $211 billion in 448 significant transactions in the last five years. It works in some capacity for most of the major developers who are active in the US market. It is also a prominent thought leader. Its Project Finance NewsWire goes to more than 81,000 people. Issues back 26 years can be found on the firm’s website. Its Currents podcast has had more than three million downloads in five years. Its periodic live podcasts on topical subjects draw 2,000 to 6,000 people for the live sessions and thousands of downloads for the recordings.

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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Sheppard Mullin is a leading law firm in the renewable energy sector. With over 600 attorneys in 16 offices across the globe, we provide renewable energy clients with a comprehensive range of legal services. We advise regarding financing, taxation, mergers and acquisitions, EPC contracts, project agreements, litigation, real estate, land use, and intellectual property protection. Sheppard Mullin attorneys counsel across the full range of renewable projects, from distributed generation across the US to some of the largest utility scale projects in the world.

Skadden

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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates delivers the highest quality advice and novel solutions to legal challenges, enabling clients to achieve their business goals. We are known for the innovative and creative thinking we rely on to handle the most complex transactions, litigation/controversy issues, and regulatory matters, as well as the open, collaborative relationships we build with clients, including corporations; financial and governmental entities; small, entrepreneurial companies; and cultural, educational and charitable institutions.

Soltec LTD

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Soltec is a global leader in the manufacture and supply of horizontal single-axis solar trackers. Soltec’s global operations and workforce of over 500 people blend experience with innovation. The company has manufacturing facilities in Brazil, China, and Spain, as well as offices in Australia, Denmark, Chile, India, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Peru, and the United States. Soltec introduced SF7, its next generation PV tracker, which enables higher yield and achieves lower installation costs. SF7 single-axis solar tracker is the seventh-generation innovative fruit of 14-year work as a tracking specialist. SF7 is the solar tracker with the highest yield-per-acre performance and greatest land-use options, ideal for large-scale PV tracking projects. Its features combined with proven cost-effective innovation and operation have driven Soltec to the top-tier globally.

Swinerton Renewable Energy

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Swinerton Renewable Energy (SRE) offers engineering, procurement, construction, and SOLV® services for solar photovoltaic plants throughout North America to a diverse range of clients. Over 125 years of building landmark projects, Swinerton has forged a reputation for unsurpassed safety, workmanship, on-time delivery, and customer satisfaction. Today, our team takes pride in building cost-effective solar systems that will generate reliable, clean power for many years to come. SRE has delivered over 2.5 GW of solar projects and our SOLV team manages over 4 GW of PV plants. Learn more about Swinerton Renewable Energy at swinertonrenewable.com

Troutman Sanders LLP

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The energy industry is a key vertical and center of excellence at Troutman Sanders. We have been recognized as a “National Top-Tier” Energy Practice for eight consecutive years and received the 2020 “Law Firm of the Year” distinction for Energy Law in U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” edition, and our renewable energy practice has won nationwide recognition in the Chambers USA and The Legal 500 guides. We provide top legal advice to independent power producers, developers, lenders, utilities, industrial and government clients in energy-related businesses in the U.S. and internationally. We have extensive transactional, financing and regulatory experience in the electric power (including renewable energy), natural gas and water industries. The firm can bring to bear top transactional and regulatory practitioners in order to maximize the value of transactions in the heavily regulated energy space.

Whitehall

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Established in 2010, Whitehall & Company is a boutique investment bank focused on M&A and corporate advisory services as well as debt and equity placement for clients. Whitehall offers experienced, focused investment bankers and capital markets professionals with expertise in the origination, structuring, syndication and execution of transactions across industry sectors and markets of execution that assist clients in leveraging their capabilities and streamlining execution of transactions. Whitehall has led M&A advisory, debt and equity capital raising transactions for top tier corporate and private equity clients across the power generation and development, investor owned and cooperative utilities, oil and gas, real estate, industrial and aviation sectors. All securities offered through Whitehall Capital Markets, LLC, an affiliate of Whitehall & Company, member FINRA/SIPC.

BayWa R.E.

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BayWa r.e. Solar Projects is an American utility-scale solar and storage project development company. Based in California, we are on a mission to advance clean energy deployment through full-service project development, design, construction, and project finance.

We are part of BayWa r.e., a leading clean energy company with several businesses in the United States including wind and solar project development, solar equipment distribution, energy solutions and services. Our shareholders are BayWa AG, a global business with $23.5 billion in revenue, along with Energy Infrastructure Partners, a leader in energy infrastructure investment.

With a strong financial parent, BayWa r.e. Solar Projects provides the financial certainty to deliver solar and storage solutions on time and on budget. We are actively growing our pipeline of 7.5GWac of solar and storage projects in America by engaging with partners that share our commitment to modernize the U.S. grid with reliable, clean energy sources.

Clean Energy Collective

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Clean Energy Co. is a new idea in power generation that is building, operating and maintaining community-shared clean energy facilities. CEC is pioneering the model of delivering clean power-generation through medium-scale facilities that are collectively owned by participating utility customers. CEC’s proprietary software automatically calculates monthly credits for members and integrates with the utilities’ existing billing system.

Everest Infrastructure Partners, Inc.

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Everest Infrastructure Partners is an emerging investor focused on acquiring and managing premium real estate assets in the energy infrastructure industry.  Everest provides project developers and independent landowners with an institutional approach, customized transaction structures, and a highly attractive source of capital.  Our team of uniquely experienced professionals from the energy, communications, and finance industries have worked together for over 10 years to provide thousands of landowners with cash flow and value maximization strategies for their property interests. Everest Infrastructure Partners is headquartered in Pittsburgh’s Energy Innovation Center and manages assets located throughout the United States.

Live Oak Bank

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Live Oak Bank strives to help you master your business and achieve your dreams. We understand that this is more than just your day job – it’s who you are. With a fusion of extraordinary service and expertise, our devoted team embraces a creative approach to solving problems and surpassing goals. Live Oak is ready to support you with our customized loan products focused on your long-term success. Our team of industry experts understands the nuances of your specific business model, and we want to invest in you because we know you’re ready to make an impact. Beyond the traditional banking experience, we set out to be an asset to each and every one of our customers by turning obstacles into opportunities. Let our team confidently guide you through the lending process and together, we’ll craft a unique plan that will allow you and your business to thrive.

Morrison & Foerster (Renewables)

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Morrison & Foerster has one of the nation’s leading practices devoted to the development and financing of solar power and other renewable energy projects. Our lawyers have played a key role in the inception and development of the equity, debt and capital markets for solar power projects, representing many of the industry’s leaders. We have expertise advising companies in both the photovoltaic and concentrated solar thermal domains (including utility-scale solar thermal projects), in the United States and overseas.

Our lawyers have successfully closed solar transactions from over $1.6 billion in loan guarantees for three projects in a 375 MW concentrated solar thermal power complex in the Mojave Desert in California to advising on the eighth largest photovoltaic plant in the world.

Paragon Energy Capital

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Founded in 2004, Paragon is a leading provider of financial advisory services and has unparalleled expertise in tax equity and sponsor equity structuring, solicitation and placement as well as M&A for renewable and conventional energy projects. Paragon’s professional team has advised project sponsors and tax equity investors in connection with over 50 renewable energy projects totaling over 5,000 MW of generating capacity and requiring approximately $10 billion of capital. These capital raises have included development stage projects and portfolios, projects under construction and projects in operation, and have involved tax partnerships, sale-leasebacks, pro rata sales and other financial structures. In the solar power segment, we have provided both sell-side and buy-side tax and sponsor equity advisory services on residential, distributed generation (C&I), and utility scale projects totaling over $2 billion in transaction value. Our solar power project geographic experience includes projects located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, as well as Puerto Rico and Guam.

Paragon clients and partners include leading energy project developers, tax equity investors and lenders, strategic investors and private investment firms.

JinkoSolar

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JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) is a leading PV module manufacturer and energy storage system integrator. The company has deployed more than 130 GW in 160 countries globally, including 18 GW in the U.S. EAGLE Modules come from facilities in Malaysia and Florida. EAGLE Storage brings together the best energy storage technology for turnkey hardware and energy storage services. Publicly vetted by trusted industry third-party laboratories and top financial institutions, EAGLE is a trusted choice for U.S. solar and storage projects. As a global leader with strong regional focus, JinkoSolar has more than 300 employees based in San Francisco, CA and Jacksonville, FL offices to provide timely, local service.

Arctech Solar

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Arctech Solar is one of the world’s premier solar mounting companies.  Our flagship products are fixed structures and single axis tracking systems. With over 8GW of solar racking and tracking systems installed worldwide our expertise speaks for itself. Arctech Solar will be offering two versions of the ground mount system. The first is the two high in portrait configuration and the second is the four high in landscape. The tracking systems are the flat panel single axis tracker with the tilted panel single axis tracker to soon follow. Both tracking systems will have the innovative redundancy design. With a yearly manufacturing capacity of over 6GW of fixed mounting systems and 3GW of tracking systems we can meet any project demand on time and within budget.

Hanwha Q CELLS Co.

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Hanwha Q CELLS Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Our headquarters for Technology & Innovation is located in the Solar Valley in Thalheim, Germany. Hanwha Q CELLS is listed on NASDAQ under the trading symbol HQCL and is the world’s largest solar cell manufacturer as well as one of the largest photovoltaic module manufacturers. Based on its respected “Engineered in Germany” technology, innovation, and quality, Hanwha Q CELLS offers the full spectrum of photovoltaic products, applications, and solutions. Through its global business network, the company provides excellent services and long-term partnership to its customers in the utility, commercial, government, and residential markets. Hanwha Q CELLS is a flagship company of Hanwha Group, a FORTUNE® Global 500 firm and a Top-Eight business enterprise in South Korea.

RBI Solar

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RBI Solar, Inc. designs, engineers, manufactures and installs solar mounting systems for large commercial and utility scale projects. As a specialist in ground mount, roof mount, and custom designed specialty solar structures, we focus on providing best-in-class racking systems and project management capabilities to serve owners and integrators. RBI Solar offers a broad range of solar racking systems to support every PV module manufacturer.

We provide complete solar mounting solutions to solve virtually any structural mounting challenge in the solar world. Our services include complete design, signed and sealed drawings for all 50 states, high tech manufacturing, nationwide installation and end to end technical support to help you solve the toughest challenges in the industry. Leveraging more than 80 years of experience in the commercial design-build specialty structures market, RBI Solar, works with its clients to identify the most economical, durable and robust solution. All of our solar mounting systems come with a 20 year limited warranty.

Talesun Solar Technologies Co., LTD.

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Suzhou Talesun Solar Technologies Co., Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jiangsu Zhongli Group (SZ: 002309), Talesun Solar Technologies was established in 2010 with a total investment of 5 billion RMB (the registered capital of 3 billion RMB). With an annual capacity of 3 GW cells and 5 GW modules, Talesun Solar Technologies has built the state-of-art, fully automated production line; all equipment comes from Italy, Germany and Japan. It enabled us to be the world’s leading large-scale scientific & PV manufacturing company. Talesun Solar Technologies is the only Chinese company who had received the VDE Quality-tested Certificate in PV industry, which guarantees Talesun Solar Technologies excellent product quality. Talesun Solar Technologies has also received “2015 china photovoltaic top runner award” for being an excellent inverter enterprise.

Talesun Solar Technologies takes the lead in extending PV industry chain: till end of 2016, Talesun Solar Technologies has cumulatively invested and developed more than 4GW PV power plants. Talesun Technologies will innovatively launch high- efficiency “Diversified eco-agricultural PV” project in 2016. Talesun Solar Technologies plays a leading role in the global photovoltaic industry chain extension and contributes to a better world environment.

Apex Clean Energy

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Apex Clean Energy was founded with a singular focus: to accelerate the shift to clean energy. Through origination, construction, and operation of utility-scale wind, solar, and storage facilities, distributed energy resources, and green fuel technologies, Apex is expanding the renewable frontier across North America. Our mission-driven team of more than 300 professionals uses a data-focused approach and an unrivaled portfolio of projects to create solutions for the world’s most innovative and forward-thinking customers. For more information about how Apex is building the energy company of the future, visit apexcleanenergy.com.

Signal Energy Constructors

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Signal Energy Constructors is a leading design/build general contractor providing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for utility-scale renewable energy projects across North America. Our preconstruction, engineering and project teams are focused on bringing innovative solutions to each project and are among the most experienced in the renewable energy industry. With more than 8,000 megawatts of utility-scale project experience, Signal Energy Constructors possesses a wide range of expertise in the design and construction of wind, solar, infrastructure and other power projects. Signal Energy Constructors is the renewable energy arm of two of the nation’s strongest construction companies, Barnhart Crane & Rigging and EMJ Corporation. WE HARNESS CREATIVE ENERGY.

Rath, Young and Pignatelli

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RATH, YOUNG AND PIGNATELLI was founded in 1987 to provide clients with a comprehensive, solution-oriented approach to law that was often lacking in more traditional law firms. We recognize the importance of merging traditional legal practice areas with legislative and public policy expertise. We have earned a reputation for achieving client success through skillfull and creative advocacy in private party negotiations, before courts, regulatory agencies and legislatures. Our professionals are leaders in key sectors of our economy where business and government interact, including business and finance, energy, tax, healthcare, environmental and insurance. Our clients range from the largest publicly-traded and privately-held businesses in the world to individuals and small businesses. Our experience spans from structuring complex energy projects to monetize federal tax credits, to advocating for enactment of federal tax legislation to improve retirement savings opportunities, to defending physicians against malpractice lawsuits. In 2005, to better serve our clients, we established a law office in Boston, and we also established a new service of the firm, The Rath Group, through which we provide targeted and strategic business and public affairs advice to clients with regional and national interests. Our attorneys are admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in New Hampshire, and are also licensed to practice in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

First Solar

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First Solar is a leading global provider of comprehensive photovoltaic (PV) solar systems using advanced module and system technology. Through determined innovation, we have achieved a significant milestone by delivering solar energy that is an economically attractive alternative to fossil-fuel sourced electricity. From module sales through turnkey power plant development, First Solar is a reliable, world-class partner for clean, renewable energy generation.

CPS Chint Power Systems America

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Chint Power Systems America is a global inverter solutions provider with service and operations centers in Texas and California. CPS is delivering feature-rich, flexible, high performance products, and low cost leadership is achieved by leveraging Chint Group’s vertical integration and supply chain scale economies. Chint is a $5B diversified set of industrial and energy systems companies; T&D substations, PV panels, project finance and EPC.

MVP Capital

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MVP Capital provides mergers and acquisitions, private debt and equity capital raising, and strategic and valuation advisory services focusing on the renewable energy, media, telecom and technology sectors. Founded in 1987, MVP has completed over $18 billion transactions and has offices in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Kansas City and Boulder.

Cleantech Law Partners

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Cleantech Law Partners is a full-service law firm dedicated exclusively to the legal and policy needs of renewable energy project developers and cleantech companies. CLP helps renewable energy developers, investors, manufacturers, and entrepreneurs obtain permits, negotiate key legal documents, secure intellectual property rights, and manage financial transactions. CLP also advises clients on corporate and tax matters, and serves as outside in-house counsel.

Energy Acuity

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Energy Acuity is the leading provider of energy industry and market intelligence. We strive to offer the most up-to-date and timely information on the power generation and infrastructure technology sectors, ensuring that subscribers have everything they need to identify opportunities and make educated business decisions. Find out how you can streamline your research and business development efforts with one of our three online platforms.

ENF

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ENF is a fast-growing renewable energy information company. Our company has the world’s most popular website for information about companies in the photovoltaic industry. We have two value-added core activities: industry directory – providing a PV company database with more than 22,800 PV companies; product directory – providing a PV product database with more than 35,600 PV products, including solar panels, inverters, mounting systems, cells, EVA and backsheet. All these make ENF a true PV industry resource, with each service expanding in as many as 8 languages.

Navigant Research

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Navigant Research is a market research and consulting team that provides in-depth analysis of global clean technology markets. The team’s research methodology combines supply-side industry analysis, end-user primary research and demand assessment, and deep examination of technology trends to provide a comprehensive view of these industry sectors.

Utility Dive

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Utility Dive covers industry news and provides original analysis on the latest happenings in utility and energy. Their mission is to provide busy executives with a bird’s-eye-view of the utilities industry in 60 seconds. With a mobile-optimized daily email newsletter, website, and app, Utility Dive keeps you informed on the go. You’ll get coverage of topics such as smart grid, energy efficiency, regulation and policy, grid security, distributed generation, renewable energy, and more.

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