Energy Storage Finance & Investment

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

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Chadbourne & Parke and Norton Rose Fulbright merged on June 30 to make a combined firm with 4,000 lawyers in 59 offices in 33 countries, including 400 working in the power sector of whom close to a 100 are in the United States.  The prestigious Chambers directory has consistently ranked the Chadbourne project finance team at the top of the US renewable energy market based on year-round interviewing of corporate law departments and peers at other firms.  The group did $53.5 billion in financings in the last two years.   Approximately 60% of the work of the group in each of the last 11 years has been in renewable energy. The group has worked on projects in more than 80 countries.

Orennia

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Orennia’s all-in-one platform helps capital allocators make the right decisions by providing them with the most valuable energy transition insights on the market. Access our reliable data, layered with proprietary analytics, compiled by a dedicated team with expertise in the power and renewables, decarbonization and energy transition spaces. Identify investment opportunities, generate higher returns and gain an advantage over your competitors.

Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe

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Orrick is a global leader in the development, financing, acquisition and disposition of utility scale and distributed solar projects.

• Over 20,000 megawatts of solar PPAs and storage contracts, arrangements, and EPC and module supply contracts
• Innovative financing including levered and unlevered tax equity financings, using every structure in the market
• Development, mezzanine, construction and term debt financings for market-leading solar projects
• High profile solar project and company M&A and joint venture transactions

Atheva

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Atheva is the marketplace for buying and selling green tax credits that maximizes value for all parties. Federal tax credit transferability is causing significant shifts in the tax equity landscape. Atheva’s mission is to lead the charge in this area, enabling transferability to become the leading method of tax credit monetization. Providing a layer of discovery, price efficiency, and legal safety, Atheva’s modern web marketplace allows buyers and sellers to maximize value for assets while significantly reducing time and cost to transact. For sellers, we make it easy to list a credit and provide a bidding mechanism so that sellers can be paired with the buyer who has the highest purchase price. For buyers, we make it easy to search for the credits, review information about the credits and to bid.

Crux Climate

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Crux is the ecosystem for developers, tax credit buyers, and financial institutions to transact & manage transferable tax credits. Our network & tools streamline transactions, provide access to a large market, and reduce risk & increase trust.

Davies

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What we do.
Davies has turned public affairs into an art. We provide thoughtful strategies, compelling messages and precise tactical execution to overcome controversy and crisis.

We have distinguished ourselves with a nearly flawless record of helping our clients win their most challenging battles, successfully reorienting hundreds of issues that seemed lost or burdened by insurmountable odds.

Davies provides issues management, public affairs, and crisis communication support. We specialize in message creation and grassroots programs that motivate individuals to speak out and take action – influencing regulatory, permitting and political challenges.

Who we are.
Davies is the national public affairs firm of choice for clients who need to win high-stakes, defining issues. Our nearly flawless record for project approvals over 30 years speaks for itself — if you want to win, hire Davies.

You may be facing loud mobilized opposition to your plans, as well as hostile elected officials. We overcome these opposing forces by identifying and activating a motivated and educated crowd in favor of your plans, redefining the issue and moving public opinion.

How we think.
At Davies we are on a continuous quest for the best techniques and approaches, from time-tested to novel and emerging. Over the years we’ve developed unique skill-sets and created proprietary tools to aid us in helping our clients win their battles.

We are not planning on giving you the exact recipe for our success, but we’ll be glad to share with you some of our thinking.

Enverus

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Enverus Power & Renewables brings clean, analytics-ready data into an intuitive platform, empowering you to get straight to higher-value analysis and insights. Whether you are seeking historical data to assess the profitability of new power project opportunities, or you are a seasoned power trader utilizing financial hedging instruments, Enverus supplies essential data and analytics for the power and renewables space.

Foss & Company, Inc.

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Founded in 1983, Foss & Company is a national tax equity investor and fund sponsor that has deployed nearly $8 billion in tax equity on behalf of insurance, banking, and other large corporate clients into tax credit enhanced transactions including historic rehabilitation projects, renewable energy and advanced energy production facilities. Foss & Company is a full-service advisor with proven expertise navigating the world of tax equity investments. For additional information, visit www.fossandco.com.

Fractal EMS

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Fractal EMS is a fully vertical controls platform for energy storage and hybrid systems that includes software, controllers, integration and analytics (with optional monitoring, maintenance and bid optimization). Fractal EMS provides full command, control, monitoring and management for a single asset or fleet of assets (located anywhere in the world). Fractal EMS combines advanced features with competitive pricing to create the industry’s best value in energy storage and hybrid controls. Fractal EMS is the market leader in front-of-the meter third-party energy storage controls with over 4 GWh in operations and 10 GWh in awarded ESS and hybrid projects globally. Learn more about our software products: Fractal EMS, Fractal Model and Fractal Optimizer online at https://www.fractalems.com.

Fractal Energy Storage Consultants

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Fractal Energy Storage Consultants is a specialized consulting and engineering firm that provides expert consulting, owner’s engineering and advisory services for energy storage and hybrid projects. Unmatched experience with over 800 utility-scale projects served globally in the last decade. Best-in-class technoeconomic modeling and due diligence service to optimize opportunities and de-risk investments. Key services include project analysis, procurement, contract support, due diligence, OE services, buy-side and sell-side M&A advisory. Learn more about our services online at https://www.energystorageconsultants.com.

Reunion

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Reunion’s mission is to accelerate investment into clean energy.

The Inflation Reduction Act has created a simpler way to finance renewable energy projects through the sale of tax credits. Reunion’s marketplace facilitates the purchase and sale of transferable tax credits to support solar, wind, battery, biogas and other clean energy projects.

Reunion works with leading clean energy project developers to easily sell tax credits to a deep pool of buyers. Corporations buy tax credits on the Reunion platform to support clean energy, while generating a compelling financial return. Through standardized due diligence, diversification, and insurance, we ensure that it’s easy and low-risk for corporations to purchase tax credits.

Reunion raised corporate funding from leading renewable energy investors in 2022, and our founding team previously raised over $2B to finance solar energy projects around the world.

Swell Energy

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Swell Energy is creating a greater grid for the greater good. The energy management and smart grid solutions provider is accelerating the mass adoption of distributed clean energy technologies by providing homeowners and businesses with financing and VPP programs while partnering with trusted local solar and solar+storage companies for seamless, high-quality installations. By creating a critical mass of dynamic and responsive clean energy resources within utility service areas across the United States, Swell Energy also delivers resilient VPP networks and grid balancing services to utilities, which are fundamental to our future, carbon-free, distributed renewable energy system.

Troutman Pepper

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The energy industry is a key vertical and center of excellence at Troutman Pepper. 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.

Tyba

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Tyba provides end-to-end modeling tools for companies involved with developing, financing, and operating standalone and hybrid storage projects. This includes energy production models for solar, AI/ML based price forecasting and optimization models for storage assets, and bidding algorithms for wholesale power markets. Users can apply these models for a range of applications including to inform daily operations, defend assumptions in project financings, optimize plant design and system sizing, and determine valuable locations to site a project.

Qcells

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Qcells USA Corp. develops, invests, and delivers photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage system (ESS) projects through Development and Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) solutions in North America. The company brings a decade of global leadership in solar PV to deliver utility-scale power generation plants customized for local and regional energy markets.

It is an affiliate of Qcells Co., Ltd., one of the world’s largest and most recognized photovoltaic manufacturers for its high-performance, high-quality solar modules. It is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea (Global Executive HQ) and Thalheim, Germany (Technology & Innovation HQ). QCELLS USA is a flagship company of Hanwha Group, a FORTUNE Global 500 firm, and a Top 7 business enterprise in South Korea. Qcells USA offers the full spectrum of PV solutions from the core technology of modules to utility-scale project development and investment. For more information, visit www.QcellsUSA.com and on LinkedIn.

Fluence Energy

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Fluence, a Siemens and AES company, is a global energy storage technology solutions and services company that combines the agility of a technology company with the expertise, vision, and financial backing of two industry powerhouses. Established in 2018, as the successor to industry pioneers AES Energy Storage and Siemens energy storage, Fluence’s goal is to create a more sustainable future by transforming the way we power our world. The company offers proven energy storage technology solutions designed to address the diverse needs and challenges of customers in a rapidly transforming energy landscape, providing design, delivery and integration in over 160 countries. Fluence works closely with customers during every step of their journey and provides advisory, financing, and project lifecycle services. To date, Fluence’s teams have deployed or been awarded over 500 MW in 16 countries.

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.

Luminate

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Luminate is a leader in renewable and thermal generation, and covers commercial and next generation technologies in solar, wind, and storage, among others. Our experience is renewables alone is extensive, comprising over 50 GW of generation ranging from distributed to the world’s largest utility-scale projects. We are at the forefront of the rapidly growing energy storage industry, providing comprehensive advisory and independent engineering services, including on some of the world’s largest projects. Our team is led by authorities in energy research, development, resource and energy projections, and power project finance. We provide the full complement of resource consulting, performance modeling, and independent engineering services seamlessly in-house.

PowerDev

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PowerDev allows renewable energy contenders to make decisive and sustainable battery storage investments. The predictive web-based SaaS platform harnesses historical and real-time fragmented big data in ever-changing power market conditions to run multi-dimensional models for swift and continuous decision-making.

Rosendin

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Rosendin Renewable Energy Group brings its experience and capabilities as a diversied union electrical contractor to its role as an established full-service solar EPC. Having installed over 5GW of solar across the US, utilizing various technologies across rooftop, canopy, and ground-mount installations. The RREG also provides in-house design-build solutions for MV collection systems, turnkey substations, transmission installations, and battery storage systems for all types of renewable energy projects.