Solar + Wind Finance & Investment - Presented by Infocast

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We are excited for you to join us at the Solar + Wind Finance & Investment Summit! Below are some helpful resources to help you navigate the beautiful venue, take advantage of the robust networking app, and fully maximize your event experience!

On-Site Registration
Registration opens at 3:30 pm MST on Sunday, March 12th at both the Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom Exhibit Hall and the McArthur Ballroom.

Time Zone Notification
The time zone in which the event takes place is Mountain Standard Time (MST). On Sunday, March 12th, at 2:00 am other parts of the United States will transition from Standard Time to Daylight Savings Time. Please note: Phoenix does not observe Daylight Savings. As such, the event location time zone will remain as Mountain Standard Time, which is equivalent to Pacific Daylight Time.

ABOUT THE SUMMIT

 

Do You Need to Network with Key Players in the Renewable Industry? We’ve Got You Covered.

Infocast’s unified Solar + Wind Finance & Investment Summit in 2022 gathered an unprecedented number of leading industry players to network, make deals, and get fully briefed on the renewables markets. This exceptional event is back to once again gather a who’s who for phenomenal deal-making and strategizing opportunities.

Join us for the summit March 13-15, with an exclusive pre-summit evening of Keynote sessions followed by a welcome reception on March 12, featuring a stimulating Fireside Chat with Jatin Khanna from the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office and a much-anticipated Presentation by Derek Ganter, the Director of the Stakeholder Liaison Office at the IRS, to discuss IRA guidance.

Mark these dates in your calendar and get ready for the most powerful networking place for top-level renewables and financial executives and capitalize on today’s booming renewables market!

With the tailwind of the Inflation Reduction Act turbocharging tax credits and providing long-term policy certainty, and the headwinds of supply chain woes, tariffs and the anti-dumping investigation, this is a particularly critical year to attend Solar + Wind Finance and Investment Summit. You’ll get insider tips on how to successfully navigate these waters, capitalize on the booming opportunities of the future, handle the lingering difficulties of the present, and meet everyone you need to know to take maximum advantage of your opportunities to develop, finance, and invest in today’s renewable energy projects.

Mingle with other C-Suite executives at the preeminent networking event for leaders in finance, solar, wind, and storage, top-rated by attendees as the place where deals and valuable business connections are made. Get the latest update on the finance and investment landscape, gain prescient insights into market trends, and network with the “highest quality of industry participants on the conference circuit.”

Bump into all the right people at the premier source of information for shaping your organization’s strategic direction – Let’s reconnect once again!

2500

In-Person Attendees

Connect with key decision makers
and get deals done

170

Speakers and Panelists

Hear from top industry leaders
and experts

30

Content-Packed Sessions

Gain highly-relevant,
exclusive insights and updates

190

Sponsors and Exhibitors

Meet leading renewable industry
solution providers

 

 

Networking
Connect with top industry professionals from around
the country
Lead Generation
Establish connections with
senior-level developers,
investors & financiers
Dealmaking
Get deals done for 2023 and beyond in the coronavirus-impacted business environment
Industry Insights
Gain valuable insights into
the latest project developments
and opportunities
Market Outlook
Hear from experts with
cutting-edge intelligence on the outlook of tomorrow’s markets
Business Opportunities
Learn about upcoming projects and strategic opportunities

SUMMIT AGENDA

 

Check back weekly for the latest additions and updates!

 

FEATURED SPEAKERS

 

Phillip Adams
Head of M&A
SOUTHERN POWER

Nick Addivinola
Executive Director, M&A
NAUTILUS SOLAR ENERGY, LLC

Mohammed J. Alam
Director, M&A and Renewable Energy Finance
BORALEX INC.

Ellen Balfrey
Senior Vice President, Finance
APEX CLEAN ENERGY

Laura Beane
President of Vestas North America
VESTAS-AMERICAN WIND TECHNOLOGY

John Belizaire
Chief Executive Officer
SOLUNA COMPUTING

Jack Cargas
Managing Director, Renewable Energy Finance
BANK OF AMERICA

Derek Ganter
Director, Stakeholder Liasion
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

Alok Garg
Managing Director & Head, Renewables & Asset Finance
WELLS FARGO

Elizabeth Glynn
Managing Director
BLUEWAVE

Tristan Grimbert
President & Chief Executive Officer
EDF RENEWABLES, NORTH AMERICA

Jesse Grossman
Chief Executive Officer & Co‑Founder
SOLTAGE LLC

Keaton Horner
Vice President, Renewables
ORENNIA INC.

Erin Hutson
Director of Corporate Affairs
LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA)

Jatin Khanna
Outreach and Business Development
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, LOAN PROGRAMS OFFICE

Stacey Kusters
Country Head - USA
CUBICO SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENTS

John Larkey
Vice President, Power Marketing
NATIONAL GRID RENEWABLES

Caroline Mann
Vice President of Origination
SWIFT CURRENT ENERGY

Camelia Miu
Chief Financial Officer
NAUTILUS SOLAR ENERGY, LLC

Brad Richter
Vice President of Energy
US BITCOIN CORP

Dr. Ingmar Ritzenhofen
Chief Financial Officer
RWE CLEAN ENERGY

Meghan Schultz
Executive Vice President, Finance & Capital Markets
INVENERGY

Rubiao Song
Managing Director - Energy Investments
J.P. MORGAN

Tracy Stoddard
Vice President Business Development
ACCIONA ENERGIA, NORTH AMERICA

Reid Strand
Vice President, Structured Finance
BAYWA R.E SOLAR PROJECTS, LLC

Steve Vavrik
Chief Executive Officer
BROAD REACH POWER

Elizabeth Waters
Managing Director
MUFG – PROJECT FINANCE, AMERICAS

Jennifer Williams
Senior Vice President, Renewable Energy
LIVE OAK BANK

Andrew Young
Chief Operating Officer
SCOUT CLEAN ENERGY

Zack Zemer
Manager of Energy & Utilities
QUALITY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (QTS)

HEAR FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS & EXPERTS

 

  • Acciona Energia, North America
  • Activate Renewables
  • AES
  • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
  • Allen & Overy LLP
  • Aon
  • Apex Clean Energy
  • ArcVera Renewables
  • Ares Infrastructure Opportunities
  • Arevon
  • Aspen Power Partners
  • Baker Botts LLP
  • Baker McKenzie
  • Ballard Spahr LLP
  • Bank of America
  • BayWa r.e. Solar Projects, LLC
  • Blackstone
  • Blue Current Capital Partners, LLC
  • BlueWave
  • BMO Capital Markets
  • Boralex Inc
  • bp
  • Bracewell LLP
  • BrightNight Power
  • Broad Reach Power
  • Brown & Brown
  • CAC Specialty
  • CCA Group
  • CIBC Capital Markets
  • City National Bank
  • Clean Energy Associates, LLC
  • Clearway Energy
  • Clifford Chance
  • Clir Renewables
  • Cobank, ACB
  • CohnReznick Capital
  • Cornerstone Financial Advisors, LLC
  • Cubico Sustainable Investments
  • CWP Energy Solutions
  • Denham Capital Management
  • Denmark´s Export and Investment Fund
  • Department of Energy, Loan Programs Office
  • Depcom Power
  • DNV
  • Duke Energy
  • EDF Renewables, North America
  • EDPR NA Distributed Generation
  • Enbridge
  • energyRE
  • Enverus
  • ET Solar
  • Eversheds Sutherland LLP
  • EY
  • Fluence Energy, a Siemens and AES Company
  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • Foss & Company
  • Fracht Group
  • Fractal EMS
  • Fractal Energy Storage Consultants
  • Fredrikson & Byron
  • FTI Consulting and FTI Capital Advisors
  • Fundamental Renewables
  • GE Energy Financial Services
  • Glidepath
  • Goldwind Americas
  • Google
  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • Greenprint Capital Solutions
  • Guggenheim Securities
  • Hecate Energy
  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • HSBC
  • Husch Blackwell
  • ICF
  • INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
  • Invenergy
  • IOWN
  • J.P. Morgan
  • Jera Americas
  • JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc
  • K&L Gates LLP
  • Keybanc Capital Markets
  • Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA)
  • LandGate
  • Lazard
  • Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC
  • Leidos
  • Linklaters LLP
  • Live Oak Bank
  • LONGi
  • M&T Bank
  • Madison Energy Investments
  • Magnetar Energy & Infrastructure Group
  • Marathon Capital
  • Marsh USA, Inc.
  • Marshall & Stevens, Inc.
  • McCarthy Building Companies
  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • Monarch Private Capital
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
  • Moss Adams
  • MUFG – Project Finance, Americas
  • National Grid Renewables
  • Natixis CIB
  • Natural Power
  • Nautilus Solar
  • Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC
  • Navisun
  • Nexamp
  • nFront Consulting
  • Nomura Greentech
  • Nomura Securities International
  • Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
  • NovoHydrogen
  • Orennia Inc.
  • Origis Services
  • Orrick
  • PA Consulting
  • PA Consulting
  • Paragon Energy Capital
  • Q Cells USA Corporation
  • Rabobank
  • Radian Generation
  • Renewa
  • REsurety
  • RWE Clean Energy
  • Santander Corporate & Investment Banking
  • Scale Microgrids
  • Scout Clean Energy
  • Seminole Financial Services
  • Shearman & Sterling LLP
  • Sheppard Mullin LLP
  • Sidley Austin LLP
  • Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
  • Silicon Valley Bank
  • Skadden LLP
  • Sol-REIT
  • Soltage LLC
  • Soluna Computing
  • SOLV Energy
  • Southern Power
  • Standard Solar
  • Stoel Rives LLP
  • Swift Current Energy
  • The AES Corporation
  • Thompson Hine LLP
  • Troutman Pepper LLP
  • Truist
  • Twain Financial Partners
  • U.S. Bank
  • UL Solutions
  • Uniper Global Commodities North America, LLC
  • US Bitcoin Corp
  • Valta Energy
  • Vestas-American Wind Technology
  • Vinson & Elkins LLP
  • Volvo Energy
  • Wells Fargo
  • White & Case LLP
  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • Zions Capital Markets
  • Zorya Energy Advisors

2022 RECAP

 

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

 

  • Renewables & Storage Developers
  • Banks & Investors
  • Alternative Finance Providers
  • EPCs/Equipment Suppliers
  • Law Firms
  • Insurance Companies
  • Consultants & Advisors
  • All Industry Stakeholders

 

VENUE

 


Host Hotel
Arizona Biltmore, A Waldorf Astoria Resort
2400 E Missouri Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85016


 

We understand that the remaining rooms at the host hotel are very limited and there may be no availability when you receive your booking link. We have provided the following list of nearby hotels to assist you in securing a reservation. We cannot guarantee availability at these hotels. There are a number of hotels in close proximity to the Arizona Biltmore and the following is not an exhaustive list.

Partner Hotels


Limited availability at special group rates. Booking information will be provided in the registration confirmation email.

JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn Resort & Spa
5402 E Lincoln Dr, Scottsdale, AZ 85253
+1 (480) 948-1700

Mountain Shadows Resort Scottsdale
5445 E Lincoln Dr, Paradise Valley, AZ 85253
+1 (855) 485-1417

Nearby Hotels


No special group rates available, based on current available rates.

AC Hotel by Marriott Phoenix Biltmore
2811 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85016
+1 (602) 852-6500

Hampton Inn Phoenix-Biltmore
2310 E Highland Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85016
+1 (602) 956-5221

The Hermosa Inn
5532 N Palo Cristi Rd, Paradise Valley, AZ 85253
+1 (602) 955-8614

Embassy Suites by Hilton Phoenix Biltmore
2630 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85016
+1 (602) 955-3992

Sonesta Select Phoenix Camelback
2101 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85016
+1 (602) 955-5200

Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia
4949 E Lincoln Dr, Scottsdale, AZ 85253
+1 (480) 627-3200

The Camby, Autograph Collection
2401 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85016
+1 (602) 468-0700

Homewood Suites by Hilton Phoenix-Biltmore
2001 E Highland Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85016
+1 (602) 508-0937

*Please note, Infocast does not have any guest room waiting lists and we do not have knowledge on each hotel's availability. Participants are required to contact hotels directly to arrange room reservations. Due to extremely high demand, guest room reservation at the host hotel and partner hotels are limited to registered participants on a first come, first served basis.

*You must be registered or be a confirmed sponsor in order to obtain the online room booking information at the host hotel and partner hotels. Registrants will receive room booking information in the registration confirmation email immediately following sign-up.*

Information Forecast, Inc. is permitted to audit all room reservations over the Solar + Wind Power Finance & Investment Summit 2023 dates. Any hotel reservation at the host hotel and partner hotels that does not match a conference registration (name and email) will be subject to cancellation. Information Forecast, Inc. is not responsible for any guest room cancellation fees or no-show charges billed by the Arizona Biltmore Hotel or partner hotels or nearby hotels. Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the participant to know the hotel cancellation policy before booking the room as hotel cancellation will vary between hotels. Information Forecast, Inc., the Arizona Biltmore Hotel and listed partner and nearby hotels cannot guarantee reinstatement of a canceled hotel reservation.

**WARNING: Please do not book any guest rooms with 3rd Party Housing Companies for this event. Infocast does not partner with outside housing companies, so we advise that you only book guest rooms at the hotel using the details provided above.**

Sponsors

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Greenberg Traurig

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Greenberg Traurig is a global law firm with approximately 2,400 attorneys in 42 locations in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Our nationally recognized Renewables Team has handled some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated energy projects. We routinely advise project sponsors and developers, tax equity and cash equity investors, banks, and institutional investors, lenders, insurance companies, equipment manufacturers, energy companies, utilities, and other energy industry participants on a wide range of energy project transactions. Collectively, our attorneys have decades of cross-border and project finance experience across the globe, developing and implementing both traditional and innovative refinancing transactions. Our international team of attorneys has developed a reputation for their deep industry knowledge, skill, and innovation, having guided many first-of-their-kind energy projects in both emerging and developed markets.

AES Corporation

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The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) is a Fortune 500 global energy company accelerating the future of energy. Together with our many stakeholders, we’re improving lives by delivering the greener, smarter energy solutions the world needs. Our diverse workforce is committed to continuous innovation and operational excellence, while partnering with our customers on their strategic energy transitions and continuing to meet their energy needs today. For more information, visit www.aes.com/products/our-offerings/new-clean-energy/.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has one of the world’s leading project finance and renewable energy practices. We represent developers, lenders, equity investors, manufacturers, technology companies and other sector participants in a broad array of energy and infrastructure projects, with a focus on the development, financing, operation, acquisition and disposition of renewable energy projects and renewable energy companies.

Our team has significant experience across all renewable energy technologies, including wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, biofuel and hydroelectric projects and over the past year we have been lead counsel on the three largest renewable energy projects financed in the United States.

Allen & Overy

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Allen & Overy is a global law firm that helps the world’s leading businesses to grow, innovate and thrive. For almost a century, we have built a reputation for our commitment to think ahead and bring original solutions to our clients’ most complex legal and commercial challenges.

At a time of significant turbulence in the business world, we are determined to help our clients embrace change, confidently expand into new markets and keep on top of ever-more complicated regulatory frameworks.

To do this, we will harness our global strength and local knowledge. We will drive towards our vision to become the world’s most innovative law firm. And we will continue to create an environment where the brightest minds can flourish.

ArcVera Renewables

Website

ArcVera Renewables is a leading consultancy firm who has been providing finance-grade commercial and technical services for wind and solar energy projects for over three decades. We are dedicated to delivering best-in-class services across the project lifecycle to meet the needs of landowners, project developers, investors, project owners and operators globally. ArcVera offers accuracy-driven technical services, including prospecting and resource assessment, independent technical and risk-management advice, as well as plant optimization and operations. We lead our clients to confident decisions and maximum advantage by delivering trustworthy insights backed by advanced technical expertise and decades of global experience. For more information please visit www.ArcVera.com

BMO Capital Markets

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BMO Capital Markets is a leading, full-service North American-based financial services provider offering corporate, institutional and government clients access to a complete range of products and services. These include equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, securitization, treasury management, market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading. With approximately 2,200 professionals in 30 locations around the world, including 16 offices in North America, BMO Capital Markets works proactively with clients to provide innovative and integrated financial solutions.

BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), one of the largest diversified financial services providers in North America with US$543 billion total assets and over 46,000 employees as at April 30, 2016. For more information, visit www.bmocm.com.

bp

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Our purpose is reimagining energy for people and our planet. We want to help the world reach net zero and improve people’s lives.

We will aim to dramatically reduce carbon in our operations and in our production, and grow new low carbon businesses, products and services.

We will advocate for fundamental and rapid progress towards Paris and strive to be a leader in transparency.

We know we don’t have all the answers and will listen and work with others.

We want to be an energy company with purpose; one that is trusted by society, valued by shareholders and motivating for everyone who works at bp.

We believe we have the experience and expertise, the relationships and the reach, the skill and the will, to do this.

Bracewell

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Industry-Focused Legal and Advocacy Strategies

At Bracewell, leading lawyers and advocates work creatively and efficiently so our clients can achieve exceptional success.

For over 75 years, Bracewell has focused on delivering superb service and sophisticated insight. We excel where collaboration and deep sector knowledge provide the edge, particularly in energy, infrastructure, finance and technology. Our award-winning teams lead the market in transactions and litigation, regulatory matters and government relations. Bracewell’s strength has made it the firm of choice for many of the world’s most successful companies, financial institutions, private funds and municipal entities.

We are proud of our spirit and our reputation for excellence. Bracewell’s success is anchored by four pillars: an authentic culture based on personal relationships, collaboration and a shared passion for the firm and its clients; our distinction as a destination firm for talent; blue-chip clients; and our devotion to excellence.

Broad Reach Power

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Broad Reach Power is increasing power grid efficiency and accelerating the transition to a clean, reliable energy economy by converting renewable energy into reliable, dispatchable power through advanced energy storage. Our innovative approach provides flexibility, dependability and environmental benefits for customers including cities, utilities and businesses. We own a 21 GW portfolio of utility-scale storage and renewable power projects across the U.S. with more under development. We partner with generation developers, owners, and others to structure, construct, and manage successful projects. We are passionate about making the world cleaner than when we found it through our experts and technology. Visit us at www.broadreachpower.com.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (BCLP) brings enduring value to client relationships. By combining the practice experience, industry knowledge and market connections of more than 1,275 lawyers in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America, with our recognized leadership in applying legal service and technology innovation, we deliver commercial advantage to clients. Working as one team, we bring to our clients a range of integrated capabilities, including some of the world’s most active M&A, real estate, financial services, litigation and corporate risk practices. Furthermore, the Renewables Team at BCLP provides advice across all areas of the low carbon economy. We have a particular focus on the development, financing and operation of renewable energy assets and related infrastructure. With considerable experience of advising on financing options, our team is also well-placed to advise on funding, including project finance and other forms of lending for the solar and wind sectors.

CAC Specialty

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With a knowledge-driven approach informed by industry data and decades of honed instinct, CAC Specialty brings an innovative vision to insurance broking to solve your risk challenges – from the simple to the previously unsolvable. CAC Specialty is an integrated specialty insurance brokerage and investment banking business focused on providing subject matter expertise and placement capabilities across the spectrum of insurance and alternative capital markets.

CAC Specialty provides a cohesive team across all disciplines to help you take a project from early-stage concept and development through completion. CAC Specialty’s Tax Insurance team is composed of tax attorneys who combine their technical expertise, industry experience, and business acumen to craft innovative and unique renewable energy tax insurance solutions. CAC Natural Resources has a strong team with a proven reputation for exemplary client service within our industry verticals: Oil & Gas (Upstream, Midstream, Downstream), Power, Utilities and Renewables, Mining and Metals, and Surety.

Clean Energy Associates (CEA)

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Founded in 2008, Clean Energy Associates (CEA, www.cea3.com) is a North American-owned solar PV quality assurance, supply chain management and engineering services firm based in China with 50+ professionals serving the needs of project developers, IPPs, EPCs, financial institutions and other downstream partners that value supply chain transparency and quality solutions in the solar energy field. Led by a management team with a combined 50+ years of solar PV business experience and supported by 30+ engineers who have audited factories and installation sites in over 20 countries, CEA’s project experience and technical capabilities help solve a broad array of clients’ downstream needs for higher system performance.

CIBC Capital Markets

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CIBC (CM: TSX, NYSE) is a leading North American financial institution dedicated to delivering customized financial solutions that meet the unique needs and challenges of our clients across the globe. Through our four strategic business units – Canadian Personal and Small Business Banking, Canadian Commercial Banking and Wealth Management, U.S. Commercial Banking and Wealth Management, and Capital Markets – our 44,000 employees provide a full range of financial products and services to 10 million clients in Canada, the United States and around the world.

CIBC Capital Markets is a leading provider of M&A advisory, debt and equity financing, corporate banking, trading, hedging and research. Aligned with our firm-wide promise to empower our clients to achieve their ambitions, we bring the full extent of our capabilities to your goals, as together we innovate new ways to create value.

City National Bank

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At City National Bank, we make it our business to be personal. Since our founding in 1954, we’ve always prioritized helping our clients, colleagues and communities flourish, and our legacy of integrity and unparalleled client relationships continues to drive strong growth today. Along with personal, private and commercial banking, City National makes available wealth management, brokerage and leasing services, and software solutions.

City National offers full-service, nationwide relationship banking solutions for select industries requiring industry expertise and product customization, including credit, depository and treasury management. Our Renewable Energy team, led by solar finance pioneer Craig Robb, has several decades of industry experience and provides comprehensive banking services along with financing for renewable energy projects, including solar and wind, and for both utility-scale and distributed generation assets.

City National is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada, one of the world’s largest banks

CohnReznick Capital

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At CohnReznick Capital our team creates unprecedented firsts, providing investment banking services to the sustainability sector. Since 2010, CohnReznick Capital has executed more than 85 project and corporate financings for renewable energy assets valued at more than $11 billion in aggregate. As the #1 ranked Renewable Energy Financial Adviser by IJ Global Magazine, we deliver exceptional service for financial institutions, infrastructure funds, strategic participants (IPPs and utilities), and leading global clean energy developers. Our team of experts help our clients breakthrough the dynamic and evolving sustainability sector by simplifying project finance, M&A, capital raising and special situations. To learn more visit www.cohnreznickcapital.com, follow @CR_Capital on twitter, and connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook & Instagram.

DEPCOM Power

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DEPCOM Power, Inc., is a partner in Utility Scale Solar for Project Development Support, Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) and Operations and Maintenance (O&M). DEPCOM Power leverages a highly experienced team of solar industry veterans, the best module technology available, the most cost efficient Balance of System (BoS) components and industry best in class business practices to provide high quality, high production, and cost effective Utility Solar PV systems.

Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions

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Your ambitious goals call for creative solutions. Forward-thinking ideas designed to help your business operate more reliably, more economically and more sustainably. That’s where Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions comes in. As a nationwide leader in renewable and sustainable energy, we know how to connect you to the energy infrastructure that your business needs today – and for decades to come. All you need to do is take the first step today. Let’s reach for something better, together.

EDF Renewables

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EDF Renewable Energy is a leading U.S. independent power producer with more than 25 years of expertise in the renewable industry, covering all range of services from project development, management to operations and maintenance. EDF Renewable Energy specializes in wind and solar photovoltaic with presence in other segments of the renewable energy market: biogas, biomass, hydro, marine energy and storage solutions. The company develops, constructs, operates and manages renewable energy projects throughout the United States for its own accord as well as for third parties. EDF Renewable Energy’s portfolio consists of 4 gigawatts of developed projects with 1.9 gigawatts of installed capacity. EDF Renewable Energy is the U.S. subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles. EDF Energies Nouvelles is the renewable energy arm of the EDF group, the leading electricity company in the world.

energyRe

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energyRe is a leading independent clean energy company focused on solving complex challenges and providing clean energy solutions. The executive management team has developed and built more than 8,800 MW of wind, solar and storage facilities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. energyRe’s founding investors include principals of Related Companies, one of the nation’s most prominent privately-owned real estate firms and one of the country’s largest creators and preservationists of affordable housing. energyRe is guided by the values of community engagement, government partnership, and a demonstrated commitment to sustainability. energyRe has offices in New York and Houston. For more information about energyRe, visit www.energyre.com.

Eversheds Sutherland

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Our Renewable Energy practice has experience in a wide range of disciplines, from corporate/M&A to tax, and covers all of the renewable energy technologies, including onshore and offshore wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, biofuels and hydro. We have advised on more than 70GW of renewables projects globally, and more than 2.5GW of generating wind capacity in the past year alone.

Eversheds Sutherland provides the full range of legal services to a global client base ranging from small and mid-sized businesses to the largest multinationals, acting for 70 of the Fortune 100, 61 of the FTSE 100 and 128 of the Fortune 200. With more than 3,000 lawyers, Eversheds Sutherland operates in 74 offices in 35 jurisdictions. Eversheds Sutherland’s renewable energy team, which includes more than 75 lawyers throughout the US, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, is a key piece within this global capability for clients. For more information, visit eversheds-sutherland.com.

Fredrikson

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Fredrikson has built a reputation as the firm “where law and business meet” by bringing business acumen and entrepreneurial thinking to our work with clients, and by operating as business advisors and strategic partners as well as legal counselors. Our Renewable Energy Group assists clients with the development and financing of renewable energy projects, and acquisition and divestiture of renewable energy assets throughout the United States and Canada. Our work also extends to the supply chain, including manufacturing, construction and service companies, where we help them with commercial contracts, joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions to advance their interests within the renewable energy market.

FTI Consulting

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FTI Consulting’s Power, Renewables & Utilities group assists clients across the value chain in navigating the rapidly evolving landscape to position sector participants for both today and tomorrow’s industry needs. We provide a wide array of advisory services addressing the strategic, financial and operational challenges faced.

Fundamental Renewables

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At Fundamental Renewables, we partner with developers, EPC contractors and system owners to provide project capital necessary to develop, build and operate world-class renewable energy systems. Deploying capital in the renewable space since 2014, Fundamental Renewables is able to provide innovative financing solutions at all project stages on either a single or portfolio basis ranging from $3M to over $200M. We provide transparency throughout our underwriting process, and our lower transaction costs and our efficient, seamless diligence process has produced a highly reliable track record of execution on over $4 billion of capital commitments. The Fundamental Renewables team has a collective 90+ years of renewable energy development experience and project finance expertise. For more information, please visit www.Fundamental.com.

Goldwind Americas

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Goldwind Americas, headquartered in Chicago, is one of the world’s leading and most innovative wind turbine manufacturers and energy solutions providers with more than 50 GW of installed capacity worldwide. In partnership with a vast global network of Goldwind companies on six continents and 8000 employees, Goldwind Americas brings to the renewable energy industry state-of-the-art Permanent Magnet Direct-Drive (PMDD) wind technology as well as a variety of wind power solutions, including sales, service, and financing. Goldwind Americas is a tradename of Goldwind USA, Inc.

Guggenheim Securities

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Guggenheim Securities is the investment banking and capital markets business of Guggenheim Partners, a global investment and advisory firm. Guggenheim Securities offers services that fall into four broad categories: Advisory, Financing, Sales and Trading, and Research. Guggenheim Securities is headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, San Francisco, and Houston. For more information, please follow us on LinkedIn or contact us at [email protected] or 212.518.9200.

Holland & Knight

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Holland & Knight is a global law firm with approximately 1,600 lawyers and other professionals in 31 offices worldwide. The firm's lawyers and advisors provide full-ranging representation on corporate and finance, litigation, real estate and governmental matters. Holland & Knight offers more than 120 years of energy industry experience and was named a Law360 2021 "Energy Practice Group of the Year." The firm's interdisciplinary Renewable Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure Team is a recognized leader in the development and financing of projects across
the spectrum – including solar, wind, energy storage, alternative fuels, hydroelectric power and geothermal energy. Providing legal counsel coast to coast in the U.S. as well as around the globe, Holland & Knight's clients include project developers, public utilities, investment funds, component manufacturers, equipment suppliers, tax and private equity investors, financial institutions, public power authorities, project off-takers and industry advocacy groups.

HSBC

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HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations. With around 3,800 offices in both established and emerging markets, we aim to be where the growth is, connecting customers to opportunities, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realize their ambitions.

We serve more than 38 million customers worldwide through our four Global Businesses: Global Banking and Markets, Commercial Banking, Global Private Banking, and Retail Banking and Wealth Management. Our network covers 66 countries and territories in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, North America and Latin America.

HSBC Global Banking and Markets provides tailored financial solutions to major government, corporate and institutional clients worldwide. Managed as a global business, we offer clients geographic reach and deep local knowledge.

HSBC is committed to play a leading role in the transition to a low-carbon economy. HSBC Global Markets is at the forefront of investor solutions in sustainable finance; as the green bond market continues to develop, we aim to maintain a leading role in its development. HSBC has the capabilities, reach and ambition required to become a leader in sustainable finance. We have committed to provide USD100 billion of sustainable financing and investments by 2025 to develop clean energy, lower-carbon technologies, and projects that contribute to the delivery of the Paris Climate agreement and the UN SDGs. By the third quarter of 2018 we had already facilitated USD25billion in sustainable financing and investments. You can learn more about our approach to sustainability at https://www.hsbc.com/our-approach/building-a-sustainable-future/sustainable-finance

Husch Blackwell

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Husch Blackwell Renewable Energy Practice.

From pioneering start-up technologies to some of the largest wind and solar developments in the country, Husch Blackwell serves many of today’s most innovative renewable energy companies.

Our deep, extensive history representing independent power producers and electric utilities in all facets of their business gives us vast institutional knowledge regarding the matters affecting renewable energy projects. Developers, investors, owners and lenders depend on us to help complete and launch their renewable projects with speed and efficiency. Emerging clean-tech companies and alternative fuels entrepreneurs rely on us to help bring their technologies to market.

Members of Husch Blackwell’s Wind Energy team draw from a broad array of energy, environmental, regulatory, construction, project finance, tax and capital markets experiences to meet our clients’ specific needs. Clients benefit from Husch Blackwell’s deep experience in the full range of wind power project development and construction matters.

J.P. Morgan

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JPMorgan Chase Commercial Banking is a business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a leading global financial services firm with assets of $3.7 trillion and operations worldwide. Through its Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries, Corporate Client Banking & Specialized Industries and Commercial Real Estate businesses, Commercial Banking serves emerging startups to midsize businesses and large corporations as well as government entities, not-for-profit organizations, and commercial real estate investors, developers and owners. Clients are supported through every stage of growth with specialized industry expertise and tailored financial solutions including credit and financing, treasury and payment services, international banking, advisory services and more. Information about JPMorgan Chase Commercial Banking is available at https://www.jpmorganchase.com/commercial

JERA Americas

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A subsidiary of Tokyo-based JERA that produces about 30% of all electricity in Japan, JERA Americas is supporting an energy transition in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. JERA, which stands for Japanese Energy for a New Era, has been working to achieve net zero CO2 emissions from its domestic and overseas businesses by 2050 and is contributing to the development of a sustainable society. JERA Americas is planning to have 2,000 megawatts (MW) of wind, solar and energy storage projects in operation by 2025, primarily in Texas and California. The company’s first wind project, the 300 MW El Sauz Wind Project in Willacy County, Texas is expected to be in operation this year.

K&L Gates

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K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located across five continents. Our delivery of legal services is supported at both the individual office level and through nine firmwide practice areas: corporate and transactional; energy, infrastructure and resources; finance; financial services; intellectual property; labor, employment and workplace safety; litigation and dispute resolution; real estate; and regulatory and policy. Our broad global platform allows us to guide clients through the legal challenges inherent in the ever-changing international landscape. Our clients include leading global corporations in every major industry, capital markets participants, and ambitious middle-market and emerging-growth companies. Our lawyers also serve public-sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations, and individuals. We are leaders in legal issues related to industries critical to the economies of both the developed and developing worlds — technology, manufacturing, financial services, health care, and energy, among many others.

KeyBanc Capital Markets

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We know that successful, long-term business relationships depend upon delivering results for our clients. With more than 800 professionals across a national platform, KeyBanc Capital Markets has more than $50 billion of capital committed to clients and an award-winning Equity Research team that provides coverage on over 600 publicly-traded companies. Our clients benefit from our deep expertise across seven focused industry sectors, including Consumer & Retail, Healthcare, Industrial, Public Sector, Real Estate, and Technology. KeyBanc Capital Markets is a trade name under which corporate and investment banking products and services of KeyCorp and its subsidiaries, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Member FINRA/SIPC, and KeyBank National Association, are marketed.

LandGate

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LandGate is the leading provider of information, data solutions, and an online marketplace for US commercial land resources: solar, wind, carbon, oil & gas, minerals, and water. The company helps landowners, real estate agents, investors, and developers understand energy and environmental resource values and transact on its online marketplace. LandGate’s platform applies its technology to provide deals, leads, data, analytics, and web apps to substantially reduce investors costs.

LandGate has a differentiated product advantage built on highly automated data tasks and the digitization of land resource valuations. The network effect builds with landowners and real estate agents who can easily list land resources for lease or sale on the online marketplace. It also provides a cost advantage for energy and environmental investors/developers who can more efficiently access deals.

Lazard

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Lazard, one of the world’s preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, operates from 43 cities across 27 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Central and South America. With origins dating to 1848, the firm provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, strategic matters, restructuring and capital structure, capital raising, and corporate finance, as well as asset management services to corporations, partnerships, institutions, governments and individuals. For more information on Lazard, please visit www.lazard.com. Follow us at @Lazard.

Leidos Engineering

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Leidos applies technical, commercial, and regulatory expertise to advise the development, financing, acquisition, and restructuring of capital-intensive energy and infrastructure assets. Our capabilities span renewable and conventional power generation, gas midstream, transmission and distribution, and emerging energy solutions meeting the demands of the evolving marketplace. Built on a rich history of technology excellence, Leidos provides independent engineering, market analysis, and transmission analysis to help our clients understand each project’s full potential to compete and perform. Learn more at energy.leidos.com.

Linklaters

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Linklaters is a leading law firm globally in renewables and energy transition. Our Energy and Infrastructure practice advises on complex, bespoke and often multi-jurisdictional transactions covering all aspects of the value chain, allowing us to anticipate and identify issues that may arise during the course of any project. With a proven track record in leading the energy transition globally and our extensive knowledge of the U.S. market, we present a one-of-its-kind offering of legal services for sponsors, developers, investors and lenders in the U.S. renewable and energy transition industry.

We are at the forefront of the renewables sector, acting on some of the largest transactions in 2021 and 2022 globally. This strength is evidenced by on our 2022 Band 1 Chambers Global: Multi-Jurisdictional Projects & Energy ranking, recognition at the PFI and IJ Global awards and topping IJ Global’s renewables league tables for FY2021.

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.

M&T Bank

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Founded in 1856 in Buffalo, NY, M&T is a community bank serving New York; Maryland; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Delaware; Connecticut; Virginia; West Virginia; Washington, DC; and Florida. We offer advice, guidance, expertise and solutions across the entire financial spectrum, combining M&T’s traditional banking services with the wealth management and institutional capabilities offered by Wilmington Trust

Madison Energy Investments

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Madison Energy Investments develops, constructs, owns, and operates distributed generation assets within the commercial and industrial (C&I) and small utility-scale sectors. The team’s diverse experience has produced best practices across all phases of the industry from origination to asset management. Quality partnerships and the ‘execution mindset’ drive us to be the best team in the industry.

Marathon Capital

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Marathon Capital is a leading financial advisory and investment banking firm focused on providing financial advice in the areas of M&A, capital raising of debt and equity, project finance, tax equity, financial restructuring, recapitalization, bankruptcy and workout situations in the energy sector. Marathon Capital is a three-time recipient of the “Best Renewable Asset M&A Advisor” Award (2013, 2014, 2016), as well as the “Renewable Generating Project Finance Deal of the Year” Award (2016) in Power Finance & Risk’s Annual Power Finance Deals and Firms Awards.

Marsh USA, Inc.

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As a global leader in insurance brokerage and risk management, Marsh protects and promotes possibility for our clients. We provide a holistic view of risk, offering creative and bespoke solutions to advise and navigate trends in the market.

Serving businesses and individuals in more than 130 countries, Marsh brings together the most passionate, inquisitive and enterprising people with a unique perspective and a deep sense of integrity. We provide industry-led consulting, brokerage and claims advocacy services; leveraging advanced analytics and insights so our clients can dream bigger, reach further and plan for the possibilities ahead.

Marshall & Stevens

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Founded in 1932, Marshall & Stevens is a premier independent valuation consulting firm with offices across the US.

Public and private companies engage Marshall & Stevens to assist them with their merger, acquisition, divestiture, and investment transactions as well as shareholder and regulatory reporting. Our professionals provide opinions of value of businesses, debt and equity instruments, intangible and tangible assets including real estate. We assist with financial reporting, tax planning and reporting, financing, insurance placement, and buy/sell consideration including Fairness and Solvency Opinions.

Marshall & Stevens’ Energy & Infrastructure Practice works with infrastructure funds, independent project sponsors and utilities, financial institutions and investors, legal and accounting advisors to provide the analyses required to plan, execute, and report transactions. Recent renewable energy experience includes offshore and onshore wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal projects.

For more information about Marshall & Stevens, please visit https://marshall-stevens.com.

McCarthy Building Companies

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McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is the oldest privately held national construction company in the country – with more than 150 years spent collaborating with partners to solve complex building challenges on behalf of its clients. With an unrelenting focus on safety and a comprehensive quality program that span all phases of every project, McCarthy utilizes industry-leading design phase and construction techniques combined with value-add technology to maximize outcomes. Repeatedly honored as a Best Place to Work and Healthiest Employer, McCarthy is ranked the 9th largest domestic builder (Engineering News-Record, May 2020). With approximately 3,700 salaried employees and craft professionals, the firm has offices in St. Louis, Atlanta; Collinsville, Ill.; Kansas City, Kan.; Omaha, Neb.; Phoenix; Las Vegas; Denver; Dallas, Houston; and San Diego, Newport Beach, San Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento, Calif. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned. More information about McCarthy is available online at www.mccarthy.com or by following the company on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

McGuireWoods LLP

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McGuireWoods’ cross-discipline, cross-practice energy industry team brings together legal, policy, energy technology and business experience to meet the challenges our clients face. Our energy industry experience has been recognized for the depth of our bench (more than 100 interdisciplinary lawyers) and the extent of our experience. We have been serving some of our energy clients for nearly 50 years.

We advance our renewable energy clients’ interests by getting deals done, by helping clients successfully and creatively navigate the complexities and pitfalls in this dynamically evolving industry and by maximizing the value of various tax, energy, environmental rules, markets and governmental incentives available to the renewable energy industry.

Monarch Private Capital

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Monarch Private Capital manages ESG funds that positively impact communities by creating clean power, jobs and homes. The funds provide predictable returns through the generation of federal and state tax credits. The Company offers innovative tax credit equity investments for renewable energy, affordable housing, historic rehabilitations, film and other qualified projects. Monarch Private Capital has long-term relationships with institutional and individual investors, developers and lenders that participate in these types of federal and state programs. Headquartered in Atlanta, Monarch has offices and professionals located throughout the U.S.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

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As they navigate the emerging opportunities, risks, and complexities of regulation and competition, our clients have access to a legal team capable of addressing regulatory, commercial, transactional, and litigation matters simultaneously. We help clients anticipate and negotiate complex regulatory issues in the areas of transmission development and operations, reliability and cybersecurity, regional markets, compliance and enforcement, audits and investigations, and corporate restructuring alternatives. We assist clients with the development and pricing for new transmission facilities and handle complicated business, regulatory, and operational issues inherent in facility and corporate entity sales, spin-offs, and transfers of control, as well as the corresponding transmission cost allocation disputes. Every transaction is supported across disciplines by our corporate, regulatory, tax, environmental, and antitrust lawyers. While it is our goal to help clients avoid litigation wherever possible, our cross-office team collaborates to litigate high-stakes commercial and regulatory disputes in the major US and international venues.

MUFG Union Bank

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MUFG Union Bank, N.A., is a full-service bank with offices across the United States. The bank also offers an extensive portfolio of value-added solutions for customers, including access to investment banking, personal and corporate trust, capital markets, global custody, transaction banking, and other services. With assets of $120.0 billion as of March 31, 2016, the bank has strong capital reserves, credit ratings, and capital ratios relative to peer banks.1 MUFG Union Bank is a proud member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE: MTU), one of the world’s largest financial organizations with total assets of approximately ¥298.3 trillion (JPY) or $2.6 trillion (USD),2 as of March 31, 2016. MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation, the financial holding company, and MUFG Union Bank, N.A., have corporate headquarters in New York City.

National Grid Renewables

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National Grid Renewables, part of the competitive, unregulated National Grid Ventures division of National Grid (NYSE: NGG), develops, owns and operates large-scale renewable energy assets across the United States, including solar, wind and battery storage. As a farmer-friendly and community-focused business, National Grid Renewables develops projects for corporations and utilities that seek to repower America’s electricity grid by reigniting local economies and reinvesting in a sustainable, clean energy future. National Grid Renewables has a robust development pipeline of wind, solar and battery storage projects in various stages of development throughout the United States, as well as geographically diverse operational assets across the country. It supports National Grid’s vision of being at the heart of a clean, fair, and affordable energy future for all. To learn more about National Grid Renewables, visit www.nationalgridrenewables.com.

Natixis CIB

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Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking is a leading global financial institution that provides advisory, investment banking, financing, corporate banking and capital markets services to corporations, financial institutions, financial sponsors and sovereign and supranational organizations worldwide.

Our teams of experts in over 25 countries advise clients on their strategic development, helping them to grow and transform their businesses, and maximize their positive impact. We are committed to supporting the environmental transition by aligning our financing balance sheet with a +1.5°C trajectory by 2050.

As part of the Global Financial Services division of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France through the Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne retail networks, Natixis CIB benefits from the Group’s financial strength and solid financial ratings (Standard & Poor’s: A, Moody’s: A1, Fitch: A+, R&I: A+).

Nautilus Solar

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Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC is a leading owner-operator of solar projects serving the community solar market and corporate customers throughout the United States.  A pioneer in solar energy since 2006, Nautilus is committed to creating a clean, sustainable future by offering an equitable and affordable renewable energy choice. Through its Community Solar initiative, Nautilus is making solar energy available to a broader marketplace, including low-to-moderate income (LMI) households and unrated businesses that wish to reduce their carbon footprint and utility bills.

Nautilus is wholly owned by Power Sustainable, a global multi-platform alternative asset manager with a long-term investment approach focused on sustainable strategies. Nautilus owns solar projects throughout their entire lifecycle enabling Nautilus, along with entrusted local partners, to fulfill its promise of creating a better world by powering communities with clean energy for the long term.

Navisun LLC

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Navisun LLC™ (www.navisunllc.com) is a solar independent power producer operating throughout the United States. The Company focuses on developing, acquiring, constructing, financing, owning, and operating distributed and small utility-scale ground mount and rooftop solar projects. Navisun’s principals have over 65 years combined power and energy industry experience, with over 35 years focused on the renewable energy space. Together they have completed numerous solar projects for utilities, municipalities, universities, schools, hospitals, and similar institutions, with typical project sizes ranging from 500 kilowatts to 20 megawatts. Navisun’s proven management team positions the Company as a flexible market leader with a long-term investment horizon in the U.S. distributed solar power industry. 

Nexamp

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Nexamp is leading the transformation to the new energy economy with proven solutions for the deployment and operation of solar energy assets.  Our comprehensive capabilities span the entire solar project lifecycle – from project development, design and construction, through financing, operations and maintenance.  Our integrated, best-in class solutions make solar energy simple and profitable for our clients and partners, and make an impact every day.

With a rapidly expanding network of property owners, businesses, communities and residents benefitting from our growing portfolio of solar assets across the US, Nexamp and our partners are laying the groundwork for a cleaner, more secure energy future.

nFront Consulting

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nFront Consulting brings together experienced Power Industry Consultants who provide high-quality, creative and strategic solutions to complex energy issues. Our team members bring extensive energy industry consulting and management experience to each assignment, including support to wind and solar developers, lenders, tax equity and mergers and acquisition. Each team member has demonstrated the exceptional capability, experience and commitment required to provide the assistance our clients need to successfully address today’s increasingly complex challenges.

nFront Consulting’s Transmission and Delivery Services Practice provides independent transmission consulting, security constrained economic dispatch basis, congestion and curtailment analyses and advisory services. Other services include transmission planning, resource integration, and open access, expert witness and regulatory services. We partner in strategic, financial, risk, planning and analytical assessments with generation and transmission developers, utilities, financial institutions, equity investors, and transmission owners.

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

Rabobank

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Rabobank’s team of experienced bankers and analysts offer specialized financial and advisory services for our clients in the food & agribusiness, commodities and energy sectors. We bring to all client relationships a compelling combination of deep industry expertise, insightful strategic counsel, and customized financial solutions. Our award winning Project Finance team provides non- and limited-recourse finance solutions for renewable energy projects, with a focus on wind, solar and bioenergy. Our Project Finance team also offers tailor-made financing solutions (structuring, execution, and advisory) for projects sponsored by the bank’s clients in the food and agriculture (F&A) sector.

REsurety, Inc.

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REsurety helps wind project developers and owners solve the challenge of generation volume and energy price uncertainty through the quantification and transfer of revenue risk. Through the structuring and ongoing settlement of revenue hedging contracts, REsurety enables wind projects to efficiently and confidently transact with the world’s leading risk market counterparties. The result is an unprecedented level of certainty and control over a project’s financial performance, improving access to development capital.  REsurety is registered as a Commodity Trading Advisor and Introducing Broker with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and is a member of the National Futures Association in such capacities. The company is based in Boston, MA.

RWE Renewables

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RWE Renewables is one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies. With around 3,500 employees, the company has onshore and offshore wind farms, photovoltaic plants and battery storage facilities with a combined capacity of approximately 9 gigawatts. RWE Renewables Americas ranks among the top 10 onshore wind companies in the U.S. and the number of projects in the U.S. is growing. The U.S. accounts for more than one third of the RWE Group’s renewables capacity playing a key role in RWE’s strategy to grow its renewables business and get to net zero by 2040. RWE has installed more than 5 gigawatts of onshore wind, solar PV and storage generating capacity since 2007. This includes projects like the Roscoe complex in Texas, at an installed capacity of 781 megawatts, one of the largest onshore wind projects in the world.

Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (SCIB)

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Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (SCIB) is Santander’s global division that supports corporate and institutional clients, offering tailored services and value-added wholesale products suited to their complexity and sophistication, while adhering to responsible banking standards that contribute to the progress of society.

We are committed to fulfilling our clients’ needs, surpassing their expectations and helping them to achieve their goals. For that reason, we invest heavily in developing tailor-made solutions and in providing local expertise, fully integrated coverage and cross-border capabilities.

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.

Sidley Austin LLP

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Sidley Austin LLP is a premier law firm highly attuned to the ever-changing international landscape, with more than 2,000 lawyers across 20 offices worldwide. The firm is a leader in the development and growth of the renewable and clean energy industries, advising on solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass/biofuels, waste-to-energy, battery storage, and carbon capture projects. Sidley’s renewable energy practice brings a deep understanding of innovative transactions, project fundamentals, and market terms, while maintaining a track record of successful representations during all phases of a project. With renewable energy experience in 48 states across the U.S., as well as in several countries across Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, the firm is at the forefront of unique transactions, including some of the first cutting edge hedging and other offtake structures. Sidley’s lawyers have advised virtually every type of client – investor, sponsor, developer, lender, hedge provider, contractor, service provider, electricity cooperative, and government entity – helping effectively manage political, regulatory, environmental and real property risks, as well as resolve disputes.

Siemens Financial Services, Inc.

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Siemens, recognized by Forbes as the world’s most admired industrial machinery company, creates technology with purpose focusing on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. By combining the real and digital worlds, the company empowers customers to transform their industries and markets for a more sustainable future. Siemens employs approximately 303,000 employees worldwide, with roughly 40,000 in the United States. Siemens Financial Services is the company’s global, business-to- business finance arm. It provides private equity firms and their portfolio companies with both technology and financing that helps clients meet strategic goals, such as benchmarking and integrating sustainable business practices.

Silicon Valley Bank

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For 35 years, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has helped innovative companies and their investors move bold ideas forward, fast. SVB provides targeted financial services and expertise through its offices in innovation centers around the world. With commercial, international and private banking services, SVB helps address the unique needs of innovators in technology, life science and healthcare, private equity and venture capital, and premium wine industries. Learn more at svb.com.

Standard Solar

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Standard Solar is powering the nation’s energy transformation – channeling its project development capabilities, financial strength, and technical expertise to deliver the benefits of solar, as well as solar + storage, to businesses, institutions, firms, governments, communities, and utilities. Building on 17 years of sustainable growth and in-house and tax equity investment capital, Standard Solar is a national leader in the development, funding and long-term ownership and operation of commercial and community solar assets. Recognized as an established financial partner with immediate, deep resources, the company owns and operates more than 225 megawatts of solar across the United States. Standard Solar is based in Rockville, Md. Learn more at standardsolar.com.

Stoel Rives LLP

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Stoel Rives is a leading U.S. corporate and litigation law firm providing high quality services to sophisticated business clients at every stage of their evolution. With 350 attorneys in seven states and Washington, D.C., Stoel Rives is a nationally recognized leader in the energy and natural resources industries. From deals and disputes to compliance and counseling, clients turn to Stoel Rives for their most complex business challenges. Let’s navigate the future together. Learn more at www.stoel.com

Swift Current Energy

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Swift Current Energy is a clean energy focused development and investment firm. Swift Current Energy has over a gigawatt of utility scale wind, solar, and energy storage power projects in development across North America. Industry veterans with over 80 years of combined renewable experience with core skills in development management, PPA origination and project finance founded Swift Current Energy in 2016. Swift Current Energy is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with offices in Illinois, Maine, Montana, New York and Texas.

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.

U.S. Bancorp

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With $31 billion in managed assets as of September 30, 2019, U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation, a subsidiary of U.S. Bank, provides innovative financing solutions for community development projects across the country using state and federally sponsored tax credit programs. USBCDC’s commitments provide capital investment to areas that need it the most and contribute to the creation of new jobs, the rehabilitation of historic buildings, the construction of needed affordable and market-rate homes, the development of renewable energy facilities, and the generation of commercial economic activity in underserved communities. Visit USBCDC on the web at www.usbank.com/cdc.

UL Solutions

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Sustainability goals, declining costs, and technological advancements have made renewable energy the fastest growing sector of the energy market. UL’s global expertise in energy and asset advisory services, due diligence, testing and certification, and software applications in solar, wind and offshore wind provides the expertise you need for product or project certification, early-stage feasibility and design, project development and financing, managing operational wind and solar projects, to extending the life of those projects. Having assessed over 300 GW of renewable energy projects, we have worked with customers across all continents, in all kinds of complex terrain and climate regimes. From small-scale microgrid systems of solar and storage that bring energy closer to a remote village, to complex utility-scale wind and solar farms that power corporations and cities, UL can help support your project anywhere around the globe.

Vestas-American Wind Technology

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Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions. We design, manufacture, install, & service wind turbines across the globe with +140 GW of wind turbines in 85 countries. Together with our customers, Vestas’ more than 29,000 employees are bringing the world sustainable energy solutions to power a bright future.

Vinson & Elkins

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Vinson & Elkins has been empowering clients to energize the world for over 100 years. We are trusted advisors and tireless advocates in a world driven by constant change. And nowhere do we see a demand for evolution more than in today’s energy industry.

But we’re not just witnessing this development; we’re helping to forge it. We are working with sophisticated investors, dynamic companies and gifted innovators to evaluate sustainable solutions to address climate change and deliver on the evolving energy mix. Consistently named the World’s Leading Energy Law Firm* (Euromoney, 1995–present), Vinson & Elkins has a long history of supporting energy industry innovators and the technologies they’ve developed.

Vinson & Elkins’ multidisciplinary team regularly advises a broad range of clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies to venture capital and private equity sponsors on acquisition, divestment, financing (including tax equity financing, project financing, capital markets, and other financing), development, tax, technology, regulatory, dispute, environmental, real estate, labor, national security and intellectual property matters related to renewable and sustainable energy investments and projects.

Wells Fargo

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Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking delivers a comprehensive suite of capital markets, banking, and financial products and services. A trusted partner to our clients, we provide corporate and transactional banking, commercial real estate lending and servicing, investment banking, equity and fixed income solutions including sales, trading, and research capabilities to corporate, commercial real estate, government, and institutional clients across the globe. Our office locations span the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

White & Case LLP

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White & Case is a leading global law firm with 2,464 lawyers in 45 offices across 31 countries. Among the first US-based law firms to establish a truly global presence, we provide counsel and representation in virtually every area of law that affects cross-border business. Our clients value both the breadth of our global network and the depth of our US, English and local law capabilities in each of our regions and rely on us for their complex cross-border transactions, as well as their representation in arbitration and litigation proceedings. To learn more about the Firm, our work on behalf of clients, and points of view from around the world please take a look at our website at www.whitecase.com.

Winston & Strawn, LLP

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Winston & Strawn LLP is a global law firm with 900+ attorneys across 16 offices in Brussels, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Paris, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C. Additionally, the firm has significant resources devoted to clients and matters in Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. The exceptional depth and geographic reach of our resources enable the firm to manage virtually every type of business-related legal issue. We serve the needs of enterprises of all types and sizes, in both the private and the public sectors. We understand that clients are looking for value beyond legal talent. We take time to learn about our clients’ organizations and their business objectives. And we leverage technology and collaborate seamlessly to respond quickly and effectively to our clients’ needs.

Zions Capital Markets

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Zions Bancorporation, N.A. is one of the nation’s premier financial services companies with annual net revenue of $2.8 billion in 2020 and more than $85 billion of total assets. Zions operates under local management teams and distinct brands in 11 western states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Zions is included in the S&P 500 and NASDAQ Financial 100 indices. Investor information and links to local banking brands can be accessed at zionsbancorporation.com. Zions Capital Markets is a trade name for certain business activities of Zions Bancorporation and its subsidiaries. Information about Zions Capital Markets can be accessed at zionscapitalmarkets.com.

Zorya Energy Advisors

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Zorya Energy Advisors guides institutional and strategic investors, developers, regional
distributed energy companies, and commercial & industrial building owners who want to
move into new markets and strategic spaces. Zorya Energy Advisors will find you the
project, portfolio, partner, or investor that best aligns all stakeholders' interests and
guide you through the process to optimize the benefits of M&A, tax equity, debt and
restructuring transactions.

1st Source Bank

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Founded in 1863 in South Bend, Indiana, 1st Source Bank has offered clients a convenient and friendly way to bank for over 156 years. At 1st Source, we listen to our clients, understand their needs and always keep their best interests in mind.

1st Source Bank remains the largest locally controlled financial institution headquartered in the northern Indiana-southwestern Michigan area. We deliver a comprehensive range of banking services along with highly personalized attention to our clients. Our mission is to help our clients achieve security, build wealth and realize their dreams.

1st Source Bank’s solar financing business provides solar developers with one-stop shop financing. We provide tax equity investment in addition to construction and permanent loan financing to community solar, small utility scale, university and municipality projects. 1st Source Bank has financed projects with experienced solar developers and tax equity co-investment partners, including projects across 15 states.

Activate Renewables

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Activate Renewables is committed to powering new economy investments through the acquisition of real estate and royalty interests associated with high-quality wind, solar, and energy storage facilities located across the United States. Activate is a joint venture between D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) and Accelerate Real Asset Management. For more information, please visit www.activate-renewables.com.

Altus Power, Inc

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Altus Power, Inc. (NYSE: AMPS), based in Stamford, Connecticut, is the nation’s premier clean electrification company. Altus Power serves its commercial, industrial, public sector and community solar customers by developing, owning and operating locally sited solar generation, energy storage, and EV charging infrastructure across the United States. With CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm, and Blackstone, the largest owner of commercial real estate globally, as its strategic partners, Altus Power is well positioned for success. Major investors of Altus Power include Altus Power management, Blackstone Credit, CBRE, ValueAct Capital, Liberty Mutual, and other leading institutional investors. Since its founding in 2009, Altus Power owns and operates distributed solar generation assets throughout 18 states — California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Vermont.

Aon

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Aon’s Transaction Solutions team is the leading tax insurance broker for securing tax credit investments in renewable energy.   Our tax insurance team is comprised of experts recognized across the industry for their experience in developing innovative, cost-effective tax insurance solutions. We help protect M&A and financing transactions as well as managing tax risks outside of a transaction.

Aon has led the creation and advancement of transaction liability insurance. We bring a depth of knowledge and passion for developing tailored solutions to your complex deal risks that is unparalleled in the insurance industry through our team of tax and M&A attorneys and other senior professionals.  In addition to tax insurance, our team specializes in representations and warranties insurance and other bespoke solutions to support sales of projects and developers.

Aon is a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions. Our 50,000 colleagues in 120 countries empower results for clients by using proprietary data and analytics to deliver insights that reduce volatility and improve performance.  Aon’s renewable energy practice leads the industry in providing P&C insurance for projects across the globe.

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.

Ares Management Corporation

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Ares Management Corporation is a leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, private equity, real estate and infrastructure asset classes. We seek to provide flexible capital to support businesses and create value for our stakeholders and within our communities. By collaborating across our investment groups, we aim to generate consistent and attractive investment returns throughout market cycles. As of September 30, 2022, Ares Management Corporation’s global platform had approximately $341 billion of assets under management, with over 2,450 employees operating across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. For more information, please visit www.aresmgmt.com.

Arevon

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Arevon is a leading renewable energy company. We provide commercial, financial, performance asset management, and construction services to nearly 10 GWac of utility-scale wind, solar and energy storage assets delivering clean energy to utilities and corporations. Arevon leverages its institutional investing and operational know-how to grow the platform both through strategic acquisitions and the organic development of an already robust pipeline of assets.

Arevon brings creativity and deep experience together to create customized, integrated energy solutions. Our financial prowess, industry expertise and technical innovation come together to improve the structuring and performance of power plants for the long run. We excel at creating the right financing for any size deal, and also getting the little things right. Ultimately, these efforts ensure that our clients’ business models are as sustainable as the energy these assets produce.

Aspen Power Partners

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Aspen Power Partners is a distributed generation platform focused on solar and storage assets across the U.S. We develop and finance community, multifamily, and other distributed solar and storage installations enabling consumers of all income levels to access clean renewable energy. We have assembled a group of seasoned professionals across development, construction, project finance and asset management to lead the company. Aspen is headquartered in Dallas, TX with locations throughout the U.S.

Baker Botts

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Baker Botts is a globally respected law firm with 725 lawyers and 14 international offices. We are driven by the highest ethical and professional standards. This professionalism, combined with industry knowledge and insights and our understanding of the law, helps us to deliver effective, innovative solutions for our clients.

For more than 175 years, Baker Botts has delivered results-oriented services, establishing us as a leading law firm. Our reputation is complemented by our leadership in government, the judiciary and our communities. Regardless of size, sector or jurisdiction of a client, our commitment is to help achieve their business objectives.

Baker & McKenzie

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With a network of more than 4,000 locally qualified and internationally experienced lawyers, Baker & McKenzie is one of the world’s leading global law firms and a long-standing leader in the renewable energy industry. Our Global Renewable Energy and Clean Technology practice provides a full range of legal services to participants in the wind, solar and bioenergy sectors and we have represented clients on market-defining transactions throughout the U.S. and the world. Working seamlessly across our 77 offices in 47 countries, we help clients structure, acquire, finance and implement projects and manage their investments, whether in developed, developing or transition countries. Our ultimate aim is to efficiently provide commercially effective solutions to our clients at every stage.

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.

Bank of America

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Global Leasing is the largest U.S. equipment financing company and the leader in syndicated volume among U.S. leasing companies.1 We have $73 billion in total assets, and have a significant global presence, serving more than 59,000 clients worldwide. Together with our affiliated companies2, we provide equipment financing solutions to small businesses, middle-market and large corporations, offering product expertise in government financing and wholesale vendor financing, as well as tailored programs specific to industry segments, including aviation, healthcare, energy services and renewable energy.

12022 Monitor 100 Special Issue (August); 2Certain products are offered through Banc of America Public Capital Corp, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of America N.A

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.

Blackstone

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Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative investment firm. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $881 billion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow Blackstone on Twitter @Blackstone.

Blue Current Capital Partners

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Blue Current Capital Partners is a boutique advisory firm that has one clear mission – to accelerate our sustainable future by enhancing the outcomes of renewable energy tax equity transactions. Our team’s expertise and experience in closing tax equity transactions for solar, wind and other renewable energy projects enables us to offer a comprehensive range of services and solutions that are individually tailored to best serve each client’s needs. We provide guidance, services and support to tax equity investors through the entire tax equity investment life cycle including institutional education & consultation, strategic planning & development, project origination & selection, financial model analysis, project underwriting & risk assessment, transaction closing, asset management and exit support. Through our diligent underwriting practices, dedication to client service and passion for advancement of the renewable energy sector, Blue Current Capital Partners delivers unparalleled value to tax equity investors.

Brown & Brown, Risk Solutions

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Brown & Brown is a large account risk management broker that values depth of industry and product knowledge. Operating as a single profit center organized by specialization align our service teams to be structured based on what is best for clients’ business rather than geographic convenience. We go beyond one-off transactions and utilize advanced analytics on every program. By quantifying the effects each decision will have on a company’s risk profile, we take the mystery out of buying insurance. Execution on analytical findings is our true differentiator in mitigating losses and affecting process changes. Our collective success is earned by creating the ideal risk management solution for our clients.

CCA Group

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CCA Group, LLC is a privately held boutique financial advisory firm based in Boston that provides premier capital markets and advisory services to companies active primarily in the renewable energy and energy infrastructure markets. As a leading advisor on both sell-side and buy-side transactions, we serve clients that develop, own, invest in, and operate utility-scale renewable energy projects and other complex capital assets.

Our core activities include innovative structuring, raising capital for issuer clients, sourcing investment opportunities for institutional investors, and advising clients on complex M&A transactions. CCA Group is comprised of 20 professionals with firm management having on average over 15 years of experience with renewable energy assets and on average over 20 years of experience with asset-based finance. CCA has an additional office in San Francisco. Learn more at www.ccagp.com.

Clifford Chance

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Clifford Chance is one of the world’s preeminent global law firms, with significant depth and range of resources in 32 offices and 21 countries, spread across five continents. As a single, fully integrated, global partnership, we pride ourselves on our approachable, collegial and team-based way of working. We provide our clients with the highest quality advice and legal insight, which combines the Firm’s global standards with in-depth local expertise. In terms of our renewable energy experience, we bring together multidisciplinary expertise across a range of practice areas including corporate/M&A, project finance, tax and regulatory. We are ranked Band 1 in the Projects & Energy space for Chambers Global.

Clir

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Clir accelerates renewable energy production – improving the economics of projects and ultimately reducing human impact on the planet by further incentivizing the shift away from fossil fuels. Combining the industry’s largest contextual operational dataset of more than 200 GW with powerful AI that is built, designed and supported by decades of renewable energy expertise Clir provides investors and renewable energy professionals with the insights and tools they need to assess and optimize wind and solar projects.

Founded in 2017, the company works with renewable energy investors and their asset managers across Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia. For more information, visit: www.clir.eco

CoBank

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CoBank is a $158 billion cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America. The bank provides commercial loans, leases, export financing and other financial services to agribusinesses and rural power, water and communications providers in all 50 states. The bank also provides wholesale loans and other financial services to affiliated Farm Credit associations serving more than 75,000 farmers, ranchers and other rural borrowers in 23 states around the country. CoBank is a member of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of banks and retail lending associations chartered to support the borrowing needs of U.S. agriculture, rural infrastructure and rural communities. Headquartered outside Denver, Colorado, CoBank serves customers from regional banking centers across the U.S. and also maintains an international representative office in Singapore.

Cornerstone Financial Advisors, LLC

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Cornerstone Financial Advisors, LLC is a boutique, full service structured finance advisory firm, specializing in renewable energy project finance advisory representing lenders, tax equity investors and sponsors. Cornerstone is based in Chicago, but also has offices in Colorado. Cornerstone has originated, structured and executed renewable energy financings representing more than $5 billion in assets. The principals of Cornerstone have worked together for over 20 years and the professional team has over 100 years of combined experience in structured finance, focused on origination, structuring, executing and managing highly complex investments.

Cornerstone’s financial advisory and asset management services include: origination, pricing and structuring of multiple financing vehicles such as construction and term debt; sale/leasebacks and tax partnerships; third party consultant and expert coordination and oversight; document negotiation and execution; tax review and analysis; contract and credit monitoring and management of asset sales and dispositions. In addition, Cornerstone has well-established relationships with key industry funding sources, sponsors/developers, law firms and third party consultants.

CWP Energy Solutions

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Started in 2012, CWP Energy is comprised of traditional energy traders, PhDs, actuaries, derivatives traders and risks managers. Our technology-driven approach to addressing evolving grid dynamics has bolstered our position as a top trading firm in North American Electricity Markets.

CWP Energy Solutions, our clients facing division, was born from the needs of fellow market participants in navigating risks posed by increasing grid intermittency. Our AI-enabled active management helps our clients mitigate risks and optimize revenues. Our services include Active Asset Management, Battery Storage Optimization, Scheduling & Dispatching Services, and Price Certainty Products.

CWP Energy Solutions is challenging traditional asset management methods with its proprietary AI- enabled platform, ARB (Augmented Renewables and Batteries). ARB continuously identifies opportunities presented by intermittency and dynamic grid conditions, ingesting data and interfacing with markets in real-time. ARB is designed to bring together CWP’s market expertise, proven artificial intelligence and proprietary data to optimize portfolio value.

Denham Capital

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Founded in 2004, Denham Capital is a global energy, resources and sustainable infrastructure investment firm, with more than $12 billion of invested and committed capital across multiple fund vehicles since inception. Specializing in private equity, infrastructure and debt, we invest in sectors that are central to the economic and energy transitions happening globally. We deliver the sustainable infrastructure, energy and mineral resources needed for today and tomorrow.

Denham Capital sponsors entrepreneurs, delivering the financial resources and industry expertise needed to create and grow successful infrastructure and resource businesses. We seek to establish long term partnerships with entrepreneurs and companies who share our vision for growth and value creation. Our investment teams have extensive infrastructure, energy and resources investment experience, including technical experience as engineers, operators, and business owners.

DNV

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DNV is an independent assurance and risk management provider, operating in more than 100 countries, with the purpose of safeguarding life, property, and the environment. As a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful organizations, we help seize opportunities and tackle the risks arising from global transformations. We use our broad experience and deep expertise to advance safety and sustainable performance, set industry standards, and inspire and invent solutions.

In the energy industry, we provide assurance to the entire energy value chain through our advisory, monitoring, verification, and certification services. As the world’s leading resource of independent energy experts and technical advisors, we help industries and governments to navigate the many complex, interrelated transitions taking place globally and regionally, in the energy industry. We are committed to realizing the goals of the Paris Agreement, and support our customers to transition faster to a deeply decarbonized energy system.

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.

ET Solar

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Founded in 2005, ET Solar is committed to being a global professional vertically integrated PV manufacturer. Under the mission of “Lighting the future”, ET Solar focuses on overseas high-value markets and manufacturing in Southeast Asia, which has deployed 5GW wafer, 7GW cell and 3GW module capacity in Vietnam and Cambodia, adopting 182mm and 210mm products compatible with PERC and N type technology, providing optimized solar solutions to meet the needs of residential, industrial, commercial and utility clients.

As a global leading manufacturer for photovoltaic module, ET Solar has been listed in “Tier 1” by Bloomberg New Energy Finance since 2012, and recognized as a “Top Performer” for module reliability by PVEL from 2021 to 2022.

ET solar is a globally recognized solar company with not only a proven history of success, but also with the potential of new and exciting future sustainable development.

EY

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At EY, our purpose is building a better working world. The insights and services we provide help to create long-term value for clients, people and society, and to build trust in the capital markets. Part of that long-term value includes navigating the energy transition as energy enables every aspect of modern life for businesses and consumers. Strategic energy choices can reduce risk, increase operational efficiency, decarbonize operations, and even create revenue opportunities. As companies across all industries increasingly embrace sustainability as a value differentiator, the energy transition will be shaped by new technologies, expanded energy sources, innovative business models and collaborative ecosystems.

Foley & Lardner

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Foley & Lardner LLP looks beyond the law to focus on the evolving demands facing its clients and their industries. With over 1,100 lawyers in 24 offices across the United States, Mexico, Europe and Asia, Foley approaches client service by understanding client priorities, objectives, and challenges. Foley’s Energy Industry Team helps clients address business and legal concerns to keep traditional and renewable source projects on track — from due diligence, negotiation, and regulatory approval through closing. We have a long history of successfully managing renewable and alternative energy projects and financings involving fuel sources such as onshore and offshore wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, biomass, ethanol and biodiesel. Foley also has an accomplished history in addressing the litigation and transactional needs of clients in the oil and gas sector, including independents, public companies and individual mineral owners. We counsel clients on issues concerning leasehold operations, royalty and title disputes, farmouts, right-of-ways and gas purchase agreements. (www.foley.com/energy/)

Foss & Company, Inc.

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Founded in 1983, Foss & Company is a national tax equity investor and fund sponsor that has deployed over $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.

GE Energy Financial Services

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A strategic GE Capital business, GE Energy Financial Services is a global energy investor with 35+ years managing assets through multiple energy cycles. Drawing on its technical know-how, financial strength and strong risk management, GE Energy Financial Services invests in and provide capital solutions for long-lived and capital-intensive projects and companies that help meet the world’s energy needs. It is headquartered in Connecticut with regional hubs in London, Houston, Hong Kong and Nairobi. For more information, visit www.geenergyfinancialservices.com and follow us on Twitter @GEEnergyFinServ

Greenprint Capital Solutions

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Greenprint Capital is an advisory firm focused on structured tax credit and preferred equity investments in renewable energy projects. Greenprint and its financial partners support infrastructure development activities and seek to serve all stakeholders involved.

Greenprint has developed a scalable platform for both renewable energy project developers and investors. Our approach streamlines execution, reduces transaction costs, and promotes investor/lender collaboration. We specialize in deploying tax equity through Partnership Flips, Lease Passthroughs and Sale Leaseback structures, with over $200 million deployed since our inception in early 2020.

Our investor partners rely on us for our structuring expertise and investment management capabilities, while our renewable project sponsors call upon us to bring cost-efficient capital into their transactions. We pride ourselves in working efficiently and transparently with all partners involved.

Heelstone Renewable Energy

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Heelstone Renewable energy is leading developer of utility scale solar projects across the US. Heelstone has successfully developed over 65 projects across 12 states with an aggregate generating capacity of 1.1 GW and has an active pipeline of more than 1.3 GWs. Founded in 2012, Heelstone has a strong team of industry experts with deep experience across all of aspects of development, origination, financing and construction. Heelstone is headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and is backed by Ares Infrastructure and Power Group.

ICF

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ICF (NASDAQ:ICFI) is a global consulting and technology services provider with more than 5,000 professionals focused on making big things possible for our clients. We are business analysts, policy specialists, technologists, researchers, digital strategists, social scientists and creatives. Since 1969, government and commercial clients have worked with ICF to overcome their toughest challenges on issues that matter profoundly to their success. Come engage with us at icf.com.

IOWN

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By connecting project development expertise and funding with renewable energy projects, IOWN builds the bridge between projects, off-takers, and investors.

With the strong determination stemming from the Scandinavian work ethic and mentality, IOWN was founded in Europe in 2012 and entered the U.S. energy market in 2014 to develop projects better than anyone else. From that moment, our focus has been to create and cultivate a business model that methodically can identify optimal opportunities and strategically develop turnkey renewable energy facilities for ourselves and our valued clients.

Day to day, IOWN strives to be the partner of choice in the transformation of society to sustainable energy systems and beyond, acknowledging that creating revenue today is as important as creating value for tomorrow.

Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE)

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Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) is a leading renewable energy company that owns and operates a portfolio of 24 renewable energy facilities across nine states totaling approximately 2,500 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity. LRE is actively developing and contracting new wind, solar, and energy storage projects in energy markets across the U.S., with over 25,000 MW in new wind, solar, and energy storage projects under development, spanning over 100 projects. LRE is a portfolio company of OMERS Infrastructure, an investment arm of OMERS, one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans with C$121 billion in net assets (as of December 31, 2021). For more information, visit www.leewardenergy.com.

LONGi

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LONGi Solar leads the solar PV industry to new heights with product innovations and optimized power-cost ratio with breakthrough monocrystalline technologies. LONGi Solar supplies more than 30GW of high-efficiency solar wafers and modules worldwide yearly, about a quarter of global market demand. LONGi Solar is recognized as the world’s most valuable solar technology company with the highest market value. Innovation and sustainable development are two of LONGi Solar’s core values. Visit us at LONGi Solar, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

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McDermott Will & Emery propels the success of the world’s most respected, dynamic and important organizations. Together, we fuel missions, knock down barriers and shape markets. As a business operating in the highly specialized energy sector, you encounter unique legal challenges that require a practical and complete understanding of your industry. Our dedicated, full-service global energy team uses broad market knowledge to deliver coordinated counsel around the world, focusing on your particular transactional and regulatory needs in service of your business objectives. To help you resolve complex issues, comply with new regulations and stay a step ahead of the competition, we monitor both macro trends and local issues within the industry. With a track record of success and decades of experience in domestic markets, cross-border representations and coordinating work in foreign jurisdictions, we are well positioned to provide you with comprehensive advice in any area of energy law.

Moss Adams LLP

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Moss Adams is a fully integrated professional services firm dedicated to personally assisting clients with growing, managing, and protecting prosperity. With more than 3,400 professionals across over 25 locations in the West and beyond, we work with many of the world’s most innovative companies and leaders.

We serve clients that represent all facets of the industry, including:

  • Renewable energy generation companies, including wind, solar, wave, hydroelectric and geothermal
  • Biofuel creators, refineries, and manufacturers
  • Renewable energy infrastructure suppliers
  • Energy storage
  • Whether your business develops renewable energy resources or other environmentally-friendly technologies, our collaborative approach takes the time to understand your unique business needs and contextualize how they may be impacted by the industry as a whole. Unbound from big-firm conventions, our forward-thinking business solutions empower your company to focus on what matters most: creating a clean, sustainable future.

    Natural Power

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    Natural Power is an independent consultancy that supports a global client base in the effective delivery of a wide range of renewable projects. We only work on renewable technologies and have extensive knowledge of onshore and offshore wind, solar, and energy storage. Natural Power has a global reach, employing more than 400 staff across 14 international offices. Our Independent Engineering experience extends across all phases of the project lifecycle from initial feasibility through construction to operations and throughout all stages of the transaction cycle. To date, our US team has supported over 1500 unique renewable projects in North America, with a combined capacity of more than 100GW. We have unrivalled knowledge of the domestic renewable industry and our work is routinely relied upon for financing purposes. With offices in New York, Seattle and Colorado, Natural Power can mobilize quickly to support our clients wherever their projects may be located.

    Nomura Greentech

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    Nomura Greentech is a fully integrated investment banking team within Nomura, which provides M&A and strategic advisory services and raises capital for sustainable technology and infrastructure clients, globally. The team focuses exclusively on clients that are using 21st century technologies to accelerate the transformation of our core infrastructure systems – energy, transportation, food, water and waste – to be lower carbon, more efficient and digitally networked. Nomura Greentech connects high-growth leading innovators with large global incumbents and capital providers, and since its founding in 2009 has closed over 160 transactions with sustainable technology and infrastructure companies and investors.

    Origis Services

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    Origis Services delivers the promise of clean energy with operations and maintenance (O&M) and asset management services for solar and energy storage across North America. The team manages a diverse utility scale and distributed generation portfolio with experienced professionals backed by a state-of-the-art NERC CIP Certified Remote Operations Center (ROC) located at its headquarters in Austin, Texas. Visit us at: www.OrigisServices.com

    PA Consulting

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    We’re not a traditional consulting firm. We’re different in what we do, and even more in how we do it. We’re an innovation and transformation consultancy.

    We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future in a technology-driven world. As strategies, technologies and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough use of technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

    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.

    PNC Financial Services Group

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    The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) is one of the largest diversified financial services institutions in the United States, with assets of $554 billion as of Sept. 30, 2021. PNC has a presence in 48 of the largest U.S. markets; a retail branch network spanning the mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Southeast and Southwest; products and services provided nationally; and four strategic international offices. Through its regional president model, PNC is organized around its customers and communities for building strong relationships and is engaged in retail banking, including residential mortgage, corporate and institutional banking, and asset management.

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    PNC supports the transition to a low-carbon economy by actively managing our own internal operations, managing capital for our clients in responsible ways, maintaining risk controls that incorporate climate change considerations, and helping our clients finance their sustainable operations.

    Radian Generation

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    Radian Generation was founded on the core principle of driving sustainable growth by providing best-in-class asset
    management solutions for the renewable energy industry. And since that day, Radian Generation has continued to
    spearhead the creation of industry-leading asset management thought leadership and best practices to efficiently
    manage, optimize and de-risk energy assets to support predictable returns. During the formative years of the solar and
    wind market, the experiences accumulated by members of our team fostered an acute awareness of the need for
    versatility, continuity, and resiliency in a third-party business model for managing projects expected to last for decades.

    As the energy grid continues to evolve in unpredictable ways, professional, 24/7 asset management services are needed
    more than ever to ensure the uninterrupted operation of power-generating assets. That is why Radian Generation built
    its business around maintaining energy assets as critical infrastructure, with a keen focus on optimization and
    performance.

    Renewa

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    Renewa is a leading land and infrastructure investor in the renewable energy industry. We provide capital solutions to landowners and developers by purchasing land, leases and royalty income. This vital role helps accelerate the development of renewable energy assets and landowners to achieve financial security.

    Renewa has one of the nation’s largest independent portfolios of land under clean energy projects, including ground leases with more than 30 operators across 16 states. We’ve partnered with more than 60 utility scale facilities across the U.S., and our projects will reduce CO2 an estimated 2,000,000 tons in 2023 alone. Renewa is funded by US pension capital and managed by one of the most experienced infrastructure teams in the world, with $20 billion of infrastructure investments globally. Our experience, financial strength and innovative approach to capital solutions means we can make bold commitments and consistently deliver on our promises to landowners and project developers.

    Scale Microgrid Solutions

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    Scale is a vertically integrated distributed energy platform, with a core focus of designing, building, financing, owning, and operating cutting-edge distributed energy assets that offer cheaper, cleaner, and more resilient power. Scale’s team of energy and financing experts accelerates growth in distributed energy projects by providing financing to technology providers, energy developers, and OEMs, while also directly helping large energy-consuming customers take charge of their energy infrastructure and future-proof their businesses.

    Seminole Financial Services, LLC

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    Seminole Financial Services is a leading provider of construction and permanent debt to mid-scale (1 MW – 40 MW) renewable energy projects. Seminole has directly funded ~$2 billion in capital to support over 1 GW of renewables nationwide. Seminole also provides development loans, long term debt under the USDA REAP Loan Guarantee Program, and tax credit equity.

    More than a source of capital, Seminole provides its development partners with the exceptional service and understanding required to execute even the most complex transactions.

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

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    With more than 35 years’ experience and a worldwide installed capacity of over 82 GW, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy is a global technological leader in the wind industry with a presence in more than 70 countries. Its end-to-end value chain expertise encompasses onshore and offshore wind turbine design, manufacturing, installation as well as cutting-edge service solutions. We strive to provide the best technological offer for each project, while driving down the Levelized Cost of Energy to ensure the best long-term returns.

    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.

    Sol-REIT

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    Sol-REIT is a structured finance partner for small and mid-size solar developers across the nation seeking to disrupt the financial paradigm for solar developers and democratize access to affordable clean energy for families, businesses, and government institutions across North America with their revolutionary financing solution.

    With Sol-REIT’s innovative financing structure, you can grow your business while helping to end the fragmentation and inefficiencies that constrain small and medium-sized solar developers from participating in the robust transformation of North America’s energy grid from fossil fuel to green power.

    SOLV Energy

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    SOLV Energy is a solar services provider for utility solar, high-voltage substation and energy storage markets across North America. We believe that good energy has a ripple effect. That’s why we only take on projects that provide cleaner power, better jobs, greater education and a brighter future for our communities. Backed by a powerful legacy, we’ve branched out to focus solely on renewable energy initiatives. Recognized as an industry-leading solar contractor and O&M services provider, our team has built 8 gigawatts (GW) of utility solar capacity and manages over 9 GW in 26 states

    Thompson Hine LLP

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    Thompson Hine’s renewable energy group advises clients on the development, financing, operation, purchase and sale of energy assets and the production, transportation, distribution and acquisition of energy commodities. Our extensive experience includes solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, biomass, biofuels, fuel cells and waste to energy technologies. We have a multidisciplinary team including corporate, securities, finance, corporate trust, tax and real estate lawyers that advise on every aspect of renewable energy projects, including obtaining licenses and permits, structuring ownership relationships, tax planning, tax credit structuring, grants, power purchase and sales contracts, and utility agreements.

    Thompson Hine is a full-service business law firm with approximately 400 lawyers in eight offices. We are dedicated to innovation. Our SmartPaTHTM service delivery model earned the firm a first-place ranking among the “Most Innovative North American law firms” in The Financial Times and selection as a finalist for The American Lawyer’s inaugural Legal Services Innovation Award.

    Truist Securities

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    Truist Securities is the full-service corporate and investment banking arm of Truist Financial Corporation, with the combined strengths of heritage firms SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BB&T Capital Markets at its foundation. Truist Securities offers a robust capital markets and investment banking platform that includes a comprehensive array of strategic advisory, mergers and acquisition and capital markets capabilities for corporate and institutional clients, including sales, trading and research services in both fixed income and equity.

    Headquartered in Atlanta, Truist Securities encompasses more than 1,400 teammates in offices located across the U.S. Learn more at www.truistsecurities.com

    Twain Financial Partners

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    Twain Financial Partners is an investment management firm located in St. Louis, MO with more than $4 billion in assets under management within the public-private partnership sector. The firm works with a wide variety of investment types, specializing in tax credit, structured debt, and real estate transactions. Twain works closely with financial institutions and corporations to structure and manage investments that offer both attractive economic return and social benefits. We provide services, capital, and structuring in complex financial markets.

    Valta Energy

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    Valta Energy is a leading renewable energy company founded in 2009 with a mission to bring clean energy to commercial and industrial markets across the US. Our unique approach sets us apart from other solar developers – we originate, acquire, finance, develop, construct, own, and operate all our projects, delivering industry-leading economics and exceptional results.

    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 85 GW in 160 countries globally, including 15 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.

    EDP Renewables

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    At EDPR NA Distributed Generation (EDPR NA DG), accelerating the adoption and success of distributed generation is at the core of our mission. EDPR NA DG provides cutting edge innovative renewable energy services to the entire North American region. Built on long-standing relationships with developers, power generators, corporate purchasers, municipalities and local communities, EDPR NA DG delivers a full suite of offerings ranging from financing and development to construction and operation of energy and storage assets poised to scale. To date, EDPR NA DG has an operating capacity of 88 MW, with a near-term pipeline of more than 200 MW, across 200 sites in 20 states. EDPR NA DG is part of EDP Renewables (Euronext: EDPR), a global leader in the renewable energy sector and the world’s fourth-largest renewable energy producer.

    Shearman & Sterling LLP

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    Shearman & Sterling is a global law firm that partners with corporations, major financial institutions, emerging growth companies, governments, and state-owned enterprises to provide the legal and industry insight needed to navigate the challenges of today and achieve their ambitions of tomorrow. For 150 years, Shearman & Sterling has built strong and long-lasting relationships with clients around the world by advising on ground-breaking, and precedent-setting matters across industries and sectors. Our lawyers come from more than 60 countries and speak more than 60 languages. For more information, visit www.shearman.com.

    Accufy

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    For over fifty years, Accufy (formerly Warren & Selbert) has helped corporations and banks throughout the world structure their most complex transactions. Our premier tax equity pricing and portfolio management software products, ABC and TESS, support utility, commercial, and residential transactions including partnership flip, sale/leaseback, lease pass-through and credit transfer structures. Our customer service and support are second to none. Reach out and we’ll put our knowledge to work for you.

    Accufy Analytics, LLC was formerly known as Warren & Selbert, LLC.

    PEI Global Partners

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    PEI Global Partners is an investment bank specializing in Power, Energy and Infrastructure transactions.

    PEI Global Partners supports developers, sponsors, investors and corporate clients with mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, capital raises, financings and special situations by leveraging our deep industry expertise, senior-level investor relationships and execution capabilities.

    We are an employee-owned enterprise that aligns our success with that of our clients.

    Our four founding partners have over 75 years of relevant experience. Together with our team, we have delivered award winning outcomes for our clients.

    Our team prioritizes and delivers the key objectives of our clients through creative and innovative solutions.

    PEI Global Partners strives to be a trusted advisor. We unlock value by accessing capital sources across multiple markets to enhance transaction outcomes.

    Our affiliate PEI Global Partners LLC is a registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA and SIPC.

    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.

    Leo Berwick

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    Leo Berwick is a transaction tax advisory firm that understands the commercial and tax issues that arise in renewables deals in the United States and Canada. Started by former Big 4 Tax Partners, Leo Berwick was created with the vision to provide dealmakers with practical, responsive, and commercial tax advice. We leverage decades of M&A tax experience to help a growing list of clients, including equity sponsors and institutional investors of US and Canadian renewables and broader infrastructure investments, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, private equity firms, and publicly-listed companies. We provide value-added tax due diligence, structuring, and modeling services on transactions to clients around the world.

    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.

    Javelin Capital

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    Javelin Capital is a specialist investment banking firm for companies in the renewable energy, energy storage and green chemistry sectors. Our team consists of former developers, investors and bankers who have substantial experience building, financing and selling sustainable assets and businesses.

    Our core business is providing investment banking services in our specific areas of expertise and market leadership: (1) energy storage, (2) capital formation for renewable energy platforms and investors, and (3) the energy transition. Our combined decades of experience across thousands of megawatts of global projects enable us to provide unique insights as our clients look to the future.

    We advise developers, asset owners, and corporations on M&A, capital raising, structuring and fundraising and maintain a robust, global network of institutional, strategic and financial investors.Company Hyperlink: www.jav-cap.com

    Latham & Watkins

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    Latham & Watkins delivers innovative solutions to complex legal and business challenges around the world. From a global platform, Latham lawyers advise leading multinationals, boundary-pushing start-ups, and the investors and financial institutions that fuel them. The firm helps clients navigate market-shaping transactions, high-stakes litigation and trials, and sophisticated regulatory matters. Latham is one of the world’s largest providers of pro bono services, steadfastly supports initiatives designed to advance diversity within the firm and the legal profession, and is committed to exploring and promoting environmental sustainability.

    Recurrent Energy

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    Recurrent Energy is a leading North American utility-scale solar and energy storage project developer, delivering competitive, clean electricity to the grid. Based in the U.S. with an industry-leading team of in-house energy experts, Recurrent Energy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. and functions as Canadian Solar’s U.S. and Canadian project development arm. [line break] Recurrent Energy is focused on bringing low-cost clean energy and meaningful economic development to communities across the United States and Canada. To date, Recurrent Energy has developed more than 2 gigawatts (GWac) of operating utility-scale solar projects, with over 4 GWac of power contracts executed. Recurrent Energy has secured over $13.4 billion in capital from leading lenders and investors active in the energy sector and is actively developing a project development portfolio of over 4.2 GWac of solar and 9.2 GWh of battery storage projects.

    Regions Financial Corporation

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    Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF), with $163 billion in assets, is a member of the S&P 500 Index and is one of the nation’s largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, and mortgage products and services. Regions serves customers across the South, Midwest and Texas, and through its subsidiary, Regions Bank, operates approximately 1,300 banking offices and more than 2,000 ATMs.

    Through its Energy & Natural Resources Group, Regions has served as a leader in the energy and power industries for more than 50 years. With over $800 million in committed exposure to the Renewables sector, Regions has the deep industry knowledge, guided by ESG principles, to provide you with the insightful guidance and support necessary to help grow your business. From strategic dialogue and idea generation to deal execution, our team of banking professionals can advise on a range of renewable financing solutions, including raising construction and permanent debt capital, tax equity investments, working capital and early buyout facilities, mergers and acquisitions, equipment financing, and treasury services.

    PV Hardware

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    PV Hardware (PVH) manufactures and supplies solar tracking and advanced control solutions for large scale solar projects worldwide. It is the world’s third largest solar tracker supplier, and leads the markets in Europe, Turkey, Australia and Middle East. With a global market share of 9%, it has supplied over 25GW in more than 300 projects across five continents.The company has two factories, one in Europe and another one in Saudi Arabia. It is planning to open a third one in the USA before the end of 2023. Its in-house manufacturing capacity allows PVH to ensure supply and mitigate the risks of logistics and price variations in materials, offering cost-competitive solutions for any PV installation.PVH, a Gransolar Group company, began its solar tracker activity in the USA more than ten years ago. It has delivered hundreds of megawatts so far and continues to expand in North America.

    Deutsche Bank

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    Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) is a multinational investment bank with ~90,000 employees globally and ~10,000 employees in North America. The Infrastructure & Energy (“I&E”) team deploys Deutsche Bank’s balance sheet in providing private credit financing solutions to clients in the power, renewables, traditional infrastructure and core+ industries. I&E can invest throughout the debt capital stack for corporate and project financings.

    Crayhill Renewables

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    Crayhill Renewables provides pre-NTP and acquisition capital to developers involved in all types of renewable energy endeavors. To date, along with its affiliate Crayhill Capital Management, the team has invested over $1 billion across 7GW of renewables in the United States and abroad. Our singular goal is to streamline the complexities of late-stage development and eliminate financing challenges for the climate tech developer community. Crayhill’s strength is in our ability to collaborate with partners to solve complex challenges.

    Pine Gate Renewables LLC

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    Pine Gate Renewables is a leading player in America’s energy transition. With over 2 GW of utility scale solar and energy storage projects in operation and over 25 GW under development, Pine Gate leverages its in house expertise in solar and storage siting, design, development, finance, operations, and policy to bring renewable energy solutions to communities across the US.

    Enertis Solar

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    Enertis is a global Consulting and Engineering firm, a leader in the renewable energy sector and pioneer in the provision of testing and quality assurance services. Enertis started its business activity back in 2007, and has accumulated a global track-record of more than 24,000 MW in 40 countries worldwide.

    As specialists in technical advisory, we have an integral understanding of renewable energy projects, covering technical, environmental, financial and contractual aspects. Our mission is to guarantee the maximum profitability for our clients and an adequate management of their project risks by providing innovative high added-value services based on a team with technical expertise and “hands-on” experience.

    As a 360º service provider, we can provide high-quality services at any stage of a projects life cycle, from the analysis of different solutions for power purchase agreements up to feasibility and resource studies, the design of the plants, construction and commissioning oversight, and annual revision to guarantee the proper operation of the facilities, amongst others.

    Headquartered in Spain and in the United States, Enertis is also locally present in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Chile, the United Kingdom, France, South Africa and China.

    Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

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    With over 900 lawyers practicing around the world, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP serves clients across a broad range of complex transactional, litigation and regulatory matters. We are known for our strength in the energy, financial services, real estate, and retail and consumer products industries, as well as our
    experience in more than 100 distinct areas of practice. We have also established a strong reputation as a leading renewable energy and clean power law firm. With more than 100 corporate, project finance, lending, environmental, litigation, regulatory and tax lawyers, our dedicated team has extensive experience navigating all aspects of the development, financing acquisition and disposition of renewable energy and clean power projects.

    Trek Capital Partners

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    TReK is a team of renewable energy professionals that take the sting out of the usual project finance process. Under a joint venture with the incredibly talented and experienced team at X-Caliber Rural Capital, a non-bank USDA lender, we offer highly competitive construction and permanent loan options for renewable energy projects, large and small. While we welcome the usual busbar settled offtake arrangement (who doesn’t?), we thrive in your world of complicated revenue structures, merchant exposure, novel attachments, and anything the market needs to get a deal done. We are not box checkers by nature and prefer to creatively engage in solving the types of problems others avoid. Developing renewable energy projects is tough and getting harder each day. You deserve a financing partner that seriously gets it. Let us help you out.

    Fifth Third Bank, National Association

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    Fifth Third Bank, National Association is a diversified financial services company that has $169 billion in assets and operates four main businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending, and Wealth & Asset Management. With nearly 160 years of experience, Fifth Third has the expertise, leadership and innovative technologies to help your organization succeed in a rapidly changing marketplace.

    DROEL

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    Droel, PLLC is the most knowledgeable and experienced firm within the Renewable Energy Industry, assisting clients with solving complex issues or completing intricate deals. We make every client our number one priority, addressing every matter, large or small, with equal amount of dedication, care and attention. At Droel, PLLC, we always meet our client¹s expectations in regards to deadlines and goals, and we¹re always available when you need us. Droel, PLLC has years of successful representation on record, helping us to become the most trusted advisors, as well as helping to create long-term relationships with all of our clients. We¹re passionate about Renewable Energy law, and our other practice areas include, but are not limited to, Business, Construction, Employment, Real Estate and Litigation. Call Droel, PLLC now and see the Droel difference for yourself!

    Black & Veatch Global Advisory

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    Black & Veatch is an employee-owned consulting, engineering, procurement, and construction company with a 100-year legacy of innovation in sustainable infrastructure.

    Our global professionals include experienced industry executives, senior analysts, and technology experts from across the electric, water, oil, natural gas and technology industries. This experience, combined with seamless access to the company’s professional engineering, procurement, construction and operations capabilities, executives, and internationally respected subject matter experts, makes Black & Veatch particularly qualified to assist clients with their most complex challenges. Over the past 5 years, our Transaction Advisory team has supported over $100 billion in transactions and completed over 500 engagements involving various projects and companies. We were also recognized as the #1 Technical Advisor by Deal Count in 2020 by the Inframation Group.

    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.

    Aurora Energy Research

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    Aurora Energy Research is a market-leading energy analytics company. With over 225 experts covering European, Australian and US power markets, Aurora provides transaction support, project finance, and subscription insight to utilities, developers, investors and lenders. The core of the business built around belief in the power of sophisticated modelling and data to help deliver actionable insights for the energy transition. Aurora is one of the few respected energy pricing analytics providers that delivers sufficiently rigorous and accurate forecasts to be bankable across a number of regions. Aurora’s head office in the USA is in Austin, TX.

    Banyan Infrastructure

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    Banyan Infrastructure is a purpose built project finance software designed to simplify, accelerate, and optimize the financing of sustainable infrastructure across the full life cycle. Built by prior project financiers specifically for banks, investors and developers, the platform helps to replace spreadsheets, email, and pdfs with digitized loans and workflows, automating data aggregation and compliance tracking. This enables streamlined origination, servicing, and securitization of renewable energy loans and investments at higher volume and lower cost. Visit banyaninfrastructure.com for more information.

    BBVA

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    BBVA is a customer-centric global financial services group founded in 1857. The Group has a strong leadership position in the Spanish market, is the largest financial institution in Mexico, it has leading franchises in South America. It is also the leading shareholder in Turkey’s Garanti BBVA and has an important investment banking business in the U.S. BBVA remains firm in its commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. The bank has mobilized €136 billion in sustainable business since 2018 as part of its goal to reach €300 billion in 2025.

    Its division BBVA Corporate & Investment Banking brings together the activities of investment banking, markets, financing and transactional services for institutional investors and corporate clients. It has a strong global presence, providing services in 24 countries through an extensive team of experts, including investment banking specialists and advisors in specific industries and sectors. BBVA CIB offers a wide range of value-added products and financial solutions to accompany clients to carry out their projects and achieve their business, transformation and sustainability objectives, whether they are local or international.

    Canadian Solar

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    Founded in 2001 in Canada, Canadian Solar is a global energy provider with successful business subsidiaries in 20 countries/territories. Canadian Solar is a leading manufacturer of solar PV modules, a provider of solar energy and battery storage solutions, and a developer of utility-scale solar power and battery storage projects. Canadian Solar is one of the most bankable companies in the solar industry, having been publicly listed on NASDAQ (CSIQ) since 2006. The company is one of the world’s largest solar module suppliers; it has a proven utility-scale project development track record, over 6.8 GW solar plants built and connected; and more than 13,000 employees globally. Canadian Solar is making the difference by delivering more clean, safe, and affordable solar energy to the world.

    DAI Management Consultants, Inc.

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    DAI Management Consultants, Inc. is a full service consulting firm dedicated to renewables, power, and energy with over 30 years of experience.

    Enerdatics

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    Enerdatics is a business intelligence platform delivering data, insights, and analytics on renewable energy transactions. The company offers exhaustive datasets on M&As, Financings and Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), augmented by granular data on renewable energy projects. These are integrated seamlessly into an analysis suite that can be leveraged by corporate strategy and M&A teams, advisors, investment banks, and private equity firms.

    Founded in October ’21, Enerdatics is currently a data partner to several large-cap energy majors amongst other clients. In addition to its data offerings, Enerdatics also publishes thought pieces, which have been cited and reblogged by industry executives and reputed journals.

    Enerdatics’ mission is to enable more informed deal-making in the global energy space. Through its partnership with EnergyNet, a leading technology enabled, multi-commodity marketplace in the US, Enerdatics can serve clients with not just data but also customized services during the deal making process.

    Energy Royalty Partners

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    Energy Royalty Partners makes investments through its funds in utility-scale renewable energy projects in the United States via nonrecourse royalty strip financing. Our single or multiple asset level investment can be made in pre-development or post-COD projects with a target investment size of $5MM -$25MM. Our objective is to provide flexibility to developers and operators through optimization of their capital stack without increasing debt obligations or diluting existing equity. The principals of ERP have a combined 75 years of experience investing in and managing assets across the energy supply chain.

    Enlight

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    Founded in 2008, Enlight Renewable Energy develops, finances, constructs, owns and operates utility-sale renewable energy and energy storage projects. Enlight began trading on Nasdaq (ENLT) on February 10th 2023, and is one of the first ‘pure-play’ renewable developers/IPPs who listed publicly in the U.S., having been publicly listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange since 2010. Enlight has an 18.6 GW total portfolio consisting of wind and solar and nearly 20 GWh of energy storage. Of the total portfolio, 2 GW of solar and wind and 1.3 GWh of energy storage are operational or under construction. As a global platform, Enlight operates throughout 9 European countries, Israel, and as of 2021, the U.S. through its acquisition of Clēnera LLC.

    ERTHOS

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    Erthos has perfected the science of installing solar modules directly on the ground. Leveraging the heat-absorbing properties of the earth, unbeatable aerodynamics, lowest-cost installation method, and robotic cleaning, Erthos offers the least-expensive and highest-performing system architecture for utility-scale solar power on the planet.

    Founded in 2019 and located in Tempe, Arizona, Erthos offers a full suite of products and services aimed at helping developers dramatically reduce the levelized cost of energy or “LCOE” on utility-scale solar power plants. Its executives and management hail from companies including Tesla, Intel, General Electric, First Solar, Depcom Power, Sterling & Wilson, SMA, Solar Frontier, and Plug Power. The team has extensive experience in global markets, including the US, Latin America, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Asia, and the Pacific. Find out more about Erthos at www.erthos.com.

    Holland & Hart LLP

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    Throughout the Mountain West, from coast to coast and beyond, Holland & Hart provides clients with astute legal service from a vantage like no other. We have been rooted in the energy and resources industry through generations and work on projects through their entire life cycle. Our diverse teams are built to last and scalable to respond to our clients’ ever-evolving needs. For more information, visit www.hollandhart.com.

    Ingeteam

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    At Ingeteam, we are convinced that there is a different way to generate, transport, store and consume energy more efficiently and sustainably.

    We want to consolidate our position as a leader in renewable generation (wind, solar, and hydroelectric), storage, the intelligent transport network, and the efficient and clean consumption of electrical energy via our electric vehicle chargers, converters, and motors for railway, marine, steel, water and for the production of green hydrogen and submersible pump and motors for water.

    With a team of over 4,000 people present in 24 countries, we have already delivered 25 GW of solar PV capacity with our solar inverters, over 54 GW of our converters and generators for the wind industry, accumulated 1.6 GWh in electrical storage facilities and are a world leader in the provision of operation and maintenance services at renewable energy plants, with more than 18 GW of maintained capacity.

    Jefferies

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    Jefferies is a global, full-service investment banking firm. We offer clients bespoke advice informed by our deep product and sector expertise, along with peerless execution and seamless access to the full resources of our firm. For over 60 years, Jefferies’ driven professionals have provided high-touch service to clients who know we care about the success of our client’s businesses as much as they do.

    Headquartered in New York, with more than 40 offices around the world, Jefferies offers capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage and securities research, as well as asset and wealth management to companies, investors and government entities. We provide research and execution services in equity, fixed income and foreign exchange markets, and a full range of investment banking services including underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, debt advisory & restructuring, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating across the Americas, Europe and Asia.

    Kroll

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    Kroll provides proprietary data, technology and insights to help our clients stay ahead of complex demands related to risk, governance and growth. Our solutions deliver a powerful competitive advantage, enabling faster, smarter and more sustainable decisions. With 5,000 experts around the world, we create value and impact for our clients and communities. To learn more, visit www.kroll.com.

    Leyline Renewable Capital

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    Leyline Renewable Capital invests in the development, construction, and financing of sophisticated renewable energy projects. Backed by a team of seasoned investors with deep experience in the renewable industry, Leyline provides financing that bridges the gap between development and construction. By investing in the pre-construction phase of renewable energy projects, Leyline can accelerate the development process and help developers scale their business. Leyline leverages a broad base of experience in greenfield project development, design, construction, and finance with an extensive network of relationships with industry leaders to provide support and capital for projects from concept to commercial operation.

    Locke Lord

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    Locke Lord has one of the leading national practices representing developers, investors and ‎lenders in the development, sale, purchase, financing and operation of renewable energy ‎projects of all types across North America.‎

    Our long history in the renewables industry dates back to the early 2000s when we founded the ‎Renewable Energy Coalition and led the effort to deregulate Texas’ energy markets. Since then, ‎our practice has expanded to cover the full spectrum of legal issues faced by renewable energy ‎projects across the nation.‎

    The combination of this deep experience in development and commercial issues, our finance and M&A expertise, and our national footprint places us in a unique position to provide efficient, ‎comprehensive and cost-effective representation on the full life-cycle of our clients’ projects, ‎from principal construction, supply and revenue contracts to permitting, real estate and ‎regulatory issues, from acquisition and debt and equity financing transactions to construction ‎and commercial litigation.

    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.

    Mayer Brown

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    Mayer Brown is a leading global law firm with offices in major cities across the Americas, Asia and Europe.  Our experience in the solar sector started more than twenty years ago when we worked on Solar Electric Generating System IX (SEGS) in California, one of the first large-scale solar projects in the United States.  Our lawyers have represented financiers, sponsors and other project participants on important and cutting edge solar energy projects and financing structures across the globe.

    Whether it is utility-scale concentrated solar thermal, photovoltaic, rooftop distributed generation or other solar technology, we have the industry knowledge and experience needed to get deals done anywhere in the world.

    We offer local market expertise on a global basis, with offices in each of the major energy and financial centers around the world – London, New York, Hong Kong, and Houston.

    Nevados

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    Nevados is the premier solar tracker company for PV power plants built on sloped and rolling terrain. We offer innovative all-terrain trackers paired with a comprehensive software suite in an integrated technology platform that optimizes solar performance, improves plant reliability and respects the natural landscape. Headquartered in San Francisco and backed by institutional capital, Nevados is transforming utility-scale PV deployment with our tracking solutions and partnership approach. Our mission is to pioneer sustainable solar solutions to preserve the earth for today and for tomorrow. To learn more, please visit www.nevados.solar.

    New Project Media

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    New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the North American renewable energy market for the development, finance, investment, advisory & corporate community.

    NPM provides a unique view of the interconnection queue landscape, while also producing full lifecycle proprietary data & intelligence coverage of utility scale, DG (Community Solar/C&I), and energy transition markets.

    NPM helps subscribers gain business development and competitive advantages by leveraging its market research of the projects, pipelines, deals, companies & people active in the renewable energy space.

    NPM Events also hosts two industry conferences each year; its annual US Development & Finance Forum (Houston) and a rotating hot topics event (NPM Evolutions).

    Nixon Peabody

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    At Nixon Peabody, we create positive impact for our clients, our communities, our people, and our firm. We deliver exceptional service, building and preserving trust while fostering a culture of collaboration, respect, and diversity. Deep industry knowledge, experience, and entrepreneurial spirit fuel creative solutions to the most complex legal problems. And our shared humanity drives our passion for helping others and connects us to our clients and each other.

    Partner Engineering and Science, Inc.

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    Partner Engineering and Science, Inc. is an international firm offering full-service engineering, environmental, and energy consulting and design services. Drawing on decades of experience, our multi-disciplinary approach allows us to serve clients at all stages from initial due diligence and design to development and construction, as well as throughout the ongoing maintenance and optimization of the asset.

    PI Berlin North America

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    PI Berlin provides expert technical diligence, procurement, and quality assurance services for a wide range of solar installers, integrators, project developers, utilities and investors in North America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Australia. We enable our clients to manage technical risk associated with the investment or procurement of PV equipment. We leverage direct relationships with PV module, inverter and battery manufacturers, apply our expertise to qualified manufacturers and independently verify quality, reliability, and performance. PI Berlin is a member of the Kiwa Group.

    S&P Global Market Intelligence

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    S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Energy offering integrates news, data, analytics, forecasts, regulatory research, and proprietary and market prices into one tool. And unlike other energy information providers, our data is strong across the board—giving you a single, comprehensive source that covers every sector of the U.S. energy industry, including renewables.

    Savion, LLC

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    Savion, a Shell Group portfolio company operating on a stand-alone basis, is one of the largest, most technologically advanced utility-scale solar and energy storage project development companies in the United States. With a growing portfolio of more than 23 GW, Savion’s diverse team provides comprehensive services at each phase of renewable energy project development, from conception through construction. As part of this full-service model, Savion manages all aspects of development for customers, partners, and project host communities. Savion is committed to helping decarbonize the energy grid by replacing electric power generation with renewable sources and delivering cost-competitive electricity to the marketplace. For further information, visit www.savionenergy.com.

    Snell & Wilmer

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    Founded in 1938, Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 450 attorneys practicing in 16 locations throughout the United States and in Mexico, including Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego, California; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Denver, Colorado; Washington, D.C.; Boise, Idaho; Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Portland, Oregon; Dallas, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; and Los Cabos, Mexico. The firm represents clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses, individuals, and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit swlaw.com.

    Societe Generale

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    With more than 12,000 professionals across 40 countries, Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking is present in all major markets and is built on the overriding principles of client service over the long term and sound risk management. Supporting its clients across various sectors, we tailor solutions for clients by capitalizing on our worldwide expertise in investment banking, financing, market activities and investor services. For Corporates, Financial Institutions and Public Sector: providing a global advisory approach (M&A, debt, equity transaction, capital structure, and asset & liability management), as well as quality capital raising solutions across the debt and equity spectrum, optimized financing and expert risk management responses notably in foreign exchange and rates derivatives. For Investors: offering reliable and sound investment opportunities and risk management solutions through our integrated global markets platform delivering seamless access to markets (equity, rates, credit, currencies, commodities and derivatives), as well as advice and solid financial engineering, quality of execution and forward looking research across asset classes.

    Solar4America

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    Solar4America is a premium solar panel US manufacturer, located in Sacramento, CA. We manufacture a variety of American-made solar panels for residential, commercial, and utility projects. We have been investing extensively in state-of-the-art equipment, technologies and teams in the U.S. which enable us to provide great local customer services and warranties to our customers.

    Stonehenge Capital

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    Stonehenge is a nationally recognized marketplace leader in federal and state historic tax equity with 20 years of experience providing creative capital solutions to sponsors, developers and institutional investors. With fresh thinking that leads to better results, Stonehenge is not the same old style of investment firm, but something else entirely. Some call it transformational capital. We call it the right way to do business.

    Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited

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    Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited (“SuMi TRUST”) engages in the trust and banking businesses globally. It provides financial services, such as syndicated loans, real estate finance, project finance, asset finance, M&A finance, and asset securitization arrangements. Founded in 1925 and HQ in Tokyo, Japan, SuMi TRUST has an AUM of $1.1 trillion and more than 13,000 employees across its 150 domestic and 10 overseas offices. It has a total loan balance of $275 billion and manages app. 1,300 corporate pension funds.

    The Structured Finance Department at SuMi TRUST has financed more than 400 projects globally, third of which were arranged by us, with a total commitment of $15 billion. We are active in the renewable space and have financed more than 200 renewable projects thus far. Our project finance portfolio in the Americas includes over two dozen wind and solar projects. We provide construction and term financing, green loans, warehouse facilities, bridge financing, LCs, SWAP etc. We look to forge deep relationships with our customers and provide support with bespoke solutions.

    Transmission Analytics

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    Transmission Analytics Consulting, LLC is a consulting services company providing specialized transmission system related services to a wide variety of clients within the electric power industry. The consultants of Transmission Analytics are leaders in the space helping to shape industy standards related to the methodologies and standards of practice related to transmission analysis and due diligence.

    Our consultants have extensive experience in addressing the unique aspects of a variety of different generation resource types and have developed trusted methods and procedures to assess each resource type.

    VDE

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    VDE Americas, a subsidiary of VDE, one of Europe’s largest technology firms, provides technical due diligence and risk mitigation services to financiers, project developers and insurance companies working on large solar and energy storage transactions. Between 2016 and this year, VDE supported funding for over 5 GW of utility-scale solar across 50+ operating projects or about 10% of U.S. utility-scale solar on a GW-basis. VDE adds significant value to transaction parties through its proven and efficient approach to confirming investment assumptions, identifying material risks, and proposing pragmatic, actionable solutions.

    Vermaland

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    Vermaland is the largest holdings of Solar farm land sites between 500 to 3500 acres. Founded in 2001 by Kuldip Verma, Vermaland is a land banking and land development company based in Phoenix, Arizona. Vermaland offers land options for residential, commercial, agricultural, industrial, solar, and other renewable projects. In addition to several solar projects, Vermaland most recently completed a gated community of 170 custom homes in the White Tank Mountains off Highway 303 and Dunlap Avenue. Verma and his team have also donated $20 million in land and cash to the Vermaland Charity Foundation.

    Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE)

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    Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE) is a national nonprofit working across the renewable energy economy with a broad purpose – to change our energy future through the collective power of community. Through building community, promoting education, and cultivating leadership, WRISE works to recruit, retain, advance, and inspire systemically excluded communities in pursuing a sustainable and equitable future. WRISE has local chapters across the US and Canada; national programming that includes the annual luncheon, Leadership Forum, fellowships, the Speakers Bureau and webinar series; and a growing grassroots network of more than 15,000 participants. The organization is supported through hundreds of volunteer hours and the generous contributions of individuals as well as corporate partners.

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