Renewable Energy Project Finance in the U.S.: An Overview and Midterm Outlook
Copyright © 2011 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Interesting report on renewable energy projects by Mintz Levin law firm. Report covers excellent overview of past and future of projects for wind and solar.
Law firm is well known for deep understanding of the renewable energy in North America.
At the end of last year, the utility PV market in the United States was valued at $1 billion annually and thought to be scaling rapidly, with an estimate of it reaching $8 billion a year by 2015.
A September 7 opinion piece by Tuan Pham for PowerFin Partners, meanwhile, raises the question of future interest rates and their potential for a negative impact on the growth of the solar industry. He argues that it’s the cost of capital, not the system costs, that the industry must keep in mind as it develops further projects.
Tula International Managing Partner Bernard Vanderlande will be attending the Utility Scale Solar conference in San Diego next week.
“Green” is now a global energy business mindset. Solar power is the renewable energy sector that, like others, requires the right mix of funding, human capital, technology and market positioning to assure strategic success. And while the original fascination may have resulted in solar panels on a home’s south-facing roof to generate enough electricity to provide warm water for the dishes or a bath, solar power is today a big industry – and growing. And you are an important player in it.
Your leadership teams’ capabilities are critically important. Not only do they have to be ready to perform from “day one” – and the candidates we bring you are! – but they will also have to carry a healthy trove of global industry contacts in their back pockets. Earlier in their career, they have gained experience with grids, smart grids and smart metering; they are intimately knowledgeable about utility scale projects and module manufacturing. You will not have to teach them what a solar cell is or train them on supply chain management. Solar energy systems are part of their professional make-up.
To help you claim an expanding position in the solar industry, we’d like to have the opportunity to help you complete your leadership team for the future.
New Jersey is this country’s most prominent solar market, according to research conducted by Paula Mints of Navigant, followed rather distantly by California. China and Taiwan are in the manufacturing forefront and the U.S. would need government support to compete. This, she believes, is unlikely to happen in a year leading up to a presidential election.
Among the many international speakers at next month’s Intersolar conference in San Francisco will be Dr. JL Chen, President of AU Optronics Corporation (Taiwan), Francesco Orioli, M.D., Sales and Marketing Director of Soltigua (Italy), Henrik Krüpper, Chief Sales Officer at Soltecture (German) and Oren Gadot, CEO of HelioFocus (Israel).
From the United States, audiences may expect to hear from Karen Douglas, Commissioner, California Energy Commission, Craig Lewis, Executive Director of the Clean Coalition, and Ron Van Dell, President and CEO of SolarBridge Technologies, along with many other experts in the field of solar power.
Tomorrow, June 27, a free webcast on “U.S. Solar Market Overview and Future Trends” will take place, led by Paula Mints, Director, Energy, Navigant, and Stefan Pietzsch, Senior Analyst, EuPD Research. Click here to register.
The conference is expected to attract more than 22,000 visitors and approximately 800 exhibitors, It takes place July 12-14 at the Moscone Center.
Again in Boston, this time from February 10 to 11, the focus shifts to solar energy, wth Tula International again in attendance.
Among other issues, this conference will consider the distinctive aspects of the North American markets to ensure that the correct solutions are found for different areas. Conference speakers will address topics such as political issues, financing and risk management. Additionally, they will provide an overview of new trends in module design and balance of system components in the PV supply chain.
In between telephone calls with clients, candidate interviews and trips across the Atlantic, Tula International’s Managing Partner Bernard Vanderlande had time for a quick interview yesterday that resulted in a press release that was distributed earlier today. I thought you, readers of this blog, might like to see it here as well:
Atlanta, Georgia, June 22, 2010 – Returning from the Intersolar trade show in Munich, Tula International Managing Partner Bernard Vanderlande has announced the opening of a German liaison office in Baden-Württemberg.
“As our growth continues,” he explained, “and we see an increase in clients from Germany, it makes sense for us to have a small office there,” adding that German companies in both the wind energy and solar power sectors are keenly interested in exporting their technologies to the United States.
Commenting on the Intersolar show, Vanderlande also remarked that the Chinese “are everywhere”, along with German companies. “Not only last week at Intersolar, but also last month at the windpower conference in Dallas, Texas, their interest in renewable, green energy is very clear.”
As Tula International has a growing footprint on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, Vanderlande’s travels will continue to occupy much of his time. “Next week, I’ll be in Europe again,” he laughed. “Business is good.”
This week, Bernard is at the InterSolar trade show in Munich. He is also interviewing candidates for a German client.
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