Data Center Blowback
Growing local opposition is prompting both red and blue states to consider halting new data center projects or imposing other restrictions. How is it affecting project bankability and independent generator business models?
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Ep358: Rethinking Energy Affordability and Resilience
Jon Powers, president of CleanCapital, discusses energy security, affordability and how distributed solar and storage can strengthen a more resilient and diversified US energy system.
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Ep357: Managing Technology Risk in Energy Storage Projects
Jan Napiorkowski, managing director, and Jamie Daggett, energy storage and fuel cell lead at Ariel Green, discuss how technology performance insurance is evolving to support energy storage, fuel cells and other emerging clean energy technologies by helping projects manage risk and access financing.
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Ep356: How Developers Can Turn Land Into Growth Capital
In host Jim Berger’s first episode, Laura Pagliarulo, CEO of SolaREIT, discusses how solar and battery storage developers can use real estate assets as a source of capital to fund project development, construction readiness and pipeline growth.
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Tax Basis Issues: Alta Wind Round Three
A long-awaited court decision released Wednesday that had the potential to affect how tax bases are determined for calculating investment tax credits is unlikely to have much effect in practice.
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Ep355: How Data Centers Are Reshaping Project Finance
Ralph Cho, co‑chief executive officer and founding member of Apterra Infrastructure Finance, joins host Todd Alexander.
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Ep354: How Developers Can Protect Their Tax Credits
Alan Cordova, head of strategy at Empact Technologies, discusses how developers can manage compliance risks related to prevailing wage, FEOC restrictions and beginning‑of‑construction requirements to protect tax credits.
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Ep353: Navigating FEOC and Tax Credit Uncertainty
Dorian Hunt, partner and head of renewable energy at Leo Berwick, discusses how evolving FEOC restrictions, tax credit market dynamics and regulatory uncertainty are affecting renewable energy development and financing.
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Ep352: Key Developments in the Energy Sector
Nick Bradley, director of renewables advisory at Arcadia, which finds subscribers for community solar projects, discusses trends and developments in the energy sector and how they are shaping current market opportunities.
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Renewables Financing Update
A panel of two prominent tax equity investors and two prominent lenders talked at the CLEANPOWER 2026 convention in early June in Houston about the latest rumors and other changes in the market this year for financing renewable energy projects.
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US court rejects Treasury tightening of construction-start rules
A US district court said Saturday that developers of solar and wind projects rushing to start construction by July 4 this year to lock in federal tax credits . . .
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Ep351: Challenges and Opportunities in Distributed Solar
John Stroud, managing director at Limes Renewable Energy North America, discusses the challenges and opportunities in developing community solar and distributed generation projects.
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Ep350: How Lenders Manage Credit Risk with Insurance
Ben Roberts, president of Texel Group, discusses how non‑payment insurance works in project finance and how lenders use it to manage credit risk, allocate capital and support lending activity.
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Ep349: Meeting Surging Power Demand with Gas Assets
John Bills and Adil Sener of PEI Global Partners discuss gas‑fired power assets driven by rising electricity demand, data center growth and supply constraints in power generation.
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Ep348: Key Risks Shaping the Solar Industry
Jason Kaminsky, CEO of kWh Analytics, discusses key findings from the 2026 Solar Risk Assessment Report.
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