Available On-Demand | As capital markets, investors, lenders and corporate off-takers accelerate their engagement with the challenges of global warming and other environmental threats, the development of formalized ESG (environmental, social and governance) principles has created great opportunities for renewable energy developers to increase company and project valuations, be more focused in their own M&A decisions, improve their own business processes and those of their suppliers, and obtain financing more easily and at more favorable rates.

However, the relatively recent development of multiple ESG standards and reporting formats, none of which were specifically developed for renewable energy developers, can make it difficult to know exactly how to align their business processes to maximize ESG performance and how to communicate their success at implementing these principles to critical outside partners and investors.

Available On-Demand | Being able to successfully buy and sell renewable projects is one of the essential competencies of the industry, central to virtually every business model in the space. But until now, a truly deep dive into today’s best practices for renewable project M&A—including project valuation, due diligence, value-creating deal structures, post-closing integration, and more—wasn’t available. Infocast, working with a remarkable faculty of profoundly experienced real-world experts, has created this unique program to offer instruction into this absolutely critical process.

Available On-Demand | The renewable energy boom shows no signs of abating, and neither do the long-term risks for developers, investors and portfolio owners. The competition to acquire projects and the shortening tenor for utility and corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) is causing the profitability of projects to depend more on non-contracted revenue and the merchant tail. The success of investment decisions and project financings in the current market relies on accurately evaluating market and project risk over a long horizon—an increasingly challenging task that can create tension between sponsors, regulators, and debt and equity investors.

October 13 - 14, 2021 | The Renewable Energy Project Valuation Master Class will conduct a deep dive into valuation approaches in today’s market, and how to use them to meet IRS, investor and regulatory requirements. It will step through the rigorous application of valuation approaches, helping develop a depth of understanding and appreciation of how to incorporate market volatility in valuations that rely on varying forward energy price projections provided by competing market sources and often spotty market transaction data.

Available On-Demand | The energy transition requires a profound transformation in the way we produce and use energy. We can only make this happen with a broad range of technologies—and it is becoming clear that among them will be carbon capture, sequestration and utilization. Infocast has created this course in conjunction with active participants in the pioneering decarbonization projects to provide in-depth education and critical market information that those who seek to develop such projects cannot do without.

Available On-Demand | Infocast has fully updated and upgraded Project Finance Documentation to address today’s challenges. This program—which has historically been attended by senior executives from almost all the leading renewable power development companies and from virtually all major financial players in the project market—will provide you with proven analytical strategies and transaction structuring techniques enabling you to quantitatively assess and mitigate risks, resolve constraints, and reach project financial closure.

Available On-Demand | The Renewables and Wholesale Electricity Markets Master Class is an advanced course for decision makers to gain in-depth understanding of how renewables fit into wholesale electricity markets. Leidos’ staff will present recent market data to illustrate trends and to highlight anomalies, drawing from experience advising dozens of buyers and sellers in the renewable marketplace.