Events

Strategies for Financing Solar Projects on the East Coast

July 15, 2010

Hosted by Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Time: 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010


This complimentary event brings together two distinguished panels of leaders in the solar market to discuss financing and structuring of solar projects on the East Coast. In the first presentation, a panel of developers, lenders, investors and REC traders will discuss financing strategies for solar projects. In the second presentation, prominent industry lenders and investors will discuss both traditional and innovative methods to structure solar projects to maximize project value.

PROGRAM:

3:30 - 4:00 pm
Opening Remarks

Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula
Deputy Speaker, New Jersey General Assembly

4:00 pm to 4:45 pm
Panel Discussion: Overcoming the Hurdles to Developing Utility-Scale Projects

This panel will discuss technology options, EPC contracts, debt and equity terms, power purchase agreements, RECs, and how best to combine these elements into a financeable project. 

Mark Dennes
Director, BNP Paribas

Joe Duey
Controller – Power Partners, MasTec, Inc.

Andrew Kolchins
Evolution Markets, Inc

moderated by
Todd Alexander
Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP

4:45 pm to 5:30 pm
Panel Discussion: Shining Sunlight on Solar Financing Structures

Creating an optimal capital structure for solar projects, especially in today's market, can make the difference between a tremendous success and a spectacular failure. This panel, moderated by one of the nation's leading tax experts in renewable projects, will discuss both traditional and innovative structures for financing projects, with a focus on ways to maximize the value of all available subsidies such as the investment tax credit, Treasury cash grant program and DOE loan guarantee programs

Brian Adam
Sun Trust Leasing Corp.

Richard O'Day
Credit Suisse Securities

Jonathan Stark
GE Energy Financial Services

Darren Van't Hof
USBancorp 

moderated by
Eli Katz
Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP

5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Networking Cocktail Reception