Former FERC Commissioner Allison Clements joins the podcast to unpack Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s directive to bring large-load interconnections under FERC oversight. Now an advisor to the data center industry at ASG, Clements discusses the DOE initiative’s legal grounding and the wider energy policy landscape under the Trump administration. NP…

This week’s episode is the full recording of an NPM webinar discussion titled “Building Europe’s Digital Backbone: The Race for Data Centre Dominance,” held on September 30, 2025. Speakers include: Fabio Spucches – Chief Executive Officer, Greenfield Margaux Harris – Investment Director, Rivage Investment Mika Suomi – Head of Operations, Polarnode …

Maria Mura from pan-European IPP Nadara is the guest on today's episode, joining NPM's Jon McNair to chat about a diverse mixture of subjects across the renewable energy landscape. We'll hear Maria's views on the relative merits of various Southern European energy markets, how generators are dealing with deflated electricity prices, whether to go f…

On this episode, Altus Power’s Chief Investment Officer Abhi Parmar speaks with Skyler Frazer about the distributed solar energy sector during a time of federal headwinds and regulatory uncertainty. You can hear Abhi speak more during the first panel “Powering Ahead: The Future of Community Solar & DG” at NPM's third annual DG Development and Finan…

On this episode, Mariko Meier, Chief Revenue Officer at Convergent Energy and Power, joins Michelle France to discuss growth and opportunities in the DG market amid a federally volatile market and energy storage expansion. You can hear Mariko speak more during the second panel “Storage Under Pressure: Navigating Policy and Safety Risks” at NPM's th…

On this episode, Treaty Oak Clean Energy’s CEO Chris Elrod joins Andrew Burnes to discuss the firm's near-term pipeline in the Southeast, efforts to raise USD 1bn of debt capital during the calendar year, issues with interconnection timelines in MISO, and the impacts of the end of tax credits and start of FEOC requirements for solar and storage pro…

On this episode, NPM Europe editor Peter Kneller catches up with NTR CIO Anthony Doherty to discuss likely outcomes from Ireland’s current RESS 5 competition, ongoing corporate PPA appetite in the country, how asset valuations have held up and the energy transition fundraising environment. NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company provid…

Eversheds Sutherland’s Thomas Warren, Partner and Co-Head of Global Energy and Frank Comparetto, Counsel in the US Tax Practice Group, join Jon Berke on the podcast this week. The duo discuss some of the impacts from the IRS guidance released on August 15th regarding safe harboring, how storage developers are going to map out their game plan despit…

John Stroud, managing director of Limes Renewable Energy, joins the NPM podcast this week to discuss the future of distributed energy growth under the Trump administration and what aid is being provided at the state level for both incentives and legislation. The Italian domiciled Limes established a US presence this year to develop community solar …

This week’s episode is the full recording of an NPM webinar discussion titled “Putting the Scale in Hyperscale,” held on August 12, 2025. Speakers include: Craig McKesson - Chief Commercial Officer, Takanock Bill Thomas - Chief Energy Officer, CleanArc Data Centers Syed Ahmed - Head of Digital Infrastructure, Apterra Infrastructure Capital Kyle You…

On this week’s episode, Roy Xu, Senior Director of Power Resources at Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE) joins Jillian Ward to discuss the shifting landscape that new energy projects are facing in the wake of the US budget reconciliation bill passage. Xu also shares his view on how the energy market for California could evolve over the next few years as …

On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by Jon Rodriguez, Energy Business Director for Engine Power Plants at Wartsila to discuss the huge lead times the natural gas industry is facing in the wake of a massive spike in demand driven by data center load growth. Jon discusses Wartsila's reliance on RICE technology and how they are able to get…

NPM's Kyle Younker is joined on this week's podcast by Hannan Happi, co-founder and CEO of Exowatt, a startup delivering modular, dispatchable solar power solutions tailored to meet the exploding energy demand from AI and data centers. Hannan explains how Exowatt’s flagship product, the P3, uses custom optics and long-duration heat batteries to con…

On this episode, NPM Europe editor Peter Kneller is joined by Tion Renewables CEO Ingmar Helmke to discuss the flexibility that being an IPP provides and strategies for incorporating BESS into the renewables generation mix. Helmke also shares his views on how power demand will eventually chart higher, and why the German government probably shouldn'…

Abby Hopper, President and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), and Eric Goodwin, Vice President of Business Development for OMCO Solar, join the NPM podcast this week. The duo discuss the latest proposed changes to energy tax credits under the tax-and-spending bill currently being debated in the US Senate and how it impacts solar…

Chris McKissack, president and CEO of Fullmark Energy, joins the podcast this week to discuss the state of play for standalone storage developers, strategies to manage through tariffs and near-term threats to sunset tax credits and later, discuss how Fullmark is being flexible this environment. Founded in 2018, Fullmark Energy develops, builds, own…

Ingrid Capacity’s global head of markets, Amanda Niklaus, is this week’s guest on the podcast, joining NPM’s Jon McNair to discuss her company’s battery storage plans across various markets in Europe. In this episode, Niklaus appraises the relative merits of developing projects in the Nordic countries – with Ingrid starting life in Sweden and expan…

Timothy Radcliff, managing director at Denham Capital Management, joins the NPM podcast to discuss broader investing trends in energy and digital infrastructure. Radcliff also talks about the growth trajectory of US C&I solar developer Solops, a platform which Denham initially invested in February 2023, in spite of volatile policy headwinds ongoing…

On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by PVH USA's VP of Business Development Rodolfo Bitar. Bitar discusses the whirlwind that the domestic manufacturing sector has weathered over the first half of the year starting with the impacts of tariffs from the Trump Administration and culminating presently with the proposed cutoff of the IRA. Bi…

On this week’s podcast, Heather Cooper, Partner at global law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP, join's NPM's Michelle France to discuss 'One Big Beautiful Bill' as the bill heads to the US Senate for consideration. Cooper, whose practice almost exclusively focuses on federal income tax issues within the renewable industry, shares her thoughts on how…

This week’s podcast is the full recording of a panel discussion titled “Data Centres & Power Demand” at NPM’s recent European Development & Finance Forum (#EURDEVFIN25) held on May 20th at The Fontenay Hotel in Hamburg, Germany. Speakers included: Nadine Gelke – Head of Data Centre, CBRE Peter Pohlschroeder – Vice Chairman, German Datacenter Associ…

Don Dimitrievich, portfolio manager for Infrastructure Credit & Senior Managing Director for Nuveen, joins the NPM podcast this week to discuss how tariff risk and uncertainty around the Inflation Reduction Act's longevity has created an opportunity in the private credit sector across different renewable energy technologies. Later in the program, D…

Greg Lavigne, a partner in energy and infrastructure practice for Sidley Austin, joins the NPM podcast this week to discuss the ongoing tariff situation and its impact on developers, how the growth of private credit is supporting today’s clean energy pipeline and how the industry might get impacted by changes coming in the inflation reduction act. …

This episode of the NPM Podcast is the full panel discussion titled “Data Centers: Powering the Next Generation of Renewable Demand” held at NPM’s recent US Development & Finance Forum 2025 in NYC. Not yet an NPM subscriber? For more comprehensive coverage of data centers & power year-round, go to www.newprojectmedia.com to learn more. The panel in…

Perkins Coie’s Jane Rueger and Jacob Neeley join NPM's Kaitlin Fallowfield on the pod this week to discuss the eight options PJM recently presented to FERC for policies governing data centers with co-located power generation. Rueger and Neely review the advantages for developers across the different options, offer insight about how companies might …

Kyle Hayes, a partner at Foley & Lardner and vice chair of their energy transition practice, joins the podcast to update the status of the green hydrogen industry in the US. Hayes reviews the bigger winners of the hydrogen hub opportunity being administered by the Department of Energy and also the impact of the final ruling by the Internal Revenue …

Andrew Redinger, managing director and head of KeyBanc Capital Markets’ utilities, power and renewable group, joins the podcast this week to discuss how clean energy project development will be impacted by broader macro concerns about a slowdown in M&A and other capital markets activities. Later in the program, he addresses US supply chain costs an…

On this week's episode, host Andrew Burnes is joined by Robert Piconi, Co-Founder and CEO of battery storage company Energy Vault. Robert dives into the different technologies the company is offering to buyers and offtakers, ranging from 1–4-hour lithium-ion applications to multi-day microgrids utilizing green hydrogen, as well as the company's mov…

Jonathan Maxwell, the founding partner and CEO of energy transition investor Sustainable Development Capital LLP (SDCL), joins NPM on this episode to give us his view on financing infrastructure in the energy efficiency space in various countries across the world. Top of the agenda are ideas about how to supply increasingly large data centres with …

Chris Ortega, Head of Americas at Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners joins the podcast this week to discuss his views on investing in the data center space, the convergence of power and data centers, and his views on renewable energy investing coming off the asset manager’s recent investment in Torch Clean Energy. NPM is a leading data, intelli…

Nicole Hughes, executive director of Renewable Northwest, talks with NPM’s Jillian Ward about the recent Bonneville Power Administration layoffs and what this means for the Pacific Northwest grid. Hughes has over 20 years of experience in the renewable energy industry including work in project development, construction, finance, permitting, and pol…

Tom Williams, partner at investment manager Downing, joins us on this episode of the podcast to relay his experiences from managing the listed Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust since its London IPO in late 2020. Hear Tom's take on the turbulent market forces that have been at work during this period, as well as the strategy that underpins t…

Ike Emehelu, a partner in the projects and energy transition group, at the law firm of Akin, joins the NPM Podcast this week to discuss M&A trends in 2025, how ongoing budget reconciliation could impact Inflation Reduction Act tax credits and lastly, the impact that private credit might have on the sector. Ike is also scheduled to moderate the capi…

Eyal Podhorzer, CEO of developer and IPP Econergy, joins the NPM Podcast this week to give us his experiences of growing and delivering a pipeline of solar, BESS and wind projects across several disparate markets across Europe. We start with an in-depth look in the fast-evolving conditions in Romania, before moving on to compare and contrast the is…

Primergy Solar’s CEO Ty Daul joins the NPM Podcast this week to discuss the independent power producer’s upcoming pipeline and how evolving federal policy under the new presidential administration might impact clean energy pipeline development and the supply chain. Later, Daul discusses forecasted M&A trends in the space. Daul will be on the Capita…

NPM Europe welcomes BW ESS chief executive Erik Strømsø onto the pod to discuss current battery storage trends in markets including the UK, Germany, Sweden & Italy, how to deal with supply chain bottlenecks and grid delays, and the relative merits of tolling arrangements. NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business devel…

On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by OCI Energy President Sabah Bayatli to discuss the firm's ongoing efforts to transition its portfolio away from exclusively solar to a mix of solar and storage. Bayatli also discusses his interest in other technologies like long duration storage and small modular nuclear, OCI's transition to retain …

Goksenin Ozturkeri, the chief investment officer of Relevate Power, joins the podcast this week to discuss the growing role of hydropower in the energy transition. Relevate Power had a big year in 2024, having completed an equity raise with Greenbacker Capital Management’s Green Development Opportunities Fund I over the summer. Then, with financial…

Tonja Wicks, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for Elevate Renewables, joins the NPM Podcast to discuss her active role in PJM’s reform on Capacity Interconnection Right (CIR) Transfers, how we got here, and what’s next for solving the gap in new and retiring assets. Later in the program, she talks about her passion for energy policy, bringing r…

On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by Alex Delworth, Policy Associate at the Center for Rural Affairs. Alex and his organization have recently put together some resources for local officials in counties and municipalities in Midwestern states like Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota that are experiencing proposals from renewable…

Ben Catt, CEO of Pine Gate Renewables, joins the podcast to chat with Kaitlin Gebby about the company’s new nonprofit arm that emerged out of Hurricane Helene and how it underscored the renewable industry’s role in climate change. Later in the show, Catt also discusses key deals Pine Gate has announced in late 2024 and the political hurdles that la…

On this week's episode of NPM Interconnections, host Andrew Burnes is joined by Doral Renewables’ CEO and Co-Founder Nick Cohen, VP of Development Jon Baker and VP of Development and Agrivoltaics, Ed Baptista. All three guests have been directly involved in the development of two of the largest projects in the Midwest - Indiana's 1.3 GW Mammoth Sol…

NPM US reporter Skyler Frazer speaks with Todd Fryatt, CEO and founder of ECA Solar, a solar and battery storage project developer with operations across the US. Todd discusses the practice of safe harboring solar projects and what companies across the solar industry are doing ahead of the Trump Administration taking over in January. Todd also talk…

NPM Europe’s Jon McNair speaks with JP Cerda, the CEO and co-founder of Renewabl, which is a start-up that aims to help companies better procure and manage their clean energy supplies, while aiming to avoid greenwashing. Across a wide-ranging discussion, JP gives us his perspectives on the renewable electricity purchasing market, the role of PPAs a…

Allan T. Marks, a partner with Milbank and a member of the firm’s Global Project Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group and senior fellow at Columbia University in the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, joins Jon Berke on the podcast to discuss the impacts that the incoming Trump administration will have on clean energy policy. More broadl…

NPM Europe editor Peter Kneller welcomes Rosalind Smith-Maxwell, a Director at Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners onto the pod to discuss the UK planning environment, grid delays and how to solve them. She also reviews the challenges facing the battery storage market and factors to bear in mind as the industry turns its attention to CfD Allocation R…

Foresight Group Managing Director Ross Driver joins the podcast this week to assess the current fundraising and investment landscape for listed renewable energy funds, such as Foresight Solar Fund for which he oversees the mandate. These listed investment trusts, or yieldcos as they are often known, are almost universally trading at discounts to NA…

Ben Huffman, a partner in Sheppard Mullin’s energy infrastructure and project finance team joins the NPM podcast to discuss some trends emerging in debt financing and tax transferability. Later in the program, Huffman discusses what impact if any, the looming elections will have on clean energy policy. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, int…

Joel Gamoran, Arcadia’s Vice President & General Manager, Energy Services joins reporter Michelle France to discuss the community solar subscription landscape, the monetization of IRA incentives, and a unique community solar model that doesn't require community solar legislation. You can hear Joel speak more during the first panel at NPM's Distribu…

​On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by Scout Clean Energy's new Chief Development Officer Kris Cheney, who started at the company over the summer following a 15-year stretch at EDPR. Cheney discusses his move to Scout and draws parallels to EDPR's growth trajectory from a mid-size wind developer to where it is today and the possibility…