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“Green Queen” Britta von Oesen in Colgate Magazine

Originally published in the Winter 2021 edition of Colgate Magazine. As a staunch environmentalist, Britta Von Oesen ’03 attended Cornell University business school to gain more experience in sustainability…

CohnReznick Capital Advises CarVal Investors in Raising Tax Equity for a 20MW/3.75MWh DG Solar and Battery Storage Portfolio

Funds managed by CarVal Investors, a global alternative investment manager active in renewables, have closed on tax equity financing for Project Sky, a 20MW/3.75MWh distributed generation solar and…

CohnReznick Capital Advises Summit Ridge Energy on Tax Equity Raise for 73MW Community Solar Portfolio

Summit Ridge Energy, a leading owner-operator of U.S. based community solar projects, has successfully closed on a $55 million tax equity commitment from investment manager Foss & Company for a 73MW portfolio…

Renewable Energy Financing Trends: The Year Ahead

One year ago few could have predicted that 2020 would be so completely defined by the global coronavirus pandemic, which seismically disrupted how people live, work and learn….

CohnReznick Capital Advises sPower in Raising Tax Equity for 155MW Solar Portfolio

CohnReznick Capital is pleased to announce that sPower, which merged with AES’ clean energy business early this year, has secured tax equity financing for the 155MW North Peak…

CohnReznick Capital Advises Lightsource bp in Raising Tax Equity for 316MW Solar Portfolio in Texas

Lightsource bp, a global leader in the development and management of solar energy projects, has successfully closed on a tax equity investment from Bank of America for a…

CohnReznick Capital Advises First Solar on Sale of Solar Development Platform to Leeward Renewable Energy

First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) has entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC (“Leeward”), as a result of which Leeward will…

CohnReznick Capital Advises Ecoplexus on Equity Interest Sale in 100MW Solar Portfolio

Ecoplexus Inc., a leading renewables developer and Independent Power Producer, has sold partial equity interests in the 50MW, California-based Distributed Generation (CA-SUN) portfolio and the 50MW Minnesota-based Community…

CohnReznick Capital Advises Fifth Third Bank on Sale Leaseback for Community Solar and Distributed Generation Solar Portfolios

Fifth Third Bank, National Association, a subsidiary of Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB, “Fifth Third”), an award-winning provider of green financing, has closed on construction debt and tax…

Conor McKenna Quoted in Financial Times on the Availability of Tax Equity for Renewables

US Renewables Look to Plug Funding Gap as Pandemic Hits Tax Incentives – For decades, big banks and investors have ploughed tens of billions of dollars into US renewable…