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Podcast: In Celebration of Women’s History Month, Get to Know Britta Von Oesen

Britta von Oesen, Managing Director at CohnReznick Capital, sheds light on motivation, the keys to building a successful advisory practice, and critical advice for renewable energy clients. Key…

The Year In Renewables Financing Trends and Looking Ahead to 2020

It was a good year for renewable energy. Declining prices and increased demand are expected to continue driving the growth of wind and solar over the next five…

The Changing Dynamics of Renewable Asset Sell-Downs

Asset sell-downs are nothing new in the renewable energy industry. But as the scale and number of renewable projects have grown, the appetite for buying and selling major…

Podcast – Clean Energy’s Ever-Changing Policy Risk

Britta von Oesen knows risk. She’s lived it. As an intern in Lehman Brothers’ global power group in 2008, she watched the collapse of the investment bank happen…

Financing Considerations for Commercial Solar into 2020 and Beyond

As organizations seek to manage energy costs and deliver on sustainability initiatives, more avenues are opening for companies looking to use distributed solar as a way to achieve…

Podcast: The Real Art of the Deal: How to Negotiate Billions in Renewables Projects

How do you broker billions of dollars worth of renewable energy deals — and do it again and again? It takes grit, sure. But it also requires empathy….

2019 Trends in Utility Renewable Energy Financing

Interest among utilities in owning wind and solar assets is steadily growing, and the mechanisms for building and acquiring renewables are quickly evolving. Utility companies like Colorado’s Xcel…

How Renewable Energy Providers Can Prepare for PG&E’s Bankruptcy

by Jeffrey R. Manning Despite its negative connotation, scores of America’s largest corporations including Texaco, WorldCom, Chrysler and General Motors, have successfully turned to Chapter 11 bankruptcy over the…

‘Let’s Tackle the Risks and Kick-start New York Community Solar’

The state’s ambitious climate targets have yet to spur widespread local deployment, but that could change by Britta von Oesen, Goksenin Ozturkeri and Eric Krostich Governor Andrew Cuomo…

On Demand Webinar: PG&E Bankruptcy: The Path Forward

With one of the largest bankruptcies in U.S. history in progress, how could the PG&E bankruptcy impact your enterprise? Please join bankruptcy authorities from CohnReznick, CohnReznick Capital, and…