Wood Mackenzie Research Spotlight

Wood Mackenzie will break down different potential scenarios for how the coronavirus pandemic – and the economic downturn derived from it – will impact large-scale solar development across the United States.

This condensed presentation will different outlooks for how COVID-19 will impact utility-scale project pipelines, taking into account how additional drivers (from the likelihood of a V-shaped economic recovery or continued erosion of energy demand to the result of the November Presidential Election) will impact future growth in the market. #showall

Ravi Manghani, Head of Solar, Wood Mackenzie

Panel: Mitigating the Impact of Interconnection Delays

A C-level executive with a top-tier EPC/Development firm building projects in key U.S. markets will provide a unique perspective to understand the extent to which the coronavirus pandemic has impacted construction and interconnection delays for large-scale solar projects.

Paul Turner, Vice President of Business Development, Hecate Energy
Arthur Medina, Vice President, Digital Transformation, ThoughtTrace

Moderator: Emma Foehringer Merchant, Writer, Greentech Media

Panel: Financing Large-Scale Solar in a Post-COVID-19 World

This panel discussion will bring the perspective of the leading solar developers in the U.S. to evaluate how the coronavirus pandemic and global economic recession will affect available pools of capital for large-scale solar development.

The senior executives participating in the discussion will touch on the future of long-term debt, tax equity and the impacts on project returns, as well as how to identify pockets of capital that will potentially dry up and new investor profiles getting into large-scale solar in the next few years, among other key topics. #showall

Cassidy DeLine, Vice President, Project Finance, Cypress Creek Renewables
Erik Lensch, CEO, Leyline Renewable Capital
Jimmy Chuang, Chief Capital Markets Officer, Strata Solar

Moderator: Colin Smith, Senior Analyst, Solar, Wood Mackenzie