Wind Energy Finance & Investment Conference 2018

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Sessions (23)

Opening Remarks & AWEA Market Report

01 Oct 18
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Speaker(s): John Hensley ; Kevin Walsh

State of the Wind Industry

01 Oct 18
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Speaker(s): Anne McEntee ; Jacob Susman ; Keith Martin ; Tom Kiernan
Kick of the conference with a wide-ranging discussion of the current state of the U.S. wind industry as industry veterans lend their insights on th... More...

Market Update

01 Oct 18
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker(s): Julien Dumoulin-Smith

Wind Industry CEO Panel

01 Oct 18
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Speaker(s): Chris Brown ; David Giordano ; Florian Zerhusen ; Trevor Sholly
Gain perspective on the wind and broader power and utility landscape through the eyes of an equity research shop. This market update will explore t... More...

Wind Industry CFO Panel

01 Oct 18
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker(s): Chris Loehr ; Perry Offutt ; Ray Wood
A perennial must – CFOs provide their perspective on the state of wind energy financing, the cost of capital, impacts of tax reform, key mark... More...

The Long View from our Wind Finance Sages

01 Oct 18
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker(s): John Eber ; Kevin Walsh ; Susan Nickey
The industry is often beholden to the latest PTC cycle, construction season, or short-term demands of the market and investors, making it difficult... More...

Registration Opens

02 Oct 18
7:30 AM - 2:00 PM

Analyst Roundtable

02 Oct 18
8:30 AM - 9:05 AM
Speaker(s): Jeff Osborne ; Jonathan Windham ; Susan Nickey
Top power sector equity analysts join to discuss the current state of the power sector and wind energy’s competitive position in the market. ... More...

Tax Equity

02 Oct 18
9:05 AM - 9:40 AM
Speaker(s): Catherine Helleux ; Mit Buchanan ; Omer Farooq ; Santosh Raikar
No AWEA Finance and Investment Conference is complete without a tax equity panel. Top tax equity investors will discuss the key role of tax equity ... More...

Debt Market

02 Oct 18
9:40 AM - 10:15 AM
Speaker(s): Gregory Hutton ; Louise Pesce ; Meghan Schultz ; Nuno Dias Andrade
As the PTC phase down continues, leading lenders discuss debts markets and the increasing use of debt to finance wind projects. Relying more heavil... More...

Networking Break & Exhibits

02 Oct 18
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

M&A Update

02 Oct 18
10:45 AM - 11:20 AM
Speaker(s): Christopher Pih ; Frank Nicklaus ; Jeffrey Chester ; John Stinebaugh
Wind investors have been busy buying and selling assets and companies. As operating projects and development pipelines reach critical mass, the mar... More...

Corporate Offtake

02 Oct 18
11:20 AM - 11:55 AM
Speaker(s): Angelin Baskaran ; Colin Schofield ; Jacob Susman
Corporations have become a mainstay customer of wind energy, in some years representing over 50% of megawatts procured. As more and more companies ... More...

Manufacturers Perspective - Tariffs & Order Book

02 Oct 18
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Speaker(s): John Hensley ; Jose Antonio Miranda ; Josh Irwin ; Scott Stalica
Wind turbine costs are down and order books are flush, but risks loom large. Turbine manufacturing executives will provide their perspective on the... More...

Offshore Update

02 Oct 18
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker(s): Henrik Tordrup ; Karen Wong ; Kunal Patel

Repowering Update

02 Oct 18
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker(s): Gaurav Raniwala ; Gregory Wolf ; Lance Brasher ; Tom Festle
The PTC phase down offers a rare opportunity to reinvest in mid-life assets to take advantage of technology innovation and performance improvements... More...

A Look into the Future of Wind

02 Oct 18
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker(s): Jim Adams ; Luke Lewandowski ; Maxwell Cohen ; Tom Kiernan
Closing out the conference, this forward-looking session will focus on the outlook of the wind industry. Panelist will provide their perspective of... More...