SMP 75: Mid-Year Solar Trends 2020

Solar Maverick Podcast

English - June 09, 2020 10:00 - 21 minutes - 48.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 77 ratings
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SMP 75: Mid-Year Solar Trends 2020

June 9, 2020

Episode Summary

In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy, the host of the podcast, speaks about mid-year trends in solar. He talks about how COVID-19 had a major impact on the solar industry. Benoy speaks about how third party financing will be more popular post COVID-19 and states will continue to take leadership role in promoting renewables. He also discusses about the continued growth of community solar and solar plus storage and stand alone storage will grow exponentially in the future.

Our Host

Benoy Thanjan

Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy, as well as an advisor for several solar startup companies. Reneu Energy is a premier international solar energy consulting firm and developer, and the company focuses on developing commercial and industrial solar, as well as utility-scale solar plus storage projects. The company also sources financing for solar projects and hedges both energy and environmental commodities.

Benoy received his first experience in Finance as an intern at D.E. Shaw & Co., which is a global investment firm with 37 billion dollars in investment capital. Before founding Reneu Energy, he was the SREC Trader in the Project Finance Group for SolarCity, which merged with Tesla in 2016. He originated SREC trades with buyers and co-developed their SREC monetization and hedging strategy with the senior management of SolarCity, to move into the east coast markets. Benoy also worked at Vanguard Energy Partners, Ridgewood Renewable Power, and Deloitte & Touche.

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Benoy Thanjan

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: @bthanjan

Website: https://www.reneuenergy.com

Article Links discussed in the podcast

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