Currents
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Currents
Currents is a podcast published by Norton Rose Fulbright that features in-depth discussions on the latest developments in project finance. The podcast is hosted by partner Todd Alexander, who interviews key business leaders and policy makers to investigate important trends affecting the energy and i...
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Ep355: How Data Centers Are Reshaping Project Finance
Ralph Cho, co‑chief executive officer and founding member of Apterra Infrastructure Finance, joins host Todd Alexander to discuss the rapid growth of...
Ep354: How Developers Can Protect Their Tax Credits
Alan Cordova, head of strategy at Empact Technologies, discusses how developers can manage compliance risks related to prevailing wage, FEOC restricti...
Ep353: Navigating FEOC and Tax Credit Uncertainty
Dorian Hunt, partner and head of renewable energy at Leo Berwick, discusses how evolving FEOC restrictions, tax credit market dynamics and regulatory...
Ep352: Key Developments in the Energy Sector
Nick Bradley, director of renewables advisory at Arcadia, which is a global utility data and energy solutions platform for enterprises, discusses tren...
Ep351: Challenges and Opportunities in Distributed Solar
John Stroud, managing director at Limes Renewable Energy North America, discusses the challenges and opportunities in developing community solar and d...
Ep350: How Lenders Manage Credit Risk with Insurance
Ben Roberts, president of Texel Group, discusses how non‑payment insurance works in project finance and how lenders use it to manage credit risk, allo...
Ep349: Meeting Surging Power Demand with Gas Assets
John Bills and Adil Sener of PEI Global Partners discuss the renewed interest in gas‑fired power assets driven by rising electricity demand, data cent...
Ep348: Key Risks Shaping the Solar Industry
Jason Kaminsky, CEO of kWh Analytics, discusses key findings from the 2026 Solar Risk Assessment Report, including trends in reliability, insurance an...
Ep347: The Role of Distributed Solar in a High‑Demand Grid
Zaid Ashai, CEO of Nexamp, discusses how distributed generation and community solar can support rapidly growing electricity demand, improve grid resil...
Ep346: Rethinking Nuclear Approvals in the AI Era
Kevin Kong, CEO and founder of Everstar, discusses how artificial intelligence can streamline nuclear licensing and accelerate the deployment of advan...
Ep345: Funding the Next Generation of Energy Technologies
Brandon Owens, vice president of innovation and research at NYSERDA, discusses how New York is supporting energy innovation through grants and researc...
Ep344: Update on FEOC and Its Market Impact
Keith Martin, Norton Rose Fulbright partner, gives an update on the FEOC restrictions on use of clean energy tax credits, including compliance challen...
Ep343: Off‑Grid Solar for Public Spaces and Communities
Vanessa Branco, chief sales and marketing officer of Sunbolt, discusses off‑grid solar and battery solutions that provide reliable, low‑maintenance po...
Ep342: Meeting Baseload Demand with Nuclear and Gas
Richard Taylor, CEO of ONE Nuclear, discusses developing hybrid natural gas and small modular nuclear power projects to meet growing data center deman...
Ep341: Onsite Power Solutions for Data Centers
Rebecca McDonald, VP of data center energy solutions at Bloom Energy, discusses how onsite fuel cell generation is being used to meet data center powe...
Ep340: Distributed Generation in a Constrained Grid
Rich Dovere, CEO of Dispatch Energy, discusses the opportunities and challenges of developing distributed generation amid rising power demand, transmi...
Ep339: Adapting Community Solar for a New Grid
Aaron Halimi, CEO of Renewable Properties, discusses how community solar and distributed generation are adapting during a period when traditional subs...
Ep338: A New Use for Old Wells
Kemp Gregory, CEO of Renewell Energy, discusses a novel energy storage approach that repurposes idle oil and gas wells into gravity‑based storage sys...
Ep337: How Tax Credit Markets Weathered 2025
Alfred Johnson, co‑founder and CEO of Crux, discusses key findings from Crux’s latest analysis of the clean energy finance market, including trends in...
Ep336: Supreme Court Strikes Down Tariffs
Stefan Reisinger, Norton Rose Fulbright partner, joins us to discuss the ruling by the United States Supreme Court to strike down the tariffs imposed...
Ep335: New IRS Guidance on FEOC and 45Z Tax Credits
Keith Martin, Norton Rose Fulbright partner, discusses newly issued IRS guidance on the FEOC rules, explaining how the Treasury clarified the calculat...
Ep334: Renewables Development in a Demand‑Driven Market
Jim Spencer, CEO of Exus Renewables North America, discusses the company’s recent $400 million corporate debt raise and how rising demand is reshaping...
Ep333: Rethinking Forecasts in an Uncertain Climate
Rob Cirincione of Sunairio explains why traditional weather models miss the extreme events that drive grid risk and how high‑resolution, ensemble‑base...
Ep332: Forecasting Energy Trends for 2026
Robbie Orvis of Energy Innovation discusses how shifting federal policies, tax credit changes and rising electricity demand shaped renewable energy de...
Ep331: Cost of capital: 2026 outlook
Four project finance industry veterans talk about what to expect this year for tax equity, tax credit sales and debt. The four are Jack Cargas, managi...
Ep330: Using Curtailed Power for Data Centers
John Belizaire, CEO of Soluna Holdings, discusses how the company develops data centers co‑located with renewable power plants to use curtailed energy...
Ep329: Building and Scaling Renewable Projects in a Shifting Policy Environment
David Lillefloren and Tyler Hall of SunRaycer discuss launching and scaling a renewable energy development platform, from team-building and capital st...
Ep328: Optimizing Distributed Generation Assets
Barrett Bilotta, CEO of Agilitas Energy, discusses the company's integrated approach to renewable energy development and recent trends in distributed...
Ep327: Market Dynamics in Tax Credit Insurance
Dan Berger, managing director at Lockton Companies, discusses recent trends, challenges and developments in the tax credit insurance market.
Ep326: How Linear Generators Empower Businesses
Shannon Miller, CEO of Mainspring Energy, describes the company’s modular linear generator technology and discusses its potential uses and cost consid...
Ep325: New Rules for Private Power in Mexico
Raquel Bierzwinsky, Norton Rose Fulbright partner, discusses the latest reforms to Mexico’s power sector, highlighting how new regulations are creatin...
Ep324: Evolving Community Solar and Storage
Stefano Ratti, CEO of Chaberton Energy, shares how his team is evolving from solar-only development to integrating storage and navigating shifting mar...
Ep323: Data center financings: Part II
Four industry experts discuss about the latest trends, challenges and opportunities in data center financings. The four are Claus Hertel, managing dir...
Ep322: Data centers: Construction, contracts and debt
Luke Edney in Austin, Christy Rivera in New York, and Shelley Eichenlaub in Houston discuss with industry expert Lyndi Stone, principal corporate coun...
Ep321: Financing the Next Wave of Nuclear
Jake Jurewicz, CEO of Blue Energy, shares how modular, prefabricated nuclear power plants could dramatically reduce costs and timelines and unlock new...
Ep320: Streamlining Utility Planning for Rapid Deployment
Pier LaFarge, CEO of Sparkfund, explains how distributed capacity procurement is helping utilities rapidly deploy batteries and other distributed ener...
Ep319: Bringing Transparency to Clean Energy Certificates
Ben Gerber, CEO of CleanCounts, explains how its nonprofit registry brings transparency and reliability to renewable energy and thermal certificate ma...
Ep318: TDK Ventures on Emerging Energy Tech
Nicolas Sauvage, president of TDK Ventures, discusses how AI-driven energy demand, emerging battery technologies like sodium-ion and shifting geopolit...
Ep317: Tariffs and the Future of Battery Storage
Dan Finn-Foley, director of energy storage market intelligence at Clean Energy Associates, discusses the impact of tariffs, shifting supply chains and...
Ep316: How Captona is Scaling Energy Transition Assets
Izzet Bensusan, CEO of Captona, shares how his team is investing in renewables, storage and clean fuels while using preferred equity structures and pr...