Renewable Energy Project Finance Basics

Join us as Joshua Pearson discusses the basics of renewable energy projects. Josh is Vice President-Legal and Associate General Counsel for EDF Renewables, a renewable energy company which develops, constructs and is a long-term owner and operator of wind and solar electricity generation and storage projects. Josh's day-to-day responsibilities include negotiating, drafting, and critical review of M&A transactions, power and environmental attribute offtake and derivatives transactions, permitting and environmental matters, interconnection and transmission agreements, equipment procurement and project construction (EPC) contracts, debt and tax equity financings, as well as operations and maintenance and asset management agreements. Josh spent eight years working at two nationally recognized law firms before joining EDF Renewables in 2009.

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DEC New Energy Series

Sarah Kelly, Post-doctoral researcher in the Anthropology Department at Dartmouth College will share her work on her IIES seed funded grant on Survey of Energy and Indigenous Environmental Studies in the Americas.

"New Energy: Conversations with Early-Career Energy Researchers" is a new online series featuring graduate, post-doctoral, and other early-career researchers sharing their discoveries and perspectives on energy-related topics. From policy to analysis to emerging research, this bi-weekly series will give anyone interested in energy the opportunity to learn from the rising stars in the field.

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Power-Up Thursday: Solar 101

Join the Revers Center for Solar 101! Led by T’21s Anna Douglas, Weikang Li, and Robert Sewell, the session will provide an overview of the full solar value chain—from PV technology to construction and installation. Robert will also offer a deep dive on his experience as CEO and founder of solar start-up VesprSolar, which is focused on making solar installation faster, cheaper, and more reliable.

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Electric Industry Discourse on Climate Change and Weather

What can be learned about electric industry companies' behavior, plans, and positioning from what they say, and how they say it, in legally required public disclosures? Motivations of electric industry companies are assumed, often reasonably, to reflect general corporate attributes, such as profit-driven decisions and use of the considerable information on how weather events affect electric system reliability. In the midst of large-scale weather-related power interruptions, many may question a company's operational planning, as well as its ability to identify risk. Julia Chelen, Research Associate with The Dartmouth Institute at the Geisel School of Medicine, will discuss how behavioral decision research can be used to identify meaningful differences between individual companies and assess how a company may act in the future.

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Redlining, The Creation of LA Neighborhoods & Impacts on Communities of Color

Professor Michael Lens of UCLA gives the first lecture of the "Crossroads: Intersections of Los Angeles' Energy, Environmental, Housing, and Racial Justice Movements." The Crossroads series will feature academics, grassroots activists, lawyers, local government officials, and nonprofit organizations and will focus on three interconnected landscapes: housing resources, policing, and environmental racism.

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The Role of Private Investors and Markets in an Equitable and Innovative Clean Energy Transition

What role have private investors and markets played in spurring the clean energy transition? How has that role changed in recent years? How will that role change in the future? What role will private investors and markets play in making the clean energy transition more equitable, particularly regarding inequality gaps and issues of racial, social, and environmental justice? How will the Biden Administration impact private markets and investors' strategies to achieve renewable energy mandates while creating clean energy access for everyone?

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2021 Climate and Clean Energy Youth Forum

The Revers Center for Energy is pleased to co-sponsor this year's Climate and Clean Energy Youth Forum along-side Revision Energy, Stonyfield Organic, Hubbard Brook Foundation, the LCV, and Sustainable Future Consulting. Climate change and environmental justice are among the most pressing issues of our time. We will engage students and young professionals with regional and national climate leaders!

Climate change and environmental justice are among the most pressing issues of our time. On the basis of these shared beliefs, the event hosts are convening the Climate and Clean Energy Youth Forum 2021 on March 8, 2021 to engage students and young professionals with regional and national climate leaders, New Hampshire’s congressional delegation, scientists, business leaders, and environmental justice champions. 

Our goals are to:
- raise awareness about the implementation of climate and clean energy plans
- discuss intergenerational science and policy opportunities for environmental justice
- explore job growth potential in an emerging clean energy economy.

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DEC Energy Seminars: Finance Perspectives on Climate and Infrastructure

In the fourth session of our winter series, Dartmouth's Matt Delmont and CEO/founder of refocus partners Shalini Vajjhala discuss equity and finance in climate and infrastructure.

How do we finance the energy transition, ensuring that there is an adequate — and equitable — investment in the infrastructure needed to move toward a more sustainable energy future for all? In our fourth session, "Finance Perspectives on Infrastructure and Climate," Dartmouth Professor Matthew Delmont and Founder & CEO of re:focus partners Shalini Vajjhala will share their perspectives.

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