GreenFront is pleased to announce the successful closing of Energy Assurance’s sale to Element Materials. EA is a leading cell and battery testing company in North America with over a decade of experience in the battery-powered products industry. The company provides testing services for the world's leading electric vehicle, energy storage, and connected technology businesses, helping to enable widespread electrification and support the overall Energy Transition.

In light of ongoing development challenges and uncertainty around federal policy, investment appetite for Alternative Energy remains strong. Last year, investors deployed $900 billion of capital toward Energy Transition and Climate Tech sectors and more is expected in 2022 despite recent market underperformance. Areas like Hydrogen, Electrification, and Alternative Energy Services/Infrastructure are front of mind for private equity and venture investors due to compressed returns in more “traditional” verticals like solar and wind.

Momentum supporting the Energy Transition continues to build. This quarter we’ve already seen a handful of major IPOs, large platform investments in AE developers, and more activity from traditional O&G investors/operators securing positions in CCUS/RNG and other renewable fuels; not to mention the $1.2tn infrastructure bill signed into law just this week. The ecosystem of capital providers continues to evolve capital is being deployed into wide-ranging segments far beyond just energy production.

Joint effort will unlock greater emissions reductions by enabling renewable PPAs to target grid regions where clean energy can displace more fossil-fueled emissions

GreenFront’s market update is way of helping readers to stay up to speed on topics like M&A, Capital Markets, Project Development, ESG, and Corporate PPA Activity.

We cover companies and activity across the AE value chain, with a focus on Wind, Solar, Storage, Renewable Natural Gas (RNG), Carbon Capture & Sequestration (CCS), Hydrogen, and Cleantech.

Greenbacker’s Strategic Investment Will Support a 1-Gigawatt Pipeline of Solar and Storage Projects in the Commonwealth of Virginia

Equity Investment from Alerion RE will Support Solar Projects in Education, Healthcare and Local Government in Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina

Aggressive goals from the new administration add to the momentum of the clean energy transition. In April, the Biden administration committed to reducing U.S. GHG emissions by half below 2005 levels by 2030. The American Jobs Plan will provide a jumpstart toward that goal by extending renewable tax credits, developing a federal clean energy framework, and investing heavily in state and local clean energy development.

Enjoy our Q2’21 market update and don’t hesitate to reach out to our team with questions, comments, or any feedback you have.

April 22, 2021

On March 31st, in Pittsburgh, PA President Joe Biden announced his plans for a sweeping new infrastructure package as part of the American Jobs Plan. The bill is intended to support the U.S. goals of 100% clean power by 2035 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Transaction Complements Nucor’s Recent Solar VPPA, Supplying 24-Hour Renewable Power to the Regional Grid

2021 is poised to be a dynamic year. Demand for renewables continues to grow as corporates make more ambitious commitments to sustainability and decarbonization is top of mind for utility management teams and investors alike. As GreenFront begins its second year as an independent firm focused exclusively on Alternative Energy, we are excited to continue bringing together the financial, intellectual, entrepreneurial, and natural resources to meaningfully decarbonize our energy sector.

Enjoy our Q1’21 market update and don’t hesitate to reach out to our team with questions, comments, or any feedback you may have.

The transaction underscores GreenFront’s commitment to expanding the universe of corporate renewable energy buyers by focusing on the needs of heavy industrials.

GreenFront Energy’s market update is designed to provide a quarterly snapshot of market trends across the Alternative Energy (AE) landscape. Our intent is not to provide exhaustive research on each topic, but to distill a large amount of information into an organized, easily readable, reference document that enables our readers to stay up to speed on topics like M&A, Capital Markets, Project Development, ESG, and Corporate PPA Activity.

September 9, 2020

A number of major transactions have been announced in just the last 30 days, which highlight increasing interest in U.S. wind, solar, and storage assets from foreign institutional capital. This deep pool of global funding continues to grow in importance, enabling developers to recycle capital invested in operating projects to fund development pipelines. These transactions are becoming increasingly common as the market matures and developers seize on robust demand for diversified portfolios of long-life yielding assets.

June 29, 2020

The virtual pitch linked below offers a high level overview of the important concepts associated with corporate PPA’s for Renewable Energy. Topics covered include corporate PPA mechanics, PPA market trends, corporate PPA process components, and important considerations for successfully signing a corporate PPA.

May 11, 2020

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) topics have made prominent headlines for the last decade, with themes ranging from ESG's impact on investment returns, to its influence on corporate policy and decision-making. Lately, we've read a number of articles that question the staying power of these initiatives as businesses grapple to cope with the economic fallout from the Coronavirus. Here's our take.

April 27, 2020

The past 2 months of COVID related disruptions has changed the landscape in ways we are just beginning to grasp – societally, economically, and individually.

April 1, 2020

The promise of technological advances revolutionizing the age-old electric utility model has been around for decades, but this time that promise might just become reality.

February 13, 2020

The renewables landscape is in a constant state of change, whether it be from new technologies, shifts in policy, creative financing methods, or any number of other variants. We’ve cut through the noise to bring you the most impactful developments of the past 12 months.