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Financing for Clean Energy Entrepreneurs. To succeed in this fast-paced industry, entrepreneurs and project developers need access to financing. This panel will focus on creative financing models that can create win-win solutions within the current regulatory landscape.
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Financing for Clean Energy Entrepreneurs To succeed in this fast-paced industry, entrepreneurs and project developers need access to financing. This panel will focus on creative financing models that can create win-win solutions within the current regulatory landscape. Moderator: Alec Guettel, Co-founder, SungevityPanelistsDoug Beebe, VP of Energy Finance, Key Equipment Finance Eric Cohen, Senior Commercial Relationship Manager, Fifth Third Bank Melissa Malkin-Weber, Green Initiatives Manager, Self-Help Credit Union David Scoglio, Chief Financial Officer, Strata Solar UNC Friday Center • Redbud Auditorium
Alec Guettel Co-founder Sungevity
Key Equipment Finance Energy Finance Overview NC Clean Tech Summit Doug Beebe Vice President, Energy Finance
Clean Energy Finance Trends • Clean energy is financed in many creative ways • Traditional companies are doing it – no longer a fringe business • Renewables are more economical than ever • Shift from environmentalists to business people • Clean energy is growing rapidly and needs your help! • Get involved! • We need more people like you working in clean energy!
Key Bank • Traditional bank succeeding in a non-traditional space • Started in 1858 in Cleveland/ Publicly traded on NYSE: KEY • Top 20 Bank: Among nation’s largest, well-capitalized • $92.9 Billion in Assets • Expertise in customized energy lease transactions • Key Equipment Finance (KEF) is a subsidiary of Key Bank, based in Superior, CO (near Boulder, CO)
Key Energy Practice • $1 Billion + energy portfolio • 80 + wind and solar finance transactions • Financing energy assets since the 1990’s • Leasing and Project Finance • KEF markets the energy lease product
Key Equipment Finance profile Products and services • Key Bank’s Leasing Business • $9.1 billion in assets • $4.3 billion of originations • 540 employees globally • Market specialization: • Energy • Key Government Finance • Information Technology • Healthcare • Specialty Vehicles • Corporate Aviation • Other verticals coming soon! • www.keyequipmentfinance.com Community Bank Local Market Knowledge* Investments Private Banking Retail Banking Loans* Leases* Treasury ManagementDeposits Corporate Bank Industry Expertise* Financial Advisory Capital Markets* Investment Banking *Creates Synergies with Key Equipment Finance
KEF leasing capabilities • Alternative to PPA financing • Incentives belong to the lessee/ end user • 100% Financing • Direct, full-recourse leases and loans • Capital lease / Non-tax lease • Operating lease / Tax lease • Tax structure expertise • Can offer caps for FMV purchase options • Synthetic Lease • Hybrid of Capital and Operating Leases • Loans • 7 – 10-year terms • Transaction size: $250,000+, no maximum • Construction financing • Syndication to broaden tax and risk appetite
Doug Beebe VP of Energy Finance Key Equipment Finance
Eric Cohen Senior Commercial Relationship Manager Fifth Third Bank
Melissa Malkin-Weber Green Initiatives Manager Self-Help Credit Union
David Scoglio Chief Financial Officer Strata Solar