Biomass Thermal Financing and Carbon Credits Feature of June 29 BTEC Webinar

Register now for the free webcast, “Biomass Thermal Finance: Options, steps, and resources for biomass project development,” on Wednesday, June 29 at 2PM ET by the Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC), and hear from three experienced panelists on their insights into financing models for varying scales of biomass thermal projects. This is the seventh webinar in a series funded in part by the USDA's Wood Education and Resource Center (WERC).

Rising fossil fuel costs and environmental concerns are raising interest in wider use of biomass for heating and combined heat and power applications. As with any capital intensive projects, biomass thermal energy project developments must make sense on paper before implementation can begin. Yet, these projects often weigh different financial approaches than other energy sources.

This free webinar will highlight successful financing models for commercial to industrial sized biomass energy facilities with a focus on thermal energy production. Attend and learn:

• Considerations for making a project financeable and increasing project success
• Financing options for large, industrial scale biomass facilities
• How community sized projects leverage public support and incentives
• Why environmental commodities like carbon credits may add increased value to biomass thermal projects
• How real world projects combine local, state, federal, and international financial resources

Registration Details

• Advance registration is required, click here to sign-up>> 
• This webinar is free of charge
• You only need a computer, internet access, and at least one hour of your time
• Time and Date: Wednesday, June 29 at 2PM ET

Speakers

Greg Montgomery, Managing Partner, Abundant Power

Prior to joining Abundant Power as a Managing Partner, Greg was the Founder and Managing Director of MCF Advisors in Charlotte, NC, a boutique investment banking firm providing mergers and acquisitions advice and capital formation strategies to privately-held middle market businesses, with a focus over the past several years on the energy industry, and particularly renewables including the solar, methane, biodiesel and carbon credit sectors. Previously he was the Managing Director of the Royal Bank of Canada’s internal investment banking unit for its commercial banking operations based in Charlotte, NC, and prior to that a co-founder and Managing Director of Capital Investment Partners, a private investment banking firm focused on small to middle market transactions in Raleigh, NC. Previously, Mr. Montgomery practiced corporate and securities law in Raleigh, NC and Baltimore, MD. He received a JD/MBA from Tulane University, a BA in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia, and his preparatory education at the Hotchkiss School.

 

Fred Reagan, Facilities Director, Merrimack Valley School District

Fred has worked for the Merrimack Valley School District for 18 years. He started out working as a custodian in 1992. He has held the Facilities Director's position since 1997. He and his department have overseen construction projects totaling $35,000,000 dollars. These projects include a new 66,000 square foot elementary school as well as additions and renovations to several schools, a total renovation to the high school, a new bus garage and the bio mass wood chip heat plant. He lives in Boscawen, NH with his wife Andrea and two youngest children Tyler and Emily.

 

 

Dan Kuipers, Managing Partner, Sustainable Energy Financing, LLC

Dan is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Sustainable Energy Financing and recently became one of the first in the United States to be certified as a GHG Inventory Quantification specialist. He has three years experience in project management and development of biomass utilization implementation projects as well as other renewable energy applications. His work concentration includes development of US based carbon offset projects, securing grant funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, and consulting on sound energy and carbon reduction strategies for energy, agricultural, and other natural resource based companies.

 

 

Moderated by Joseph Seymour, Program Coordinator Policy and Government Affairs, Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC)

Joseph Seymour is coordinating the policy and regulatory activities of the Biomass thermal Energy Council since 2010. In this time, he has been responsible for the coordination of regulatory responses to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on various issues, including biomass boiler emissions limits and non-hazardous solid waste definitions; congressional hearings through structured statements, including the continuation of the Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit of U.S.C 48(C).

 

For more information on the webinar series, please visit http://www.biomassthermal.org/resource/webinars.asp or email joseph.seymour@biomassthermal.org