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March 4th, 2024   |   CWP Energy Solutions

While last year’s ERCOT Summit had a distinct flavor and theme, focusing primarily on the new Performance Credit Mechanism (PCM), this year the talk was all about energy storage.

January 8th, 2024   |   Matt Brown

As I come to the end of my 15th year in the power markets, it never ceases to amaze me how much and how quickly things can change in an industry that rarely receives plaudits for moving quickly. 

October 23, 2023   |   CWP Energy Solutions 

As a tax-equity investor or project owner, you might have considered utilizing asset-backed trading to protect your PTCs and stabilize revenues. But does trading around your asset add risk?

October 9, 2023   |   CWP Energy Solutions

Last week CWP Energy Solutions was in Austin, TX at the Annual Gulf Coast Power Association Fall Conference, where we were able to talk power markets, risk management and more with market participants across North America.

September 25, 2023 | CWP Energy Solutions

As ERCOT continues to change and evolve – both from the perspective of market design and fundamentals alike – the need for market knowledge (and how to manage the resulting risk) is paramount to managing a resource portfolio. 

September 12, 2023 | Chris O’Donnell 

Since 2021, basis has resulted in significant losses across many ISOs. For a sample 100 MW renewable project, the range of bottom line implications has ranged from half a million to near $13 million annually.

August 28, 2023 | CWP Energy Solutions

As ESG mandates and scrutiny of publicly-traded companies continue to rise, the demand for clean power purchases has also increased.

August 18, 2023 | CWP Energy Solutions

It’s no secret – a massive amount of solar capacity has come online within the continental US across the last decade. 

With over 25 gigawatts of solar capacity still anticipated to come online in ERCOT in the coming years, the “duck curve” emergence in Texas is not as far off as one may believe. 

August 2, 2023 | CWP Energy Solutions

The days of $10/MMBtu Henry Hub now seem like a distant memory. 

Though it may not be keeping asset owners up at night right now, basis and price dislocation are continued concerns, and the general lack of congestion poses an opportunity to get a plan in place to be proactive in managing asset risks. 

July 17, 2023 | CWP Energy Solutions

As temperatures continue to rise, we are eyeing a multitude of emerging market dynamics affecting North American Power Markets.

June 2, 2023 | Matt Brown

With fifteen years in the power markets, the only real constant I have seen is change.

May 9, 2023 | CWP Energy Solutions

Throughout the past decade, the Western United States has experienced extremes in water supply spanning multiple years, with the most recent drought starting in 2020.

Entering 2023, California ISO is now faced with a new problem: managing excess hydroelectric generation. 

April 28, 2023 | CWP Energy Solutions

As experienced energy traders and asset managers, we have seen a wide slate of successful and unsuccessful strategies aimed at optimizing assets.  However, all too often these strategies are met with antiquated questions that lead to paralysis and inefficient outcomes. 

We outline some of the most common below!

April 12, 2023 | CWP Energy Solutions

This week, we appeared on the Digital Wildcatter’s Energizing Bitcoin podcast, “Exploring the Synergies Between Bitcoin Mining and Renewable Energy” alongside Foundry Digital. 

Tune in and join Chris and Kieran on this journey, you don’t want to miss this! 

April 7, 2023 | CWP Energy Solutions

While battery storage costs have decreased, they are still expensive resources with a future cash flow that is difficult to value, leading to what will become the most popular question among the development community in 2023: What is the best way to finance battery storage?

March 6 | CWP Energy Solutions

If wholesale power markets and cryptocurrencies share one common trait, it is volatility. The rise in popularity of cryptocurrency, particularly Bitcoin, has resulted in a variety of externalities. Outside of contentious discussion around family holidays, one of the biggest impacts has been to energy consumption.

November 29, 2022 | Alain Brisebois

After years of permitting, supply chain delays and financing, you finally close on the project that has kept you and the development team ...

November 21, 2022 | CWP Energy Solutions

Congestion throughout 2022 has fluctuated vastly throughout the year, particularly in regions with substantial concentrations of wind.

October 11, 2022 | CWP Energy Solutions

Contracting an asset at the settlement hub can be a very comforting thing until the price at the injection node starts to deviate from the price of the ...

March 10, 2022 | Alain Brisebois

It’s no secret to anyone, financing renewable projects isn't as easy as it used to be. 

February 17, 2022 | Alain Brisebois

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