EPC Solvency and Grid Connection
Lachlan Tait
15 years: Renewable energy & project finance lawyer
In this video, Lachlan covers the overarching challenges facing renewables as a sector and how the project contracts can be used to overcome or otherwise manage these challenges.
In this video, Lachlan covers the overarching challenges facing renewables as a sector and how the project contracts can be used to overcome or otherwise manage these challenges.
EPC Solvency and Grid Connection
10 mins 23 secs
The renewables sector, like other "sustainable" sectors, is booming and this boom is likely to continue. However, this doesn't automatically mean that renewables projects are easy or abundant. In fact, in many ways, they are becoming increasingly difficult to manage.
Key learning objectives:
What are the overarching challenges faced by renewables as a sector?
How can the project contracts be used to overcome these challenges?
Lachlan Tait
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