The IJGlobal Podcast

REFF Wall Street - Charles Donovan on US Renewables

September 21, 2023 Season 1 Episode 47
The IJGlobal Podcast
REFF Wall Street - Charles Donovan on US Renewables
Show Notes

The IJGlobal podcast is on its travels again, this time in New York at its REFF Wall Street conference run in partnership with Power Finance & Risk.

IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville collared keynote speaker Charles Donovan as he left the stage to record this latest episode of Infra Dig that focuses on the renewable energy scene in the US.

Charles is professor of practice in the department of finance and business economics at the University of Washington and senior economic adviser to Impax Asset Management.

He was previously professor of practice at Imperial College London, executive director at the Centre for Climate Finance and Investment at Imperial College Business School, and academic director of Imperial’s MSc in Climate Change, Management and Finance.

Prior to academia, he was head of structuring and valuation for global power at BP and part of the strategy team that launched BP Alternative Energy with an $8 billion funding commitment.

He served in the US government as an energy policy analyst at the Environmental Protection Agency and is editor and co-author of Renewable Energy Finance: Powering the Future, which is now in its second edition.