The Business of Building Renewable Energy

Join Energy and Sustainability Club for our first event of 2025. We will be hosting an exclusive session with Eli Varol from RWE, one of the world's leading renewable energy developers, as he reveals how billion-dollar wind and solar projects are conceived, financed, and built from the ground up.

Every utility-scale wind farm and solar installation begins as an empty field and a bold idea. But transforming that vision into a profitable, grid-connected power plant requires navigating complex stakeholder negotiations, intricate financing structures, and multimillion-dollar construction projects.

In this session you'll learn:

1. The Development Playbook: From strategic site selection and grid interconnection to securing the "social license to operate" with local communities
2. Making Projects Bankable: How developers structure Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and manage the capital stack to attract hundreds of millions in investment
3. Portfolio Strategy: Managing a high-risk development pipeline where only 10-20% of initial projects reach commercial operation

Session Format:
This hybrid event will feature a presentation on the development lifecycle, panel-style discussion of key challenges, and interactive Q&A focused on development careers and opportunities.

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