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Sustainability & ESG Strategy Team
Joan Hutchinson
Managing Director
Ms. Hutchinson has over 25 years of experience in North America energy markets and renewable energy project development.
At Marathon Capital, Ms. Hutchinson focuses on commercial and industrial offtake advisory within the energy markets.
Decarbonization Guidance & Service Offerings
Tax Credits
We can identify investment opportunities and guide you through transacting with a renewable project that will generate tax credits for your company and provide you with renewable energy credits (RECs).
Renewable Energy
We can help you procure clean energy to support your electricity consumption by entering into power purchase agreements with renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar projects.
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About Us
Professionals
Experienced professionals with significant experience in clean energy, sustainable technologies, and infrastructure markets.
Transactions
Leader in transformational deals across the global clean energy landscape.
Peer Recognition
Consistently recognized for our contributions to the clean energy sector.
Mr. Bigham has over 10 years of experience in the renewable energy industry with a focus on energy transition advisory, renewable energy procurement, M&A, and capital raising in the US, Latin America, and Europe.
Mr. Bigham’s areas of expertise include renewable power markets, project development, project and platform acquisitions, project finance, and corporate finance.
Director
Matt Bigham
Ms. Liao has over 10 years of experience in renewable energy. She has worked with solar and energy storage developers as well as corporate buyers across the United States.
Ms. Liao brings an understanding of renewable power markets and project development.
Vice President
Patty Liao
PROUD MEMBER OF
Established 1999
Over 20 years of renewable energy and clean technology experience.
- Guidance on evaluation, the creation of sustainability goals, and options to join initiatives such as RE100 or SBTi
- Development of a strategy and execution plan to realize the sustainability objective
- Identification of value propositions within target geographic and business footprints to achieve sustainability objectives
- Recommendations to execute plans to capture renewable market entry opportunities that hit these targets
- Strategic analysis of location specific economics and PPA terms
- Evaluate demand profile and available risk mitigation strategies to identify most suitable PPA structure
- Credit enhancement to ensure the most competitive PPA terms
- Assist in PPA negotiations and evaluate the impacts of the agreed upon terms
- Assist in project monitoring and accounting treatment post-PPA signing
- Confidential outreach to acquisition and partnering targets identified in strategic consulting assignment
- Prepare outreach materials that accentuate client objectives, value propositions and potential frameworks for acquisition or collaboration
- Provide valuation analysis and transaction structure evaluation
- Run concurrent or individual debt and equity raising processes at both the corporate and asset levels depending on financing and strategic goals
- Full capital raising process including preparation of materials, due diligence, building a financial model, running a bidding process, structuring and negotiating the terms, governance and valuation
- Create competitive frictions necessary to maximize value for the client
- Confidential outreach by leveraging network to canvas developer/sponsor market for projects
- Manage preliminary screening process to determine if projects fit company requirements and to socialize projects at a high level that are worth pursuing
- Issue proposals and term sheets following level of interest
- Provide due diligence and negotiation support leading to binding commitments.
Strategic
Consulting
Power & REC Offtake
M&A and Partnership Advisory
Capital Raise Advisory
Tax Equity
Advisory
Carbon Reduction Strategy Offering
Recent Transactions
Partnership and M&A Advisory
We can help you identify key strategic partners and/or clean energy projects to acquire that will further your sustainability goals towards net zero.
We can help you procure clean energy to support your electricity consumption by entering into power purchase agreements with renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar projects.
Renewable Energy
We can identify investment opportunities and guide you through transacting with a renewable project that will generate tax credits for your company and provide you with renewable energy credits (RECs).
Tax Credits
Partnership and M&A Advisory
We can help you identify key strategic partners and/or clean energy projects to acquire that will further your sustainability goals towards net zero.
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