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E3 Consulting Supports Greenleaf Power’s Recapitalization Effort

E3 Consulting served as the Independent Engineer for Greenleaf Power’s recent $37M in project financing from East West Bank to recapitalize its 30 MW Honey Lake Power facility in California and 22 MW St-Félicien Cogeneration facility in Quebec, Canada.  Both plants use woody biomass waste to convert to electricity and have long-term power purchase agreements…
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E3 is Seeking an Energy Manager to Support our Growing Energy Storage and Renewables Business

E3 is hiring an Energy Manager to conduct renewable energy analyses and provide support for energy storage and renewable energy due diligence with an emphasis on photovoltaic and renewables.   The primary focus of the position is to conduct energy resource analysis, technical equipment due diligence, PVsyst® energy modeling, and reviewing performance testing provision and results, and development…
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Listen to E3’s Podcast: “The Top 3 by E3”

To celebrate E3 Consulting’s 22nd Anniversary, we launched our podcast, “The Top 3 by E3. ” We hope you’ll take some time from your day to listen as we introduce listeners to the world of project finance and engineering. During our monthly podcast, Ginger Elbaum, E3 Managing Director, will examine a topic that our professionals…
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Al Rettenmaier to be a speaker at Platts 2nd Annual Hydrogen Markets America Conference

E3’s Al Rettenmaier, leader of our Oil, Gas, and Chemicals sector, will join a group of industry executives to discuss “Hydrogen, Decarbonization & Energy Transition” on May 5, 2021. The Conference will take place virtually. For additional information about the conference, check out the website for the 2nd Annual Hydrogen Markets Americas Virtual Conference from…
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E3 Consulting Expands Independent Engineering Team: E3 hires industry veterans Chris Wright and Jim Langel

E3 Consulting Services, LLC (E3), a leading technical and business advisor to the energy and infrastructure industry, announced it has hired two industry veterans, Chris Wright and Jim Langel, as E3 Executive Directors.  Both Mr. Wright and Mr. Langel come to E3 with years of operational and consulting experience in the renewable energy generation industry.…
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Wind Power and Its Impact on Wildlife: A Look at Current Efforts to Minimize Harm

Carol Ho, an E3 senior director and environmental engineer, discusses risks and mitigation responses in her article “Wind Power and Its Impact on Wildlife: A Look at Current Efforts to Minimize Harm.” Carol’s article outlines several systems and technologies that help to minimize harm to ‘our flying friends.’ Her article is part of E3’s upcoming…
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E3 Consulting Supports Caliche Development Partners In Securing A $150 Million Capital Partnership With Orion Energy Partners

E3 served as Independent Engineer, responsible for reviewing plans to expand Caliche’s first-of-its-kind storage complex on the USGC E3 Consulting was pleased to recently serve as an Independent Engineer for Caliche Development Partners, responsible for reviewing plans to expand the company’s subsurface salt cavern storage complex in Beaumont, TX.  Shortly following E3’s assessment, Caliche announced…
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E3 Consulting Serves as the Independent Engineer in Support of a Secondary Phosphate Tailings Recovery Project

E3 Consulting served as the technical advisor to Mineral Development Holdings, LLC, reviewing its plans to develop and construct a 35,000-square-foot facility in Bartow, Fla. to recover and process phosphate tailings into marketable phosphates. Polk County Industrial Development Authority issued a $90 million municipal financing bond for the Project in October 2020. Founded in 1950,…
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Cascade Power Project Closes Financing: E3 Served as Project Technical Advisor

E3 Consulting served as the Independent Engineer in support of financing for the 900 MW combined-cycle natural gas-powered Cascade Power Project. The Project secured C$1.5bn ($1.2bn) financing in late August and will commence construction immediately.   Alberta-based developer Kineticor Resource Corp  closed the financing with joint development sponsors Macquarie Capital and pension fund OPTrust, and…
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Hill Top Energy Center Selected as the IJGlobal North American Power Deal of the Year 2019

E3 Consulting served as the Independent Engineer on IJGlobal’s North American Power Deal of the Year: Hill Top Energy Center for 2019. Referring to its status as the first “pure project bond financing of a quasi-merchant CCGT in PJM Interconnection,” IJGlobal pointed out that Hill Top was already notable because it cleared the PJM capacity…
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