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BIOMASS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT TUTORIAL April 7 & 8, 2009 * Atlanta GA thTuesday, April 7 , 2009 9 – 9: 10 Welcome & Introduction by the Chairman R. Thomas Amis, Partner, ALSTON & BIRD, LLP Session I: Overview of Biomass Economics, Business Models & Risk Factors 9:10 – 9:50 Presentation: Biomass-to-Power Business Models: Deal Structures, Economics & Overview of Project Financing Biomass to power is an up-and-coming renewable source for those parts of the country with plentiful forest and agribusiness. This presentation will explore a range of issues that can impact upon the viability of a biomass project’s financing, including: general costs and economics, debt vs. equity financing, capitalizing upon governmental incentives and creating a sound legal structure of contracts for your financing. The presentation will also introduce attendees on to how renewable projects work as businesses and produce cash. It will provide sample project pro-formas for biomass projects at the lower and upper end of the scale (~5mw and ~50mw), with the goal of illustrating the key revenues and costs of each type of project. It will also spell out the chief renewable project risk factors and how they can be mitigated. • Economic life cycle of a biomass project • Feedstock reliability and price sensitivity • Harvesting methods • Transport and storage costs • Drying, chipping costs • Sample cash flow models Evan Hughes, Ph. D., Consultant, BIOMASS ...

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BIOMASS
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT TUTORIAL
April 7 & 8, 2009 * Atlanta GA
Tuesday, April 7
th
, 2009
9 – 9: 10
Welcome & Introduction by the Chairman
R. Thomas Amis,
Partner,
ALSTON & BIRD, LLP
Session I: Overview of Biomass Economics, Business Models & Risk Factors
9:10 – 9:50
Presentation:
Biomass-to-Power Business Models:
Deal Structures, Economics & Overview of Project Financing
Biomass to power is an up-and-coming renewable source for those parts of
the country with plentiful forest and agribusiness. This presentation will
explore a range of issues that can impact upon the viability of a biomass
project’s financing, including: general costs and economics, debt vs.
equity financing, capitalizing upon governmental incentives and creating a
sound legal structure of contracts for your financing. The presentation will
also introduce attendees on to how renewable projects work as businesses
and produce cash. It will provide sample project pro-formas for biomass
projects at the lower and upper end of the scale (~5mw and ~50mw), with
the goal of illustrating the key revenues and costs of each type of project.
It will also spell out the chief renewable project risk factors and how they
can be mitigated.
•
Economic life cycle of a biomass project
•
Feedstock reliability and price sensitivity
•
Harvesting methods
•
Transport and storage costs
•
Drying, chipping costs
•
Sample cash flow models
Evan Hughes, Ph. D.,
Consultant,
BIOMASS ENERGY & GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
Session II:
Risk Assessment and Mitigation in Biomass-to-Power Projects
9:50 – 10:30
Presentation:
Overview of Biomass Project Risks
•
Project Risk Assessment
o
Development Risk
o
Developer Provided Consideration/Credit Support to Power
Off-takers
o
Equipment/Development Risk
o
Permitting Risk
o
Financing/Interest Rate Risk
•
Construction Risk
o
Construction Guaranties/General Contractor Wrap
o
Developer Support
•
Operating Risk
o
Equipment, Fuel Sourcing, Payment Risk,
Performance/Operator Risk (PPA compliance)
•
Financial Risk
o
PPA escalation:
fixed rate, inflation adjusted
•
Pricing Risk: Costs may still increase faster than revenues
•
Operational Risk
•
Regulatory Risk
•
Investor Risk
•
Environmental Risk:
o
Site Assessment, Permitting and Environmental Regulations
o
Air quality permit
o
Environmental Impact Assessment
o
Water use
•
Large Generation Interconnection Permit & Transmission Agreement
Warren D. Barnes
,
Vice President,
FRAZIER BARNES & ASSOCIATES
10:30 – 11
Tutorial Networking Break
11 – 11:30
Presentation:
Environmental Risk
•
Understanding and Mitigating Environmentalist/Sustainability
Concerns (same as a typical PR/ Community Relations Talk?)
•
EPA
•
USDA
•
Forest Service
•
Understanding the full life cycle context of biofuel production in a
given situation
Mark E. Downing
,
Environmental Sciences Division,
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
11:30 – 12
Presentation
:
Feedstock Supply Risk
Economics of mass/weight/transport / drying / chipping, etc.
•
Reliability of Fuel Supply
•
Types of Fuels:
o Energy Crops
o Accumulated wood waste
o Farm waste
o Animal waste
•
Negotiating Long-term Fuel Supply Contracts
Kirk Martin
,
Partner,
ASCENDANT PARTNERS
12 – 12:30
Presentation:
Technology Risk
•
Pre-Engineering Assessment
•
FEED Design and EPC Contracting
•
New Technology Options
•
Operational Efficiency, Reliability, Availability & Safety
•
O&M costs
Jim Easterly
,
Project Manager, Biomass Energy
, BLACK & VEATCH
12:30 – 2:00
Tutorial Group Luncheon
Presentation:
Converting Biomass To Power & Advanced Biofuels
Mark J. Riedy,
Partner,
ANDREWS KURTH LLP,
General Counsel,
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON RENEWABLE ENERGY
(ACORE)
Session III:
Structuring Project Economics
2 – 2:45
Presentation:
Enhancing Revenue Streams for Renewable Energy Projects
This presentation will address the ways in which renewable energy
projects can enhance their revenue streams.
Topics to be examined will
include federal grants, subsidies and loan guarantees as well as the
monetization” of “environmental attributes” such as RECs, RPS, Green
Tags and carbon offset credits from RGGI among others; all of them
combining to structure a successful strategy for optimizing a project’s
income stream.
John G. Ravis
,
Vice President, Project Finance,
TD BANK N.A.
2:45 – 3:30
Presentation:
How to Build Tax Subsidies into Renewable Energy Projects
The federal government can pay as much as 65 % of the capital cost of
renewable energy projects through tax subsidies. However, it can be
difficult for a project to efficiently utilize them. This presentation will
include a menu of potential subsidies; a description of the latest
“monetization strategies;” and possible further evolution in structures, and
other recurring tax issues for biomass deals.
Keith Martin
, Partner,
CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP
3:30 – 4
Tutorial Networking Break
4:00 – 4:30
Presentation:
Finding Power Off-Takers and Negotiating Offtake Agreements
The Renewable Performance Standard and other issues that drive utility
decisions with regard to renewable projects
•
Defining a “utility scale” renewable project
•
Optimal size and/or location of a renewable project from the
perspective of the utility
What types of economic relationships/contractual structures are utilities
seeking with renewable energy developers?
•
Transaction components that lead to a winning relationship with a utility
•
Characteristics common to well-structured deals
•
Terms and conditions utilities seek in a PPA with a renewable
energy developer
RFP Response or unsolicited offers – is there an optimal path for an
individual renewable developer?
•
How the RFP is structured and how a respondent can maximize the
probability of success
•
Are the various renewable technologies evaluated differently from
each other in the RFP process?
•
The expected timeline for issuance of the RFP to final regulatory
approval
David Hicks
,
Development Director, Renewable Energy
, NV ENERGY
4:30 – 5:00
Presentation:
Special Issues in Renewable Project Non-Financial Contracts
This presentation will explore the similarities and difference from a
conventional project financing, illustrating the special concerns with
structuring a biomass to power project.
•
Construction and warranty issues – getting the project built, operating
and guaranteed
•
Technology advances – issues in scale up and technology advances
•
Operation – where have the problems been?
•
Transmission interconnection issues for renewable projects.
R. Thomas Amis,
Partner
, ALSTON & BIRD LLP
Wednesday, April 8
th
, 2009
9 – 9: 05
Welcome & Introduction by the Chairman
R. Thomas Amis,
Partner,
ALSTON & BIRD, LLP
Session IV: Investment and Finance of Biomass-to-Power Projects
9:05 – 9:45
Dual Presentation:
Equity Sourcing and Financing Strategies In a Credit-
Starved Environment
This presentation will provide dual perspectives on the optimum strategies to
employ for identifying and securing equity in the current financial environment.
Key areas to be explored will be:
•
Allocations in the ARRA Stimulus package:
ƒ
Extension of the biomass Production Tax Credit to 2013
ƒ
Substitution of the PTC with an ITC
ƒ
$800 million in DOE grants for biomass projects
•
Pre-Development equity sources
•
International funding sources
Part I:
Todd Alexander
,
Partner
, CHADBOURNE & PARKE, LLP
Part II:
Kirk Martin
,
Partner
, ASCENDANT PARTNERS
9:45 – 10:45
Panel Discussion:
Biomass Equity Investors
This panel, comprised of a variety of biomass investment experts, will
share their perspectives on the current and coming market and define the
parameters they look for in order to effectively pursue deals.
Moderator:
Todd Alexander
,
Partner
, CHADBOURNE & PARKE, LLP
Panelists:
Robert D. Courtney
,
Senior Vice President
, LUMINATE, LLC
Jeremy Dockter,
Managing Director,
THE KINETIC GROUP
Guy Piazza,
Managing Director,
PARIO CAPITAL
Ken Taratus,
Managing Director,
MORGAN KEEGAN
10:45 – 11:00
Networking Break
Session IV: Lessons from the Real World
11:00 – 11:30
Case Study 1: Farm Waste to Energy
Nearly a decade ago, the Haubenschild Farms
installed a plug-flow
anaerobic digester on their dairy farm.
Since then their farm has evolved
into a renewable energy generation plant, a research facility and a
template for the future of agriculture.
This will provide an update on the
Haubenschild Farm, as well as discuss the recent installation of an
anaerobic digester on the Jennissen farm, a mid-size dairy located in
central Minnesota.
Ryan Stockwell, Ph.D.,
Clean Energy Program Manager
,
THE MINNESOTA PROJECT
11:30 – 12:00
Case Study 2:
Forest Waste to Energy
Marvin Burchfield,
Executive Vice President,
DECKER ENERGY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
12:00
The Tutorial Adjourns
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