Episode Summary
In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with Paul van Brenkelen who is the Director, ESG and Traceability at Clean Energy Associates(“CEA”). Paul speaks about many interesting topics like the importance of ESG regarding solar supply chain, new traceability protocol that CEA worked with Solar Energy Industries Association(“SEIA”) to create, and US Government Withhold Release Order ("WRO") with Alleged forced labor how that impacts the solar industry.
Benoy Thanjan
Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy, as well as an advisor for several solar startup companies. Reneu Energy is a premier international solar energy consulting firm and developer, and the company focuses on developing commercial and industrial solar, as well as utility-scale solar plus storage projects. The company also sources financing for solar projects and hedges both energy and environmental commodities.
Benoy received his first experience in Finance as an intern at D.E. Shaw & Co., which is a global investment firm with 37 billion dollars in investment capital. Before founding Reneu Energy, he was the SREC Trader in the Project Finance Group for SolarCity, which merged with Tesla in 2016. He originated SREC trades with buyers and co-developed their SREC monetization and hedging strategy with the senior management of SolarCity, to move into the east coast markets. Benoy also worked at Vanguard Energy Partners, Ridgewood Renewable Power, and Deloitte & Touche.
Paul van Brenkelen
Paul is the Director, ESG and Traceability at CEA. He is responsible for deliverables of ESG and supply chain related services through CEA's global team. CEA's team through its best-in-class services focuses on ensuring quality across all aspects of the solar and energy storage industries and have been instrumental in supporting the installation of 85GW of solar power in 63 countries.
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Benoy Thanjan
Email: info@reneuenergy.com
LinkedIn: Benoy Thanjan
Website: https://www.reneuenergy.com
Paul van Brenkelen
Website: https://www.cea3.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-van-brenkelen/
A Recent Webinar that Paul spoke on Called How to Manage Solar Supply Chain Risk Following Customs Withhold Release Order (WRO) on Hoshine
https://www.cea3.com/cea-blog/how-to-manage-solar-supply-chain-risk-following-customs-wro-on-hoshine
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