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3rd Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Canada

Date: 30 April 2012 - 01 May 2012
Venue: Sheraton Centre Toronto , Toronto , Canada


Leading Canada’s renewable energy industry through 2012


  • Silver Sponsor


    • Heenan Blaikie is a leader in the infrastructure sector. Our lawyers have participated in some of the most important renewable energy and other infrastructure projects in North America and worldwide. We offer a variety of practice skills and the expertise needed to execute highly complex regulatory, infrastructure, project financing and restructuring transactions in a wide range of sectors and markets. Our sectoral practitioners in areas such as energy, environmental law, construction, transportation, municipal law, property, taxation, project and corporate finance, commercial and employment law are regularly called upon to work together as an integrated legal team.


  • Bronze Sponsor


    • SgurrEnergy is an independent engineering consultancy and trusted advisor to leading utilities, project finance banks, and global investment and infrastructure funds. Our expert team offers impartial proactive project assessment with a proven track record having assessed over 65GW worldwide.

      With extensive technical expertise SgurrEnergy personnel have a wealth of knowledge and practical experience of renewable energy project life cycles, enabling successful project delivery and risk reduction. 

      With international offices in China (Beijing), Canada (Vancouver), India (Pune), France (Paris), Ireland (Wexford) and the US (Portland) and a long history of providing consultancy services to the renewable energy  industry, we have an extensive track record in providing expert due diligence service across all renewable energy technologies.

      Key to our success is our global reach and ability to respond quickly and accurately to the needs of our clients, be they investors, lending institutions or developers.

       




  • Supporting Organization


    • ACORE, a 501(c)(3) membership non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, DC, is dedicated to bringing renewable energy into the mainstream of the US economy and lifestyle through research and communications programs and membership committees. ACORE’S membership works in all sectors of the renewable energy industries including wind power, solar energy, geothermal energy, hydropower, ocean energy, biomass, biofuels, and waste energy. ACORE provides a common platform for the wide range of interests in the renewable energy community including end users, technology companies, manufacturers, utilities, professional service firms, financial institutions, colleges and universities, associations, non-profit organizations and government agencies. ACORE serves as a thought leadership forum through which these parties work together on common interests. Additional information is available at: www.acore.org.


    • The Canadian Renewable Energy Alliance (CanREA) brings together Canadian civil society organizations that hold a common interest in promoting a global transition to renewable energy. CanREA and its members are engaged with all levels of government in Canada advocating for stronger energy efficiency and renewable energy policies. In May 2010 we co-hosted a dialogue among a wide variety of Canadian stakeholders on a national energy efficiency strategy and published the results in August 2010 along with 5 model efficiency programs. A similar dialogue on national renewable energy policy is planned for 2011. We continue to advocate that Canada join the International Renewable Energy Agency and play a larger in international cooperation on renewable energy. CanREA is a founding member of the North American Alliance for Renewable Energy (ARE), which promotes the adoption of feed-in tariffs in US States and Canadian provinces.



    • The CVCA – Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association – represents the majority of private equity companies in Canada, with over 1800 members. CVCA members have over $75 billion in capital under management, in three distinct market segments:

      ♦ Buyout is characterized chiefly by risk investment in established private or publicly listed firms that are undergoing a fundamental change in operations or strategy. Buyout funds are often called such, even if their mandates are not exclusively buy out related.

      ♦ Mezzanine is characterized chiefly by use of Subordinated Debt, or preferred stock with an equity kicker, to invest largely in the same type of companies and deals as buyout funds.

      ♦ Venture Capital is characterized generally by investment in early stage companies, mostly in technology businesses.



    • CanGEA is a national industry association that believes we can provide competitively priced, emissions free, renewable, base-load energy to Canadians and to U.S. export markets. CanGEA works on behalf of our members to facilitate the growth of geothermal power projects and promote publicly listed companies on the Canadian Exchanges.



    • CanWEA is the voice of Canada's wind energy industry, actively promoting the responsible and sustainable growth of wind energy on behalf of its more than 440 members. A national non-profit association, CanWEA serves as Canada's leading source of credible information about wind energy and its social, economic and environmental benefits. To join other global leaders in the wind energy industry, CanWEA believes Canada can and must reach its target of producing 20 per cent or more of the country's electricity from wind by 2025. The document Wind Vision 2025 – Powering Canada's Future is available at www.canwea.ca


    • The Clean Coalition is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to implement policies and programs that transition the world to cost-effective clean energy now while delivering unparalleled economic benefits. The Clean Coalition believes that the right policies will result in a timely transition to clean energy while yielding tremendous economic benefits, including new job creation, increased tax revenue, and the establishment of an economic foundation that will drive growth for decades. The Clean Coalition is active at the national, state, and local levels.


    • Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI) is a 501c6 not-for-profit membership organization with the mission to advance commercialization and global adoption of clean technologies and sustainable industry practices through community building, advocacy, and education.

      CTSI members range from early stage companies in our cost-free, vetted cleanConnect program to utilities, corporations, municipalities, and service providers. Members participate in a range of benefits from partner introductions and deep event discounts to educational webinars featuring renown experts and policy alerts when news happens in Washington DC.
      To learn more about membership or our Utility Technology Challenge, visit our website:
      www.ct-si.org.



    • The Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) is a non-profit, specialist change agent aiming to catalyse the market for renewable energy and energy efficiency, with a primary focus on emerging markets and developing countries.



  • Research Partner


    • Clean Energy pipeline, the online daily news and data service, is the leading independent source of information about the clean energy sector. Our news team delivers real-time business news and identifies the latest and most relevant regulatory and policy announcements, investment, M&A and project finance news, new funds and fund closes. This news is supplemented with opinion-pieces based on in-depth interviews with senior-level executives, advisers, investors and policy-makers. Our premium suite of desktop and mobile services provides access to subscription-based business news, transaction data (VC/PE, M&A, project/asset finance and public markets) and a global directory of professionals active in the sector. Clean Energy pipeline also offers customised research and senior-level networking events.






    • Argus Media is a leading provider of price assessments, business intelligence and market data on the global crude, oil products, natural gas, electricity, coal, emissions, bioenergy, fertilizers and transportation industries. It is headquartered in London and has offices in Houston, Washington, New York, Portland, Calgary, Johannesburg, Dubai, Singapore, Tokyo, Beijing, Sydney, Moscow, Astana, Kiev, Santiago and other key centres.  Argus was founded in 1970 and is a privately held UK-registered company. Learn more at
      www.argusmedia.com.



    • Canadian Green Tech is an online news service that covers the regulatory, policy, business development and technology advancement spheres of the green tech sector, including renewable energy, smart grid, green IT, clean transportation, energy efficiency products/services, carbon capture and storage and others. Through the weekly e-newsletter, the Canadian Green Tech Weekly Briefing, members get access to news, information, analysis and in-depth interviews with key decision makers in government, industry and the consulting world.


    • Cleantech is a finance and investment magazine focusing on technologies which address environmental challenges. Cleantech analyses developments in the renewable energy, biofuels and energy storage fields and reports on funding, investment and innovations in clean technology. Markets and applications for clean technology are reviewed through a focus on both technologies and through themes which provide an insight into the challenges facing traditional industries  - for example ‘clean motoring’ or ‘low carbon buildings’.


    • Climate Change Business Journal® (CCBJ) is a business research publication launched in 2007 which provides high-value, strategic business intelligence on the Climate Change Industry. In each edition CCBJ presents thorough analysis of a specific segment or business issue; profile emerging opportunities, growth trends and leading players; estimate market size; track investment and M&A activity; and present primary data based on proprietary surveys of the Climate Change Industry.

      Low Carbon Power & Renewable Energy* Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)* Energy Storage* Energy Efficiency and Demand Response* Green Building* Transportation* Carbon Markets* Climate Change Adaptation


    • Energy & Capital is a daily newsmagazine focused on helping retail investors profit from the end of cheap oil and the transition to renewables. Covering policy, finance, technology and public markets since 2006, Energy & Capital takes a soup-to-nuts approach in helping investors understand - and invest in – the fast-moving energy sector. From shale and tar to solar, smart grid, wind and water, Energy & Capital also offers paid advisories for any level of risk appetite.


    • Environment Analyst is a publishing and business research organisation with a remit to track performance and opportunities within the environmental services sector, with a particular focus on the environmental consulting and support services market.


    • Environmental Finance is a monthly magazine covering the ever-increasing impact of environmental issues on the lending, insurance, investment and trading decisions affecting industry. It is the only global publication dedicated to this fast-changing area.


    • With over 40 years of foresight, insight and integrity in our leadership, Ethical Markets Media works to reform markets and grow the green economy worldwide. We provide news and perspective with the Green Transition Scoreboard®, the Transforming Finance initiative and with reports, articles, newsletters and analysis by Hazel Henderson, our editor-in-chief, on EthicalMarkets.com. We focus on systems thinking and best practices to raise global standards. Ethicalmarkets.tv streams original Ethical Markets productions and video gathered from around the world.


    • Green Energy Reporter (G.E.R.) delivers comprehensive green energy markets news and analysis. Since its inception in 2009, G.E.R. has become a trusted source for investors, lenders, executives, policy makers, and others who seek insight on the cleantech and green power industries. G.E.R.’s knowledgeable reporting staff provides real time news and analysis on project financing, mergers and acquisitions, IPOs and policies impacting the global clean energy sector.



    • Bloomberg New Energy Finance is the world’s leading provider of independent news, data and analysis to investors, corporations and governments in clean energy, low carbon technologies and the carbon markets. We have a dedicated global network of 140 analysts, based across 10 offices in Europe, the Americas, Asia & Africa.For more information please visit www.bnef.com  


    • Recharge is a news publication consisting of a weekly newspaper and website. The focuses on the business of renewable energy and related coverage on global climate change, targeting executive level decision makers. The paper is focused on breaking stories and features coverage while the online offering focuses on real-time coverage.


    • Renewable Energy Database,based in Berlin, Germany, was created in 2008 by a group of students and experts professionally and privately dealing with the subjects of renewable energies and energy efficiency. Since the beginning their goal has been to make the rapidly developing renewable energy market more transparent and, through the popularization of the most recent and efficient technologies in the green energy sector, make the global development more sustainable.


    • ReNew Canada, the infrastructure magazine, profiles the policy, design, engineering, construction, financing, and leading-edge technologies behind infrastructure. First publishing in October 2005, we are a national, bi-monthly magazine that targets the influencers.
      Each magazine reaches over 40,000 business professionals that specify and recommend capital investments for public works and community building projects across the country.

      Editorially we concentrate on the following sectors:
      Transportation & Transit – roads, bridges, subways, LRTs, Airports, Electric Vehicles
      Public Works – underground sewers and water treatment, communications
      Public Space Design and Construction – Urban planning, public buildings, remediation, construction
      Energy Generation and Transmission – renewable energy - hydro, wind, solar, biomass, nuclear, with some oil and natural gas, Smart Grid issues.

      “ ReNew Canada is probably the most read and influential trade publication in the infrastructure sector in Canada.” — Michael Toope, Export Development Canada


    • SparkSpread is the leading real-time news service providing breaking news on M&A, project finance and energy trading in the European, Middle East and North American energy markets.

      Visit: www.sparkspread.com


    • SUN & WIND ENERGY is the international magazine for professionals worldwide in the field of renewable energies. The magazine appears monthly from 2009 onwards and provides valuable information on the renewable energy market. SUN & WIND ENERGY presents international news, market developments, worldwide market overviews, company profiles, product information, interviews, job opportunities and a comprehensive company directory.