Gold Sponsor

• Natural Power is a leading international provider of practical consulting and risk management services to the global renewable energy industry. Our highly-skilled team includes resource analysis and project development specialists, through to experienced construction and asset management engineers. Established in 1995 we now employ more than 230 people worldwide and have expanded our group to include marine and engineering company SeaRoc, and Turkish consultancy re-consult. Our global HQ is based in Scotland and we have operational offices throughout the UK, US, France and Chile.
  
  Both onshore and offshore, the range and depth of our technical and project skills, tools and experience allows us to build wide and lasting relationships with our clients, providing expert management and consultancy services at all stages of the project life-cycle.
  
  With capabilities spanning entire wind, marine, biomass and solar project lifecycles across Europe and the Americas we are also uniquely positioned to provide 360° Due Diligence for IPPs, utilities, banks and financial institutions.
  
  Natural Power – the international turn-to experts in renewable energy.
  

  
  

Silver Sponsor

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  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.
  

   

  
  

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  Watson, Farley & Williams is an international law firm with offices in London, New York, Paris, Hamburg, Munich, Rome, Milan, Madrid, Athens, Piraeus, Singapore and Bangkok. The firm currently has 275 lawyers and over 500 staff.

  Watson, Farley & Williams is a leading international law firm providing services of high quality and value to clients throughout a range of industry sectors, with particular focus on: Finance & Investment, Maritime, Energy, Natural Resources, Transport, Real Estate and ICT.

  
  

  
  

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  Augusta & Co is an independent European merchant bank founded in 2002, providing corporate finance and capital markets advice and services to European middle market companies. Based in London and Frankfurt, the company deals in strategic corporate finance, capital markets advice and placement and M&A advisory and execution. The company has particular sectoral strength in the renewables space.  Since inception Augusta has placed financings and advised clients on completed transactions with a value of over €3.5bn.

  
  

Delegate Bag Sponsor

Bronze Sponsor

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  International law firm with a long-standing reputation as a leader in energy and renewable energy.  We advise governments, trading exchanges, financial institutions, the venture capital/private equity industry, early stage cleantech companies, developers and major corporations on transactions in the wind, solar, biofuels, biomass, waste to energy, carbon, energy efficiency and sustainability, CCS and energy trading sectors.
  
  
• IHS (NYSE: IHS) is a leading global source of critical information and insight, dedicated to providing the most complete and trusted data and expertise.  IHS product and service solutions span four areas of information that encompass the most important concerns facing global business today: Energy, Environment, Product Lifecycle and Security.  IHS enables innovative and successful decision-making for customers ranging from governments and multinational companies to smaller companies and technical professionals in more than 180 countries.
  
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  Banco Santander is a retail and commercial bank, based in Spain, with presence in 10 main markets. At the end of 2009, Santander was the largest bank in the euro zone by market capitalization. It is the largest financial group in Spain and Latin America, with leading positions in the United Kingdom and Portugal and a broad presence in Europe.
  
  Santander Global Banking & Markets is the Group’s global wholesale division, offering products and services to large corporations and institutional investors through local and global teams with deep market knowledge. Tailored solutions cover all financing, investment and risk-management needs. 
  

  
  
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  Skadden is a global law firm serving clients in every major financial centre with more than 2,000 lawyers in 24 offices across Europe, the Americas and Asia. We offer strategic and substantive global support for clients in core areas including energy transactions, M&A, private equity, capital markets, banking, corporate restructuring, dispute and regulatory management, international competition and tax. The firm has particular expertise advising on renewable energy transactions, including wind, solar, hydroelectric, and geothermal energy. 
  

  
  

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  Argus is a leading provider of price assessments, business intelligence and market data on the global coal, electricity, oil, gas, emissions and transportation industries. It is headquartered in London, and has offices in Moscow, Washington, Houston, Singapore, Tokyo, Beijing, New York, Kiev, Sydney, Astana and Dubai as well as employees in other key locations including Germany, France, Nigeria, South Africa, Venezuela, Argentina and Chile. Argus was founded in 1970 and is a privately held UK-registered company, owned by its employees and the family of its founder
  

  
  
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  Carbon Credit Capital's mission is to generate carbon credits and clean energy in emerging economies. Carbon Credit Capital facilitates and develops clean energy projects by bringing together international and local partners in addition to its own resources for financing and implementing projects. Carbon Credit Capital is a wide disseminator of knowledge through print and media and frequent speaker about carbon and clean energy markets.

  
  

  
  
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  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.

  
  
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  Euromoney Handbooks'' environmental finance resource will unite an editorial board of experts to tackle the major issues and challenges surrounding this dynamic area. Content provides incisive analysis on a broad range of environmental issues including weather risk management, renewable energy certificates, emissions markets and ''green'' investments.

  
  
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  Invest in Spain was created in 2005 and is part of the State Department for Trade of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade. Our mission is to promote, attract and maintain foreign investment in Spain, serving as the reference point for foreign investors and the point of contact for all state, regional and local institutions engaged in promoting and attracting investment.

  
  
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  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  

  
  
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  Pipeline™ is a membership-based news and intelligence network currently covering two high-growth sectors.

  Via its unique portal, pipeline provides exclusive announcements on company fundraisings, M&A mandates (sell-side and buy-side), debt financings, partnerships and other strategic opportunities.

  Other news and sector-based business development services offered include databases of deals  covering all asset classes, research reports, directories and customised workshops and seminars.

  
  
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  Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, is a leading global provider of energy and metals information. With nearly a century of business experience, Platts serves customers across more than 150 countries. From 14 offices worldwide, Platts serves the oil, natural gas, electricity, nuclear power, coal, petrochemical and metals markets.