Episode Summary

In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy talks with Laura Pagliarulo who is the President and Co-Founder of SolaREIT invests in land for solar developments through land acquisitions, lease monetization, and project re-powering. Laura speaks about a lot of interesting topics about innovative financing options for land on solar projects, how the financing of land on solar projects has not yet been disrupted, and increasing developers returns for projects with SolaREIT’s product offerings.

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.

Laura Pagliarulo

Laura is a founding member and President of SolaREIT. Prior to joining the company, she was the Senior Vice President at CleanChoice Energy where she built and grew the community solar business. Earlier in her career she held positions at SunEdison, where she led the community solar division, and WGL Energy, where she ran their voluntary renewable energy business. She has over 18 years of experience in the renewable energy, electricity and natural gas industry.

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Benoy Thanjan

Email: info@reneuenergy.com

LinkedIn: Benoy Thanjan

Website: https://www.reneuenergy.com

Laura Pagliarulo

Website: https://www.solareit.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-pagliarulo-leed-ap-4934aa5/

Email: laura@solareit.com

Article:

Guest column: Landowners need more options to stimulate rooftop-level boom in large-scale solar development by Laura Pagliarulo

https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2021/03/guest-column-landowners-need-more-options-to-stimulate-rooftop-level-boom-in-large-scale-solar-development/

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