Topic: Navigating Career Growth and Your Path in Renewables

Moderator: Glenna Wiseman, Head of Marketing and Communications, Origis Energy 

Guest: Doseke Akporiaye, Executive Director of WRISE

In Episode 25 of Power Players by Origis®, host Glenna Wiseman, Head of Marketing and Communications for Origis Energy and Doseke Akporiaye, Executive Director of Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE), discuss career growth in renewable energy and the contribution women have made to the industry.

Three key takeaways:

1. Transferable skills are often undervalued by workers, but the key to success in the renewable energy sector.
2. Behind every energy policy and statistic about clean energy is a person who has a job that’s bringing economic life and dignity to families and communities.
3. The energy sector today was built in the past. Don’t let temporary times of uncertainty distract from the work of advancing the renewable energy sector for the future.

Topic: Insuring Solar Project Bankability

Moderator: Michael Eyman, Managing Director, Origis Energy Services  

Guest: Carol Stark, Managing Director for Aon’s North America Renewable Energy Practice

In Episode 24 of Power Players by Origis®, host Michael Eyman and Carol Stark, Managing Director for Aon’s North America Renewable Energy Practice, discuss strategies to reduce insurance costs for large-scale solar projects.

Three key takeaways to reduce overall insurance costs developers should consider:

1. Location, Location, Location – geography, geology and meteorology can require specific risk mitigation strategies to keep insurance costs manageable.
2. Pay me now or pay me later – by picking quality equipment like panels, trackers and racking along with reputable contractors, such as EPC and O&M firms, developers and owners could spend slightly more on upfront costs but reduce their insurance costs over the life of the project considerably.
3. Timing is everything – by engaging early and often with insurance partners, developers can mitigate risks by making projects more resilient, improve overall premiums, and make the entire solar project more bankable.

Topic: Powerful Partnerships: Community Engagement for Renewable Energy Projects

Moderator: Glenna Wiseman, Head of Marketing and Communications for Origis Energy

Guest: Joe Rand, Energy Policy Researcher in the Energy Markets and Policy Department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

In Episode 23 of Power Players by Origis®, host Glenna Wiseman, Head of Marketing and Communications for Origis Energy, and Joe Rand, Energy Policy Researcher in the Energy Markets and Policy Department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, discuss engaging communities when developing renewable energy projects.

Three key takeaways:

1. Community opposition is not a fringe or minor concern and must be addressed by developers.

2. Developers who see the bigger picture and engage with local communities improve the landscape for themselves for later projects and others in additional communities to help the U.S. meet renewable energy goals.

3. Robust engagement strategies can help improve the bottom line for developers.