Ep3 The rise of corporate power purchasing contracts in Asia, ft. Steve Lu

The Asia Climate Finance Podcast

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Conversation about corporate power purchasing agreements (CPPAs) featuring Steven Lu, a four-decade energy and banking veteran.
We first discuss how to become part of the energy transition in the Asia Pacific region from the jobs perspective. Then we dig deep into the current dynamics of CPPAs in the region. Finally, we do a bit of crystal gazing on the outlook of CPPAs in the region in the next several decades.
About Steve: He is a seasoned project and structured finance banker who also has a broad-based corporate experience in the renewable energy sector. Following a 10-year banking career in Canada, Steve returned to Hong Kong in the mid-1990s and joined HSBC Investment Bank as a project and export credit finance banker. He also worked at Macquarie Capital and ANZ with a focus on infrastructure investments, debt advisory and arranging. In 2012, Steve switched to a corporate career in solar power development and investment. He rounded out his full-time professional career recently at Canadian Solar where he focused on project and structured financing for solar power projects in the emerging market. Steve is currently a Consultant to the AIIB.
Production and artwork: Joseph Jacobelli. Music: The Open Goldberg Variations by Kimiko Ishizaka. Feedback: [e-mail]

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