Increasing Solar & Storage Project IRR with Andy Klump

Join us March 30 for a live interview with Andy Klump, CEO of Clean Energy Associates to discuss Increasing IRR, the role of 3rd party engineering services, supply chain management, quality assurance and future trends. Andy is a renewable energy executive with  20  years of solar energy, storage and technology experience with  15  years’  operating in China.

Clean Energy Associates provides technical due diligence and engineering services for solar and storage clients in 55 countries who are financial institutions, project developers, EPCs, IPPs, and PV power plant owners. Prior to CEA, Andy served as the Vice President of Business Development for Trina Solar, where he headed the company’s international expansion plans covering supply chain, international business development, capital raising, and corporate development.

Improving project IRR and reducing the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) are the goal of every project developer, financier and EPC. There are many aspects of engineering, product selection, quality assurance, 3^rd party review and other due diligence that energy companies and investors can take, and we’ll be exploring the following topics and questions: Increasing IRR, the role of 3rd party engineering services, supply chain management, quality assurance and future trends.

Explanation of IRR vs NPV vs ROI for the non-finance people
What are significant factors that impact the IRR in solar projects?
Where to focus to increase ROI?

Engineering Services:

Benefits of 3rd party engineering services and how ES can improve IRR
Case Studies (Emergency Services)
Project Development / Engineering & Construction / Operations and Maintenance / Project Sale & Acquisition

Supply Chain Management (SCM):

Explanation of SCM and how SCM can improve IRR
Cost Reduction / Sourcing Strategies / Procurement Support
Uyghur Forced Labor Legislation and importance of component tracing

Quality Assurance:

What is QA and how does it improve IRR?
Factory Audits / Production Monitoring / Pre-shipment Inspection / Container loading
Who is right for QA? Just Big players + 100MW projects or anyone?
How does it scale in terms of benefits?

Future Trends

What trends do you see in the Solar/Energy storage market going forward?
Thoughts on Green Hydrogen?

About CLEAN ENERGY ASSOCIATES (CEA)

CLEAN ENERGY ASSOCIATES (www.cleanenergyassociates.com) provides technical due diligence and engineering services for solar and storage clients around the globe who are financial institutions, project developers, EPCs, IPPs, and PV power plant owners. From our Corporate headquarters in Denver, our engineering (IE/OE) team provides system design, energy forecasting, product benchmarking, and supply chain services. Downstream, we audit projects through the full cycle, including design, construction, commissioning, project performance, re-power and upgrade analysis, and warranty support. From our Asian base in Shanghai, our team of engineers upstream travel to factories around the globe to conduct upstream in-factory quality assurance via audits, production monitoring and pre-shipment product inspection. Our team of 145+ professionals with 1,000+ years of industry experience including 115+ engineers serve the solar and storage industry through our expertise in PV modules, racking, inverters and energy storage systems. Since 2008, CEA has reduced Buyers’ risks and improved returns on investments via technical assurance and engineering services covering more than 75 GW+ in 55+ countries.

About Andy Klump

Andy Klump is a renewable energy executive with 20 years of solar energy, storage and technology experience with 15 years’ operating in China. Prior to CEA, Andy served as the Vice President of Business Development for Trina Solar, where he headed the company’s international expansion plans covering supply chain, international business development, capital raising, and corporate development. During the period from 2006 to 2008, the management team successfully raised nearly $500 million in capital during Trina’s IPO, follow-on, and convertible bond offerings on the New York Stock Exchange. Additionally, Andy also served as an active Board Member of the U.S. Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).

Being proactive towards society and entrepreneurial in nature, Andy also co-founded KIDSIQProject.org in 2015, a non-profit organization advancing drug development for reversible Intellectual disability disorders with an initial focus on Kleefstra Syndrome. Andy is also a board member of ion Ventures and Solar Inventions.