A Word About Wind ranks Martin Pasqualini 80th in North American Power List 2021 on the independent power book’s 10th anniversary – showcasing North American wind’s 100 most influential people
Boston, MA – CCA Group, LLC has today announced that its Managing Director, Partner, and Founding Member, Martin Pasqualini, has been named as one of the most influential people in the North American wind sector for the first time. The A Word About Wind-published North American Power List (NAPL) highlights the key trends in North America’s wind industry over the last 12 months, in the 10th anniversary of A Word About Wind power lists.
Martin Pasqualini today represents strategic and financial sponsors as well as capital providers in connection with the financing, acquisition, and disposition of renewable energy projects throughout the United States. As a partner and lead facilitator of wind and solar transactions at CCA Group, he firmly believes in renewable energy and the expansion of clean energy infrastructure. Over the past 30 years, including preceding roles as a project finance attorney and investment banker, he has developed both a great wealth of expertise as well as an unparalleled network of industry relationships that enable him to deliver efficient, customized solutions to his clients. With over 100 transactions executed in the last decade alone, he is recognized as a true sector expert with a unique appreciation for his clients’ objectives and how best to achieve them.
Along with the other chosen individuals in the NAPL, Martin Pasqualini is at the cutting edge of the North American wind industry, which has been a truly fascinating market in the past 18 months.
In the US, wind farms totaling 16.9GW were commissioned in 2020, representing an 85% increase over 2019, according to the American Clean Power Association. It also said in December that an extra 17.3GW was being built and 17.5GW in advanced development. There’s now over 122.5GW of operational wind farms in the US.
We have seen the emergence of US offshore wind too. While this was a feature of our previous NAPL in 2020, there can be no denying the anxiety felt by some in the industry over the continued delays to the 800MW Vineyard Wind 1 under the Trump administration. But changes under Biden and state tenders have quelled that fear.
Martin Pasqualini, Managing Director, Partner, and Founding Member at CCA Group said, “I am grateful to be recognized on the NAPL list. The wind industry has an exciting road ahead. I am happy to have been involved in the wind sector for nearly 30 years and look forward to my continued participation in the sector’s pursuit of a cleaner energy future.”
Richard Heap, Editor-In-Chief, A Word About Wind, said: “It’s been a tumultuous year in US politics but, despite that, wind has continued to grow strongly. Another extension of the wind production tax credit in the final days of the Trump presidency gave the sector a boost. Now it’s down to President Biden to build the momentum behind US wind, and harness enthusiasm from states, corporates, and the industry. That can boost wind in the US itself and the wider North American region.”
He added that the growth in North American wind over the last five years is the result of strong leadership from a wide range of industry leaders: “Put simply, the North American wind industry wouldn’t be where it is today without the crucial contributions of the leaders in our top 100 list — as well as the thousands of other experts who they work with. It’s been an exceptionally difficult couple of years due to the pandemic, but the US wind industry just keeps powering on.”
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About CCA Group
CCA Group, LLC is a privately held boutique financial advisory firm based in Boston that provides premier capital markets and advisory services to companies active primarily in the renewable energy and energy infrastructure markets. As a leading advisor on both sell-side and buy-side transactions, we serve clients that develop, own, invest in, and operate utility-scale renewable energy projects and other complex capital assets.
Our core activities include innovative structuring, raising capital for issuer clients, sourcing investment opportunities for institutional investors, and advising clients on complex M&A transactions. CCA Group is comprised of 20 professionals with firm management having on average over 15 years of experience with renewable energy assets and on average over 20 years of experience with asset-based finance. CCA has an additional office in San Francisco. Learn more at www.ccagp.com
About A Word About Wind
A Word About Wind is a rapidly expanding international membership community that provides intelligence, insight and connections to senior decision makers working on the financial side of the wind industry.
Our community of over 6,500 C-suite, director, and board-level individuals represent the very best finance houses, private equity investors, consultancies, developers, and law firms in the world. Through our programme of email briefings, bespoke reports and impartial industry analysis, together with a growing programme of exclusive members-only networking initiatives and events, we influence, educate and inform the people that drive and shape international wind energy.
Membership enables our community to make better informed business decisions, deepen industry knowledge, benefit from concise, informed deal information and ultimately get the inside track on what’s happening in wind.
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