With a record inventory of new LNG projects competing to meet growth in demand, how will the winners be funded? Will traditional commercial and risk management approaches lose out to new business models? Can novel sources of financing be accessed, and can these sources significantly increase the availability and lower the cost of capital? Insights from leading developers, stakeholders, and financial institutions will help inform these questions.
As emerging markets take the lead in power demand growth and renewable capacity additions, they will serve as testbeds for new technologies and market structures. Government, developer, investor, and other stakeholders discuss how transitioning economies will reform power sectors in the age of digitalization and electrification. How can they balance long-term resource adequacy and price stability with decentralized and distributed options? What level of revenue risk does an investor perceive in a newly restructured and privatized power market?