
Knowledge-Transfer Webinar: Acting with Power
This week, the Women in Wind Global Leadership Program held its second Knowledge-Transfer Webinar, where our 2022 participants and mentors took part in an exclusive session on Acting with Power.
Women in Wind held its fourth Knowledge-Transfer Webinar on 13 November 2019, on the topic of project investment and financing. We were delighted to welcome Mary Quaney, CFO, Mainstream Renewable Power (pictured above), Bridget Beals, Clean Energy Director, KPMG UK, and Isabel Rodriguez, Investment Director, Glennmont Partners, to share their insights with our program Participants in a closed-door webinar.
Some of the insights include:
During the Q&A session, political risk was highlighted as one of the key risks for investment. Isabel pointed out that retrospective changes to regulation can undermine investor confidence, as happened in Spain several years ago. Maturity of the market is also a key factor, with Mary highlighting the need to factor in maturity of supply chain, availability of experienced contractors for construction and the risk profile of different PPAs which may not meet international standards.
Finally, a lively webcast ended with a few pieces of advice for women shaping their careers in the wind industry:
This week, the Women in Wind Global Leadership Program held its second Knowledge-Transfer Webinar, where our 2022 participants and mentors took part in an exclusive session on Acting with Power.
Women in Wind held its first Knowledge-Transfer Webinar of the 2022 cohort of the Program on Tuesday, 26th July, 2022 on the topic of offshore wind.
Women in Wind 2022 program welcomes 22 new mentors for this year’s scheme
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