Energy Magazine September 2016 | Page 85

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industrial hosts to invest capital , or to sell the energy to the host , something which what Bauer describes as “ very difficult and challenges the economics for the project ”.
“ A typical energy development company has a core financial focus , that ’ s not what we do ,” he says . “ We have the profiles of competent systemthinking industrial professionals , which allows the company to go into industrial processes and look at them from a completely different perspective ,” Bauer states .
What makes S2NRG different is its ability to provide a solution for multiple audiences .
“ If you ask the capital markets , it ’ s our relationship with the industrial hosts and our ability to connect at the highest levels and to have the conversations that we can have .
“ If you ask the industrial host , it ’ s our relationship with the capital market . There ’ s no magic
to what we do , but there is some secret sauce and our integrated hybrid technology platform .”
Moreover , the private equity firms like this model because it gives them interesting new distributed power plants to invest in that they wouldn ’ t normally have access to .
In creating a market , new entrants are a certainty . But this is actually part of S2NRG ’ s long term goal . “ We want to declare the market of Industrial Renewable Energy , carve out space for other developers who can join us in this market and rely on licencing our technology ,” Bauer states .
“ Development is means by which to get our technology to market , but in the end of the day if you ask the founders what S2NRG is about , we will tell you it ’ s an industrial renewable energy company with a core patented technology that enables that .”
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