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Beware of the clean energy gold rush with Leyline Renewable Capital CEO Erik Lensch
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The Inflation Reduction Act established historic incentives for clean energy and climate change. It may have also created a gold rush with potentially dangerous consequences.
In Episode 15 of the Factor This! podcast, Erik Lensch, founder and CEO of Leyline Renewable Capital, shares how the Inflation Reduction Act is impacting clean energy capital markets, which he said were already oversaturated with investors chasing projects before the climate bill passed.
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Show notes:
-Check out Episode 10, "What's going on in clean energy capital markets" with Pine Gate Renewables CEO Ben Catt, who shared a developer's point of view of clean energy capital markets.
-Read the full article for this episode, ‘Gold rush’ fever stoked by new climate law is a real concern, investor warns
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