Laura Sheldon
Laura Sheldon
Speaker
Partner

Bracewell

United States

Laura Sheldon advises clients on transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors, including the sale and purchase of both operating and development stage projects. Her experience in the energy sector includes advising clients on the sale, purchase, joint venture formation, and development of solar

assets, onshore and offshore wind assets, battery storage, carbon capture sequestration, and fossil generation assets.

Laura has extensive experience in negotiating the full suite of project infrastructure and development documents, including module supply agreements, transformer supply agreements, turbine (both wind and gas) supply agreements, EPC agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, development services agreements, asset management agreements, build-out agreements, and other procurement and development agreements.

Throughout her career, Laura has advised on the purchase, sale, and development of more than 8,000 MW of thermal generation, 7,000 MW of wind generation and 3,000 MW of solar generation. Laura was the winner of the Corporate Rising Star Award at the 2023 Women in Business Law Americas Awards.

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You Light up My Life: Solar Report

Meghan Comiskey
Senior Vice President,
Pine Gate Renewables
Stephanie Caragher
Partner,
CohnReznick
Andrew Giudici
Global Head of Corporate, Project, and Infrastructure Finance,
KBRA
Daniela Shapiro
Managing Director,
HASI
Chris Calavitta
Vice President, Structured Finance,
Lightsource bp
Moderator
Laura Sheldon
Partner,
Bracewell

The US installed roughly 14.1 GW of solar in 2022, up 34% from 2021. In 2022, solar assets logged 146B kWh into the total generation mix in the US, representing less than 4% of the total generation of renewables on the grid. What does the future of solar energy look like in the US for the coming years? What is the appetite, and will it continue to grow? 

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  • Solar + Battery storage - a match made in heaven

  • How can sponsors mitigate cost increases to keep project economics viable for solar projects?