4 Minutes With…John Kirkwood, Partner, Kreig Devault
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) … Our team of attorneys in the Alternative Energy Group has a national practice and reputation. We cover every aspect of “project finance,” including project contracts, environmental diligence, intellectual property, tax, tax equity, securities law, and all aspects of secured lending. Additionally, we offer our clients a national New Markets Tax Credit practice.
What do you feel are the most important milestones the industry must achieve in the next 5 years?
The commercialization of technology and the reduction or management of feedstock, technology of off-take risks are all things which the industry must address. This, together with a constant federal energy policy, will move the bioeconomy from a one in which skepticism is our nemesis to one which is viewed as an established and mature industry.
If you could snap your fingers and change one thing about the Advanced Bioeconomy, what would you change?
A lack of consistent federal energy policy is by and far the biggest issue facing the bioeconomy. READ MORE