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McCauley: There is "essentially unlimited capital" trying to invest into ESG
“There is essentially unlimited capital right now that's trying to get into ESG. It's amazing. It's a wonderful thing to see. So much capital from all around the world is trying to pour into renewable energy.”
McCauley: Renewables performed better than gas during Texas power outages
“And even in some of the Texas outages, in general, the renewable, renewable energy assets tended to perform better than the gas or thermal assets.”
McCauley: Insurers are pulling coverage from coal mines and power plants
“There are insurers sending the signal, for example, that they're not going to insure coal mines or coal power plants anymore.”
McCauley: kWh Analytics, Omnidian, and New Energy Risk underwrite cleantech performance
“When it comes to performance risk, there are folks like KWH or Omnidian who actually, you know, take on that risk of asset performance. New Energy Risk, which focuses on some of the technology risk for earlier stage technologies”
McCauley: DFIs are launching geothermal drilling insurance projects in Kenya
“There are emerging insurance projects out there
That are focused on this kind of drilling success coverage.
I think it's primarily in Kenya at the moment, where this is being launched in collaboration with some of the DFIs.”
McCauley: Standard insurance policies commonly exclude nuclear risk
“So in general insurers are very afraid of nuclear risk.
There's a common nuclear exclusion in in many policies.”
McCauley: Tech underwriting by Munich Re and New Energy Risk enabled Bloom
“In particular, you know, Munich Re is very much a technology underwriter. AXA, and as I mentioned before New Energy Risk Also on, on larger scale projects, I think Bloom Fuel Cells is a key example where that's been really a success story.”