Lars Olson
Director of Project Finance at GridStor(Goldman Sachs BESS portfolio company)
- Role
- Director - Project Finance at GridStor
- Location
- Portland, OR, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Lars Olson
My career focus has been energy, with roles in project finance, regulatory advisory, and asset management. My current role is focused on raising debt and tax credit monetization for utility scale BESS projects. Since 2019 I\'ve closed debt, tax equity financings for ~2GW of BESS, solar, and wind projects. Across my asset management roles, I\'ve worked on over 1.5 gigawatts of projects covering solar PV, wind, and concentrated solar. I have infrastructure experience in seven countries.Key Words: Project finance, negotiation, PPAs (power purchase agreements), financial modeling, excel, economic analysis, solar PV, concentrated solar, wind, hydro, natural gas, diesel generators, Latin America, Caribbean, South Africa, Central America, financial statement analysis, infrastructure policy and regulation, energy, renewable energy, public-private partnerships, development, emerging markets, project management, French, English, Spanish, Italian, risk analysis, credit monitoring, M&A, asset management, banking, lending, loan agreements, tax equity, debt.Countries of Experience: Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Dominica, Guatemala, South Africa, USA.
Experience
Director - Project Finance
Apr 2024 — Present · Portland, OR, US
Construction, bridge, and term debt financingTax credit monetizationCorporate level financing facilities-$50M LC facility close- 60MW BESS - Close tax credit sale- 220MW BESS - Close bridge loan, close tax credit sale
Education
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
MA, Finance, economics, energy
2010 — 2012
Université de Provence
Certificate of C1 Level Language Ability, French
2004 — 2005
Whitworth University
BA, International Studies / Spanish
2000 — 2004
University of California, Berkeley
Nondegree coursework, Economics, Statistics
2009 — 2010
Skills
- Financial Modeling
- Financial Analysis
- Research
- Excel
- Energy
- Strategic Planning
- Research Project Management
- Public Policy
- Spanish
- Entrepreneurship
- Strategy
- Policy
- Economics
- International Relations
- Renewable Energy
- Finance
- Energy Policy
- Analysis
- Management
- Project Management
- Policy Analysis
- Leadership
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Marketing
- Microsoft Excel
- Powerpoint
- Filemaker Pro
- Salesforce.com
- Public Speaking
- Business Development
- Nonprofits
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