Nola Capital Corporation Announces Changes in Financing Guidelines for Waste-to-Energy Projects
Vancouver, Washington (PRWEB) May 18, 2014 -- Nola Capital Corporation, specialists in alternative capital financing and non-conforming financial solutions, has recently announced that its waste-to-energy financing programs have been expanded to include U.S. projects as small as $30 Million. This new policy is subject to change without notice and the programs would once again only be available for projects of at least $100 Million.
“There is an incredible amount of money looking for a good place to be employed in the waste-to-energy industry,” stated Art Housholder, Managing Director of Nola Capital Corporation. “The challenge is to identify those deserving projects that have the ingredients for a successful venture and are operated by management teams who have both short term and viable long term goals. However, smaller projects needing $30 Million to $50 Million of long term financing at the best rates have been underserved for some time.”
Waste-to-energy financing can be applied to many forms of alternative energy including incineration of organic material, cogeneration, gasification and pyrolysis. Federal and State governments have made it a priority to decrease the demand for fossil fuels and increase the use of renewable energy. Recent studies show a need for approximately 650 new waste-to-energy facilities in the U.S. over the next 20 years as laws and regulations in all 50 states force a move into more renewable energy projects.
Many municipalities are struggling with their solid waste disposal strategies because landfills are expensive to operate and are governed by strict Federal and State regulations. Waste-to-energy plants can not only reduce the need to expand or build new landfills but they can also turn existing landfills into income producing assets. The problem has been to find the money to build all the waste management facilities that are needed.
Nola Capital Corporation has created a network of financial, legal and engineering firms that it works with to identify good projects, finance them and position them for long term profitability.
“Smaller municipalities are faced with many of the same waste management problems faced by larger municipalities, however, the focus has typically been on financing larger projects”, stated Housholder. “What we are able to do is come in and also help smaller projects requiring as little as $30 Million to build out and begin operating waste-to-energy plants. These deals are smaller but there are a lot of them. And when they are added up together the total number of people served becomes really impressive”.
Large public companies and substantial private companies are owners of most waste-to-energy plants and there is a growing trend of public utilities also wanting to join in the action. Housholder added in his comments, “We still do the larger projects too but nobody seemed to be willing to step up and consistently fund these smaller projects on reasonable terms. We believe smaller independents can also be an invaluable part of solving this country’s waste management problems. We intend to be a big part of the solution to that problem as the U.S. moves forward into a new era of better managing its waste problems and creating energy for our citizens that is cheaper, reliable and not dependent on what other countries do when playing with the price of crude oil”.
About Nola Capital Corporation
Nola Capital Corporation specializes in all forms of debt financing. Depending upon a particular project, the company may act as a funder, a table underwriter or a capital partner in a financing for private or public projects. For further information please visit the Company’s website http://www.nolacap.com.
Ken Myers, Nola Capital Corporation, http://www,nolacap.com, +1 888-711-6652 Ext: 412, [email protected]
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