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PJ Deschenes

Based in New York, PJ has nearly 15 years of experience advising companies and investors in a variety of sustainable infrastructure sectors. He has a strong background in M&A, project finance, financial structuring and capital raising.
PJ joined Greentech from GE Energy Financial Services where he worked on equity investments in wind, biomass, and solar energy projects and companies, including nearly 900 MW of wind energy assets. Previously, he was a founding member and Partner of BlueWave Strategies, a cleantech-focused consulting firm.
PJ holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of the South with a Bachelor’s degree in Forestry and Mathematics. PJ is a CFA Charterholder.

Notable Transactions:
 Advisor to Diamond Generating Corporation on Nexamp’s primary capital raise and secondary sale
 Bp’s Acquisition of a 50.03% stake in Lightsource bp
 Quantum Capital Group and 547 Energy on its sale of ConnectGen to Repsol
 Multiple companies on going public via Special Purpose Acquisition Corporations (SPACs), including Local Bounti (NYSE: LOCL) and TMC – The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC)
 Follow-on offering of Ormat Technologies by Orix
 Corporate clients on strategic M&A, including Neste on the acquisition of Mahoney Environmental
 Local Bounti on its merger with Leo Holdings III Corp.
 Caithness on the sale of the 845 MW Shepherds Flat wind farm to Brookfield Renewable
 Special Committee of TerraForm Power on its sale to Brookfield Renewable
 Noble Environmental Power on its sale of a 612 MW wind portfolio and dedicated operations platform to Carlyle
 The Board of Directors of Deepwater Wind on the company’s sale to Ørsted
 KKR on its sale of the 157 MW SunTap I and SunTap II solar portfolios in CA and AZ to Goldman Sachs Asset Management
 Advised Japan Wind Development on sale of 206 MW of wind assets to Development Bank of Japan

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