Clean Energy

Our Clean Energy team has extensive knowledge and experience in the Clean Energy sector, covering clean fuels and clean power generation. Our team is active in representing companies and capital providers in the evaluation and execution of financing, merger and acquisition and restructuring transactions.

Our sector expertise spans the following subsectors of Clean Energy:

  • Ethanol
  • Biodiesel
  • Next-Generation Fuels
  • Geothermal Developers
  • Solar Equipment and Developers
  • Wind Equipment and Developers
  • Biomass
  • Engineering, Procurement and Construction
  • Smart-Grid and Energy Efficiency
  • Fuel Cells and Energy Storage

Our expertise covers the following Clean Energy-related areas:

  • Technical: Solar PV Manufacturing, Utility-Scale Solar, Ethanol, Biofuel Co-Products, Greenhouse Gasses, Enhanced Geothermal Systems, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Distributed Generation, Demand Response, Fischer-Tropsch, Geothermal Drilling and Engineering, Hydrogen Storage
  • Clean Energy Regulation: ARRA, EISA, RES, RFS and RFS2, RINs and RPS
  • Clean Energy Finance: Project Finance, Treasury Grant Program, Investment Tax Credit, Production Tax Credits, Renewable Energy Credits, and Renewable Energy Loan Guarantees

For questions on our services please contact:

Eric Moxham

Managing Director
Investment Banking Group
(212) 351-9725
emoxham@imperialcapital.com

Eric Moxham is Managing Director, Investment Banking Group in Imperial Capital’s New York office with a focus on the Energy Industry. Prior to joining Imperial Capital, Mr. Moxham was a founding principal of Enfield Capital which provided research and sales and trading services to hedge funds with a focus on deep value long and short equity ideas in the consumer products, energy, healthcare services, medical products, retail and technology markets. Prior to Enfield Capital, Mr. Moxham worked as a senior banker in the New York offices of Chanin Capital Partners, Jefferies & Company, Inc. and Conway, Del Genio, Gries & Co. (CDG) focused on financing, merger and acquisition and recapitalization/restructuring transactions. Previously, Mr. Moxham worked as a principal investor and turnaround consultant for George Capital/George Group in Dallas where he participated in the acquisition of three manufacturing companies with a combined transaction value of approximately $800 million. Mr. Moxham started his career in the New York Financial Advisory Services/Corporate Finance Group of Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Moxham received his B.B.A. from the University of Texas in Austin and his M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University.

John E. Mack III

Co-Head, Investment Banking Group
Head of Mergers and Acquisitions
(310) 246-3716
jmack@imperialcapital.com

John E. Mack III is Executive Vice President, Co-Head of Investment Banking and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at Imperial Capital. Mr. Mack joined Imperial Capital in 2008 as part of the firm’s acquisition of certain assets of USBX Inc., an investment banking firm focused on mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Mack was founder and Chief Executive Officer of USBX. Prior to USBX, Mr. Mack served as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Protection One, Inc. (NASDAQ: PONE), then the nation's second largest provider of life safety and property monitoring services. Prior to assuming the role of CEO, Mr. Mack held the positions of Chief Financial Officer, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Business Development, where he was involved in over 200 acquisitions and oversaw the company’s growth from approximately 30,000 subscribers and $17 million in revenue to more than 1.6 million subscribers, $600 million in revenue and an enterprise value of over $2 billion. Before joining Protection One, Mr. Mack was a Senior Executive Officer with Westec Security, Inc. and prior to Westec he was a Senior Executive Officer with MCM, Inc., dba FAFCO Solar of Northern California. Mr. Mack earned a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.B.A from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Erich Hobelmann

Vice President
Investment Banking Group
(212) 351-9764
ehobelmann@imperialcapital.com

Erich Hobelmann is Vice President, Investment Banking Group in Imperial Capital’s New York Office. Mr. Hobelmann advises on a variety of restructuring, M&A, capital raising and valuation matters. In addition, Mr. Hobelmann has extensive transaction experience within Imperial Capital’s Alternative Energy and Industrials industry verticals. Prior to joining Imperial Capital, Mr. Hobelmann worked in the Financial Restructuring Group at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin where he focused on a variety of debtor and creditor side financial restructuring engagements and distressed M&A transactions. Mr. Hobelmann received his B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and Business Economics from the University of Southern California.