Four Steps To Effectively Pursuing Government Financing

Taite McDonald is a Senior Policy Advisor and Stephen Bolotin is a Public Affairs Advisor in Holland & Knight's Washington D.C. office.

The market of government financing for renewable energy technologies holds both great potential and significant risk to companies looking to advance their business development goals. On the one hand, working with the government can provide non-dilutive capital for innovative technologies and/or research and development (R&D) activities. Winning and successfully executing on government contracts can generate prestige and validation for companies and signal to investors on the strengths of innovative technologies. On the other hand, government programs often come with complicated application requirements and long runways for returns on investments. There is often the need to comply with significant government oversight and reporting obligations. Some government programs can be highly competitive with IP considerations and government