ConnectGen, the renewables developer launched recently by oil and gas investor Quantum Energy Partners, hopes to own a multi-gigawatt development pipeline by early 2019, company president Jayshree Desai tells Recharge.

Desai believes renewables will continue to thrive in the US after the expiration of the federal renewables tax credits, in part because a wave of new investors – like Quantum – will find the post-tax-equity market more appealing.