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Kshitiz Raj

Energy Finance Specialist, Redaptive Inc.

"The U.S. solar market doesn't need perfect forecasts across dozens of assumptions — it needs alignment on the few levers that consistently determine whether a project can close."

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Solar Project Finance Power Purchase Agreements BESS Finance Tax Credit Modeling Clean Energy Investment Structured Finance

About

Kshitiz Raj is an Energy Finance Specialist at Redaptive Inc., focusing on U.S. solar and BESS project finance. He has supported pricing and capital allocation on PPA structures, built project valuation and tax credit models, and worked in structured finance and banking for several years. He holds a master's degree in management sciences and quantitative methods from Duke University.

Articles by Kshitiz Raj

May 14, 2026 The Metric That Misleads: A New Framework for Capital Allocation in Solar, EV Charging, and Data Centers A single number often drives multimillion-dollar infrastructure decisions—cost per watt, cost per port, cost per megawatt. But across solar, EV charging, and data centers, that number is frequently built on inconsistent assumptions, making comparisons look precise when they are not. January 27, 2026 Which Assumptions Really Set Power Purchase Prices and Returns in United States Solar Projects? Solar deal models carry dozens of inputs — but three assumptions do most of the work. Kshitiz Raj breaks down the hierarchy of drivers that actually set PPA prices and equity returns, and what developers, lenders, and buyers should do differently as a result.

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