Various factors could affect the availability of such projects to grow NEP's business, including, but not limited to, the following factors and those described in more detail in the additional risk factors below: •competing bids for a project from companies that may have substantially greater purchasing power, capital or other resources or a greater willingness to accept lower returns or more risk than NEP does; •a failure to agree to commercially reasonable financial or legal terms with sellers with respect to any proposed acquisitions; •fewer acquisition opportunities than NEP expects, which could result from, among other things, available projects having less desirable economic returns or higher risk profiles than NEP believes suitable for its acquisition strategy and future growth; •NEP's inability to obtain financing for acquisitions on economically acceptable terms; •NEP's failure to successfully complete construction of and finance projects, to the extent that it decides to acquire projects that are not yet operational or to otherwise pursue construction activities with respect to new projects; •NEP's inability to obtain regulatory approvals or other necessary consents to consummate an acquisition; and •the presence or potential presence of: • pollution, contamination or other wastes at the project site; • protected plant or animal species; • archaeological or cultural resources; • wind waking or solar shadowing effects caused by neighboring activities, which reduce potential energy production by decreasing wind speeds or reducing available insolation; • land use restrictions and other environment-related siting factors; and • local opposition to wind and solar projects and pipeline projects in certain markets due to concerns about noise, health, environmental or other alleged impacts of such projects.