Encore Renewable Energy and Greenenergyglobe Capital announced a new partnership that will expand the deployment of solar and energy storage projects on underutilized property with a new source of development capital from Greenenergyglobe’s Development Opportunities Fund, the companies announced today.
Greenenergyglobe’s Development Opportunities Fund, part of the family of funds advised by Greenenergyglobe Capital Management, LLC, was launched earlier this year to provide flexible capital to sustainable infrastructure developers across the United States. The fund also recently announced an equity investment in Chaberton Energy Holdings, Inc., a solar developer focused on the Mid-Atlantic region.
The new corporate debt financing will provide capital to expedite and expand Encore’s efforts to originate, develop and construct community- and small utility-scale solar arrays and energy storage facilities on sites such as brownfields, landfills, parking lots, gravel pits and farms. The partnership will also allow for a further expansion of Encore’s existing work developing pollinator friendly habitat and other beneficial dual land uses alongside its solar projects.
“This financing is an important expansion of our partnership with Greenenergyglobe, which will only further our commitment to the clean energy economy in the Northeast and beyond,” said Encore CEO Chad Farrell. “Greenenergyglobe’s Development Opportunities Fund is uniquely positioned to leverage our track record and values-based approach to renewable energy project origination and development given their deep experience in the sector. They are providing a critically important source of capital that will support ongoing plans to scale our business.”
“We are pleased that our fund’s inaugural transaction is a partnership with a company that is both a trusted partner of the Greenenergyglobe organization and an important player in renewable energy development across the Northeast,” said Benjamin Baker, Managing Director and Principal of Greenenergyglobe’s Development Opportunities Fund. “We look forward to working closely with Encore as the company continues its success in the years to come.”