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Greenbacker's Head of Infrastructure Daniel De Boer shares his insights on how the firm's hands-on operational expertise is solving real world problems and creating opportunities within the energy transition. #EnergyTransition #InvestmentInsights

Investors may have questions about how the 2024 US election could affect energy transition investment. However, despite political rhetoric, the momentum behind clean energy remains strong, driven by bipartisan legislative support and economic realities. In this white paper, Greenbacker explores why we believe the renewable energy sector is poised to continue its growth, particularly given policy tailwinds that are unlikely to disappear, irrespective of who site in in the White House.

Greenbacker's Chief Financial Officer Christopher Smith shares his insights on Greenbacker's operational edge and the people driving our growth. #EnergyTransition #InvestmentInsights

Kicking off the week with a win: The Greenbacker Development Opportunities (GDEV) team has been recognized with the IJGlobal Award for North America’s ESG Investor of the Year. This award acknowledges GDEV’s efforts over the past half decade to invest in companies operationalizing aging infrastructure and scaling access to renewables - from solar to renewable fuels - to benefit the broader society. In doing so, GDEV’s portfolio companies have amassed more than 16 GW in power generation and 23 GWh of storage capacity to help us meet energy transition needs. A huge thank you to IJGlobal for the award, and we’re honored to be selected among such a great group of investors. 

Our portfolio company Peak Power Inc is hosting a Lunch, Learn and Network event on October 23 at 12pm ET in Ontario, Canada, bringing together energy experts to discuss battery storage trends. Make sure to register now to secure a seat at the event. 

Greenbacker is proud to support Project Kindle NYC, providing passionate teachers the training and resources to bring hands-on scientific research into classrooms. Together with our partners Earthwatch Institute and Math for America, we're investing in the next generation of environmental stewards.

Congratulations to Perennial Power Holdings, Inc. which has established a joint venture with our portfolio company CEP Solar (Commonwealth Energy Partners).   “Since our initial investment in Commonwealth Energy Partners in 2021, the company has scaled rapidly to advance its pipeline of scale-diversified solar and storage projects in Virginia. We believe Perennial Power’s success in developing and operating renewable infrastructure projects best positions it as the ideal partner to support Commonwealth’s growing pipeline.” - Trixie (Ligon) Blair, Principal at Greenbacker Capital Management’s Development Opportunities Fund I.   Congrats to the entire Commonwealth Energy Partners team, and we’re excited to see how this joint venture will lead to more solar and storage projects in Virginia! Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/g9a9UUx2

Great to see our portfolio company, Lightshift Energy, recently featured in Canary Media Inc. for their success in enhancing grid resiliency in Massachusetts. As we navigate this year’s active hurricane season, backup power for community facilities—especially schools—has never been more important. That’s exactly why Lightshift is developing a microgrid to support two local schools in Wakefield, MA, to ensure safe and reliable energy access in the event of unexpected outages. Read more from Jeff St. John on how Lightshift is working with Wakefield to install grid-connected battery storage. 

Our portfolio company 3V Infrastructure is already making waves with its agreement with Camden Property Trust to deploy EV charging stations across Camden’s property portfolio. We are thrilled to see the progress the 3V Infrastructure team is making in expanding access to at-home charging across the U.S.    Read more about the relationship with 3V and Camden here: https://lnkd.in/eEGgKhn8

Greenbacker is pleased to announce it has added two new senior business development team members, Adam Evans, CAIA, CIMA®, and John Hennessey, who broaden Greenbacker’s ability to offer individual and institutional investors the opportunity—across all distribution channels—to participate in the energy transition. "With Greenbacker’s evolving set of strategies, the timing couldn't be better to add these two individuals, and their wealth of experience, to the distribution side of our business,” said Brandon Praznik, Greenbacker’s Executive Vice President of Business Development. “The strategic additions of Adam and John bolster our capital raising efforts as Greenbacker seeks to execute on its growth targets and capitalize on the energy transition opportunity set for our investors.”