Month: October 2021
Why Real Estate Diligence Makes or Breaks Commercial Solar Projects
Amy Fox, Vice President of Real Estate Services Commercial solar has a land problem. This problem isn’t a shortage of land but a shortage in how developers evaluate the land they’ve already located. After years of reviewing site control packages, title commitments, surveys, and lease agreements for solar projects, I’ve seen this play out the same way more than once. Solar developers are, understandably, […]
IESNA Midwest Show Floor Spotlight: Summit Ridge Energy on Scale, Storage & Building a Local Talent Pipeline
During Intersolar & Energy Storage North America (IESNA) Midwest, Digital Editor Krista Simicich spoke with Brent Buchberger, Vice President of Project Development at Summit Ridge Energy, about the company’s growth, its approach to workforce development, and his take on the challenges currently shaping the industry. Buchberger laid out two main reasons Summit Ridge showed up […]
The Advantage of Grid-Forming Inverters
The Next Generation Grid Matt Gabor, Vice President of Engineering at Summit Ridge Energy and Interconnection Strategy Champion Grid-forming inverters paired with battery storage and solar are among the fastest and cheapest ways to more powerful and reliable electric grid. Why grid forming inverters? Unlike grid following, grid-forming inverters provide both the power to meet […]
Global Infrastructure Partners Agrees to Acquire Summit Ridge Energy
NEW YORK, NY — Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock, announced that it has agreed to acquire a majority and controlling interest in Summit Ridge Energy (“Summit Ridge” or the “Company”), one of the United States’ leading commercial solar power companies. Founded in 2017, Summit Ridge constructs, owns, and operates solar and energy storage systems throughout the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and New England markets. With […]
Building Strong Vendor Relationships Through Accounts Payable
What I’ve Learned: Every Payment Is About More Than a Transaction By Brandy Maines, Accounts Payable Specialist When I first started working at Summit Ridge Energy, I thought my role was straightforward: process invoices, make payments, and keep things moving. But in this industry, nothing is ever that simple. You’re dealing with contractors, engineers, landowners, and suppliers. People […]
Solar Spotlight: Morgan County Solar
Where Frogs, Butterflies, and Locally Generated Energy Share the Same Backyard in Rural Illinois Morgan Solar 1 and Morgan Solar 1B are a pair of community solar arrays near the village of Meredosia in Morgan County, Illinois. Developed by Pivot Energy and operated by Summit Ridge Energy since 2021, Morgan Solar is living (or operating) proof that locally generated energy and good land stewardship aren’t competing priorities; they can reinforce each other. Spanning […]