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Foss & Company Closes $150 Million Section 48E Tax Equity Investment with Summit Ridge Energy & Apollo
The financing supports community solar projects across Illinois and marks the industry’s first transaction under the new Section 48E framework [DENVER, CO — August 19, 2026] – Foss & Company, a leading tax equity syndicator, today announced the closing of ~$150 million tax equity investment in Section 48E Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credits (ITCs), generated […]
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 […]
News Stories & Blogs
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 […]
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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 […]
Trio Advisory: Transform – Auto Program Announces First Community Solar Cohort Agreement
Trio, a global sustainability and energy advisory company, today announced that the Transform: Auto program, launched with the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) in late 2024, has executed its first community solar agreement between Magna and project developer Summit Ridge Energy, the nation’s leading commercial solar company. Magna’s contract with Summit Ridge Energy will […]
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