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Ember Infrastructure Closes Inaugural Fund with over $340 Million of Commitments

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Friday, July 1, 2022

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NEW YORK, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Ember Infrastructure ("Ember") announced the final closing of Ember Infrastructure Fund I (the "Fund") with over $340 million of capital commitments to invest in the energy transition and resource efficiency sectors.

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NEW YORK, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Ember Infrastructure ("Ember") announced the final closing of Ember Infrastructure Fund I (the "Fund") with over $340 million of capital commitments to invest in the energy transition and resource efficiency sectors.
The Fund received commitments from a diverse group of leading institutional investors from the United States, Canada and Europe, including public and private pensions, consultants, asset managers, foundations, insurance companies, and family offices.
Ember's investment team also includes Vice Presidents Alex Smyk and Barrett Veazy, both of whom also previously worked at Global Infrastructure Partners.
Ember Infrastructure is a private equity platform seeking to capitalize on investment opportunities created by the global economy transition into a low carbon and sustainable future.

SunShare and Arc Thrift Stores Partner to Deliver Savings and Community Benefits through Renewable Energy

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Tuesday, December 7, 2021

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DENVER, Dec. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today SunShare, the nation's oldest and largest community solar company, announced an agreement with Colorado non-profit Arc Thrift Stores to offset 100% of the electricity from some 30 Denver-area Arc Thrift Stores locations with solar energy.

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DENVER, Dec. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today SunShare, the nation's oldest and largest community solar company, announced an agreement with Colorado non-profit Arc Thrift Stores to offset 100% of the electricity from some 30 Denver-area Arc Thrift Stores locations with solar energy.
As a community solar subscriber, Arc Thrift Stores will save money on its electricity bills, while educating their team members and participants in the Arc Ambassadors program about the importance of sustainability and renewable energy.
Arc Thrift Stores believes that when customers choose to shop thrift, they are helping their budgets and also our planet while supporting a local charity.
"As a community-focused organization serving Colorado for over a decade, we are honored to partner with Arc Thrift Stores.

SunShare Secures $30 Million Investment from Ember Infrastructure to Grow Platform of Community Solar Gardens and Renewable Energy Development

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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

SunShare, a family-owned company, has been a leading proponent of community solar since its inception in 2011, with more than 13,000 customers subscribed in over 80 community solar projects across Colorado and Minnesota.

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SunShare, a family-owned company, has been a leading proponent of community solar since its inception in 2011, with more than 13,000 customers subscribed in over 80 community solar projects across Colorado and Minnesota.
Community solar expands access to solar power generation beyond those homesand businesses able to installsolar panels on their rooftops.
SunShare is the nation's oldest and largest residential community solar company, a pioneer of the community solar industry since 2011.
Since then, SunShare has led the way in transforming the energy industry with locally-generated solar power.SunShare has developed approximately 80 fully-subscribed community solar gardens across Colorado and Minnesota.

SunShare Invests $100,000 in Local Colorado Businesses & Charitable Organizations

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

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DENVER, July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today SunShare, the nation's oldest and largest residential community solar provider, announced that it purchased more than $100,000 in gift cards to local Colorado retailers as part of a subscriber promotion that offers participants gift cards to local businesses or charitable organizations.

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DENVER, July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today SunShare, the nation's oldest and largest residential community solar provider, announced that it purchased more than $100,000 in gift cards to local Colorado retailers as part of a subscriber promotion that offers participants gift cards to local businesses or charitable organizations.
The program began as an effort to support other local Colorado small businesses during the pandemic and reward new subscribers with further incentives to choose solar energy from the state's community solar gardens.
SunShare celebrated its 10th anniversary earlier this year, on the heels of Colorado celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the nation's first community solar legislation.
SunShare is offering gift cards to local businesses for subscribers who enroll by September 15 ahead of finishing construction on their next 5MW community solar garden.

Pivot Energy and Standard Solar Develop Three New Community Solar Projects in Colorado

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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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b'DENVER, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Pivot Energy, Colorado\'s largest community solar developer , and Standard Solar, Inc. , a nationally recognized leader in the development, funding, ownership, and operation of commercial and community solar assets, have announced the development of three new community solar projects in Colorado.

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b'DENVER, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Pivot Energy, Colorado\'s largest community solar developer , and Standard Solar, Inc. , a nationally recognized leader in the development, funding, ownership, and operation of commercial and community solar assets, have announced the development of three new community solar projects in Colorado.
Pivot Energy developed and constructed the solar gardens and will provide customer management services, while Standard Solar will finance, own, and maintain the systems.\n"Our continued partnership with Standard Solar has been a tremendous success as we work to meet the growing demand by Coloradans for more clean energy," said Jon Fitzpatrick, vice president of project development for Pivot Energy.
"\n"Developing these projects alongside Pivot Energy was a true collaboration leveraging our joint resources and our shared values in renewable energy and accessibility," said Shaun Laughlin,Head of US Strategic Development for Standard Solar.
To find out more about them and how to subscribe to a community solar garden, please visit: https://platform.pivotenergy.net/residential\nPivot Energy is a national solar provider that develops, finances, builds, and manages solar and storage energy projects.

SunShare Energizes Colorado's Largest Ever Community Solar Garden

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Wednesday, February 3, 2021

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DENVER, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Today SunShare, the nation's community solar leader, announced commissioning of its Uncompahgre Community Solar Garden, Colorado's largest community solar project to-date, totaling just over five megawatts DC.

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DENVER, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Today SunShare, the nation's community solar leader, announced commissioning of its Uncompahgre Community Solar Garden, Colorado's largest community solar project to-date, totaling just over five megawatts DC.
"It is exciting that 10 years after we created the first open-market community solar garden in Colorado, our 22nd Colorado solar garden is now the largest in our home state and serves more residents than any other community solar garden in Colorado's history," David Amster-Olszewski, SunShare's CEO and Founder, said.
Denver-based SunShare has developed more than 110 MWdc of community solar gardens and is the largest residential community solar subscriber in the U.S., having enrolled more than 13,000 residential subscribers in both Colorado and Minnesota.
The Uncompahgre Community Solar Garden kicks off additional community solar garden construction for SunShare and comes on the heels of the company winning 13 megawatts of capacity in Xcel Energy's 2020 Solar*Rewards Community RFP and Standard Offer Program.

Solar Industry’s Fastest Growing Segment, Community Solar Sees Exponential Impact from ITC Extension

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Monday, December 28, 2020

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David Amster-Olszewski, CEO of SunShare the nations largest residential community solar developer said, "The extension of the tax credits will allow companies like ours to continue bringing solar to communities at better costs.

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David Amster-Olszewski, CEO of SunShare the nations largest residential community solar developer said, "The extension of the tax credits will allow companies like ours to continue bringing solar to communities at better costs.
Community solar is a solar farm, not owned by the utility company that provides electricity through the existing power grid.
Instead of putting panels on a roof, households and businesses simply subscribe to a portion of the energy produced in the community solar garden.
The utility continues delivering energy to the home or business, and the subscriber receives solar credits on their electricity bill.