Apex Clean Energy, Inc.310 4th Street NE Suite 200, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

These are exciting times in the energy industry.  We see a convergence of trends in society that are driving the transition to a world powered by clean electricity. Wind and solar energy have become large global industries whose products are scaling up now and changing the way power is generated and delivered.  They are compelling sources of energy that have been enabled by technology.  They produce no carbon emissions, they consume no water, and they are now cost competitive.  Renewable energy resources are making an important contribution to meeting the needs of our energy-driven lifestyles.

In 2009, a team of successful energy executives set out to build a new kind of energy company. Drawing from their experience with several of the nation’s leading renewable energy companies, Apex’s founders began to assemble a team of wind and solar energy professionals, creating a company with the capacity to excel in every phase of project realization, from origination to asset management, financing to construction. Today, the Apex team comprises over 90 talented and experienced professionals, positioning Apex to deliver clean, domestically-produced energy to homes and businesses across North America.

Apex has been built with a singular focus, to speed the shift to clean electricity. It is a mission we’ve been pursuing for over a decade. In 2000, prior to founding Apex, the company’s leadership team created Greenlight Energy, Inc. This independent wind energy company would be responsible for developing $750 million of facilities now in commercial operations, with a combined generating capacity of 450 MW. In 2006, Greenlight Energy, Inc. was acquired by BP Alternative Energy. Following that sale, the leadership team got together again to reinvest in the clean energy industry through a new venture, Greenlight Energy Resources.

In 2006, Greenlight Energy Resources founded Columbia Power Technologies, a leader in direct-drive wave energy systems. Columbia Power is commercializing a patented, next-generation solution that delivers survivability with a competitive cost of energy and a low environmental and stakeholder impact. 

In 2007, Greenlight Energy Resources launched Axio Power, a successful developer of utility-scale solar PV facilities in the U.S. and Canada. Over the next four years, the company completed three acquisitions and assembled a large portfolio of projects in the US and Canada. By 2011, the company had secured power sales contracts for over 100 MWs of solar capacity. These projects were subsequently financed and built by SunEdison, who acquired Axio Power in late 2011.