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Recurrent Energy

98 San Jacinto Blvd, Ste 750, Austin, California, 78701, United States

Overview

Recurrent Energy is a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. that develops, owns and operates utility-scale solar and energy storage projects. The company provides project development, ownership and operations platforms supported by an in-house team of energy experts and is led by CEO Ismael Guerrero. It secured a $500M equity investment commitment, convertible into common equity, from BlackRock through a fund managed by its Climate Infrastructure business. Recurrent plans to use the funds to grow its development pipeline and transition from a pure developer to a developer plus long-term owner and operator in select markets including the U.S. and Europe. The transaction perimeter covers the U.S., Canada, Spain, Italy, the U.K., France, the Netherlands, Germany, South Africa, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Australia, South Korea and Taiwan, and excludes Canadian Solar's project development business in Japan and China and certain assets in Latin America and Taiwan. The firm expects to have 4 GW of solar and 2 GWh of storage in operation in the U.S. and Europe by 2026. Recurrent Energy is a San Francisco-based firm that structures the financing and operation of solar installations. The company raised $10 million in its first round of financing. Mohr Davidow Ventures invested $10 million in the round. JEM Partners also participated in the financing. The raise and participants were reported by VentureWire.

Total raised
$510M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Equity
Latest activity
Jan 2024

Industries

  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Renewable Energy
  • Solar
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Recent funding

  1. Equity

    Jan 2024

    $500M

  2. Equity

    Jun 2007

    $10M

Team

  • Matt Garlinghouse

    Founder

  • Michael Dennison

    Senior Director, Development - Central Region

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  • Michael Arndt

    President & General Manager

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  • Gregory Haynes

    Director, Origination & Structuring

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