Participated · Equity · Jul 2022

Powin provides fully integrated battery energy storage solutions, combining hardware, software, and services to optimize grid performance. The company offers end-to-end energy storage systems and reports 17 GWh of projects deployed and under construction. Powin positions itself as a leader in the rapidly expanding energy storage market and aims to accelerate expansion and drive continued innovation. The company intends to use new capital to support working capital needs and enhance financial flexibility. Equity investors include Greenbelt Capital Partners, Trilantic, and Energy Impact Partners, and Guggenheim Securities served as financial advisor. Powin’s strategy is framed around meeting rising demand for storage driven by renewable expansion and the need for grid resiliency. Powin develops battery energy storage systems and integration technology, including its own battery modules and racks called Stacks. The company built StackOS, an energy storage management platform that combines a battery management system (BMS), energy management system (EMS) and thermal management system (TMS). Powin counts customers such as Invenergy, EDF, Southern Power, Idaho Power, Ameresco, Borrego, Leeward Energy and STEM. The company said it raised $135 million in funding led by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC, with participation from Trilantic Energy Partners North America and Energy Impact Partners. Powin did not disclose a valuation or its cumulative amount raised, but CEO Geoff Brown said the new capital will scale global manufacturing and infrastructure, further develop its product suite, and support relationships with international suppliers and global customers. A recent strategic partnership with Samsung C&T and prior funding from Samsung Venture Investment are expected to help Powin expand into the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Powin designs and manufactures integrated hardware and software battery energy storage systems and has developed patented battery management technology. The company says it has built over 600 MWh of systems across 54 projects in 10 states and 8 countries, and has a contracted pipeline to supply over 4,000 MWh globally over the next five years. Powin positions its products as safe, cost‑effective, and bankable solutions for utilities, IPPs, and energy consumers. Management plans to accelerate growth and execute planned innovations within its integrated platform following the new investment. The company emphasizes supply‑chain and manufacturing expertise developed since its founding and evolution into Powin Energy. Powin’s stated mission is to enable higher renewables penetration, non‑wires alternatives, and power decentralization to support grid decarbonization.

Participated · Equity · Jun 2022

Intersect Power is a clean energy company that develops, owns, and operates grid‑tied solar PV and battery storage assets and co‑located facilities for large industrial loads including data centers and e‑fuels. The company focuses on transformative projects that decarbonize the existing power grid and bring new loads to clean generation without the need for new transmission. Intersect reports a base portfolio of 2.2 GW of operating solar PV and 2.4 GWh of battery storage in operation or construction, representing roughly $4 billion in capital investments. It plans to break ground on an additional 4 GW of solar PV and 10 GWh of battery storage representing about $9 billion of assets in 2025. Intersect announced a strategic partnership with Google and TPG Rise Climate to provide scaled renewable power and storage solutions to new data centers, and is financing the partnership’s first co‑located clean energy project. That project is expected to be operational in 2026 and fully complete by 2027. Intersect Power is a San Francisco-based clean energy company that develops clean energy resources to deliver low‑carbon electricity, fuels, and related products to customers in retail and wholesale energy markets. Led by CEO Sheldon Kimber, the company focuses on scalable low‑carbon solutions including solar PV and co‑located storage. It has an 8.5+ GWp and 8+ GWh mid-to-late stage pipeline and a base portfolio that includes 2.2 GWp of solar PV and 1.4 GWh of co‑located storage slated to be in operation by 2023. In June 2022 Intersect raised $750M in growth equity to fund scaling of its renewable energy portfolio and new product pipeline. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate entry into new markets and technologies, including plans for nearly 1 GW of green hydrogen production. Proceeds will support continued development across the United States of its mid-to-late stage portfolio totaling more than 8.5 GWp and 8+ GWh. Intersect Power develops utility-scale renewable energy projects, focusing on solar and energy storage and offering development, design, engineering, finance and operations services. The company has developed 3.7 GWDC of solar assets with a portfolio value of more than $8 billion and has developed and sold over 1.7 GWDC of contracted solar projects across California and Texas. It also reports a late-stage pipeline of 3.2 GWDC of solar and storage projects expected to be in operation by 2023. Intersect says it will use new capital to more quickly scale its core solar and storage business and to expand into emerging clean infrastructure classes, including green hydrogen. The company positions itself as a scalable independent power producer that leverages connectivity between capital markets, supply chains and technology to deploy low-carbon infrastructure. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, CA, Intersect emphasizes experience across all phases of utility-scale project delivery.