North America

Explore clean‑energy trends, regional differences, and market insights from across North America. From policy developments to cross‑border innovation, this archive provides a wide‑angle view of how the U.S. and Canada are accelerating renewable adoption—and how community solar plays a key role in expanding access across diverse regions.

PureSky Energy Announces Changes to Leadership Team: Jared Donald as CEO and Nicole LeBlanc as COO

September 6, 2023

Denver, CO, September 6, 2023 – PureSky Energy, a leading developer, owner and operator of US community solar and storage projects, has appointed Jared Donald as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Nicole LeBlanc as Chief Operating Officer (COO). This follows the recent acquisition of PureSky Energy (formerly Amp US) by a consortium comprising funds managed by Palisade Infrastructure Group (“Palisade Infrastructure”) and Fiera Infrastructure Inc. (“Fiera Infrastructure”).
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Fiera Infrastructure and Palisade Infrastructure Group to Acquire Amp US

February 21, 2023

Amp Solar Group will be selling its equity interests in the US-based business.
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Amp Energy Secures Tax Equity and Debt Financing for $155M Community Solar Plus Storage Portfolio in Repeat Transactions with U.S. Bank and KeyBank

August 24, 2022

Denver, CO, August 25th – Amp Energy, a global Energy Transition Platform and renewable energy developer, today announced it has closed financing on its 61 MW | 6.5 MWh solar plus storage portfolio in Massachusetts and New York, valued at $155M. KeyBank led the construction and term debt, with U.S. Bank investing the tax equity for the portfolio, in the fourth transaction amongst the three parties since 2017.
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Amp Energy Provides $100,000 Endowed Scholarship for the University of Rochester

August 3, 2022

New York, US – August 3rd, 2022 – Amp, a global energy transition platform and renewable energy developer with community solar farms across the US, announced today that it has provided a $100,000 contribution to the University of Rochester for an endowed scholarship for undergraduate students in Arts, Sciences & Engineering.
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Amp Becomes Official Sponsor of the GRID Alternatives Tribal Program

March 17, 2022

We are proud to announce we are now an official sponsor of the GRID Alternatives Tribal Program, which supports tribal communities across the United States achieve their renewable energy goals. Since 2010, GRID has partnered with Tribes to identify, develop, finance and implement solar power projects that meet community needs, including education, hands-on training, and energy cost reductions for tribal members. Check out the impact report below for the project we have sponsored for Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint, New Mexico to teach students about small grid-tied and off-grid residential solar photovoltaic systems. The students were able to gain valuable hands-on training…
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Amp Secures $88M Financing for Another New York Community Solar Portfolio

January 24, 2022

New York, US – January 24, 2022 – Amp, a global energy transition platform and renewable energy developer, announced today that it has successfully closed financing for the construction of six community solar projects in New York State.
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Amp to Install 100MW of Community Solar Projects in the US by the End of 2021

October 27, 2021

New York, US – October 27, 2021- Amp, a global energy transition platform and renewable energy developer, announced today that it has broken ground on a portfolio of wholly-owned Community Solar projects in New York state, and, along with its Massachusetts portfolio that is under construction, is on track to install nearly 100MW of Community Solar projects across its Northeastern territory by the end of the year.
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Amp Closes Financing on $106.5M New York Portfolio of Community Solar Plus Storage Projects

October 6, 2021

New York, US – October 26th – Amp, a global energy transition platform and renewable energy developer, announced today that it has successfully closed financing on its $106.5M New York portfolio of wholly-owned community solar plus storage projects.
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Amp Energy, Distributed Sun Partner on $100M+ NY Community Solar Projects

August 19, 2021

NEW YORK, August 19, 2021 – Distributed Sun (DSUN), a leading developer of community solar, and the largest CDG developer in New York state, partners with Canadian based Global Energy Transition Platform Amp Energy (Amp) to finance 70 megawatts of projects in upstate New York.
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Amp Closes Landmark Tax Equity and Debt Financing for Community Solar Portfolio with KeyBank and US Bank

September 4, 2020

The Massachusetts-based portfolio, valued at approximately $100M, holds some of the first non-residential DC-coupled solar + storage systems to be successfully financed in the United States and marks Amp’s first solar + storage project financing The 4 projects under the portfolio will be the first in the US to be dispatched by Amp’s proprietary digital energy platform, Amp X, using its VPP trading platform. Amp’s next US portfolio, moving into construction in Q1 2021, includes >100 MW of solar projects paired with >50 MWh of DC-coupled energy storage across Massachusetts and New York. Denver, CO – September 24, 2020 –…
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