Posts by Karen Straus

Colorado Governor Jared Polis, Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock, and more than 20 Colorado leaders–including GSSG Solar’s Managing Director Charlie McDaniel and Director Adrian Archambault–traveled to Japan to explore opportunities and tout Colorado’s business acumen in the aerospace, renewable energy, innovation and research sectors.

GSSG Solar, LLC and its affiliates are pleased to welcome Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure Co. Ltd (“DEI”) as a new long-term investor in three Japanese solar energy generation facilities — 31 megawatts located in Gifu Prefecture, 51 megawatts located in Tochigi Prefecture, and 22.5 megawatts located in Kumamoto prefecture.

(NH Business Review) A Colorado company wants to build a solar farm in Bow to go with the 11 arrays it is building in other parts of New Hampshire, and it hopes to do many more, despite the state’s reputation for being less welcoming to the industry than the rest of New England….“There’s always a benefit to being a first mover”…

GSSG Solar (“GSSG”), a solar focused renewable energy investment manager, today announces the final closing of GSSG Solar Partners III L.P., and affiliated funds with $196 million in aggregate capital commitments (“Fund III”). Over 95% of investors from GSSG’s previous fund made commitments to Fund III along with a marquee set of institutional investors, endowments, and family offices.

GSSG Solar Japan, KK, a subsidiary of GSSG Solar, LLC
announces the hiring of Satoshi Iwase as Director of Project Finance based in Tokyo. Iwase-san joins GSSG with over 30 years of experience in asset management, securitization, and project finance. He was recently a Senior Manager at one of GSSG’s lending partners,
Shinsei Bank, LTD, a leader in renewables lending.

GSSG Solar Japan, KK, a subsidiary of GSSG Solar, LLC, announced the promotion of two of its key members in the Tokyo office. Koji Shiga was promoted to Director of Development while Toshimichi Wago was promoted to Director of Asset Management. Shiga-san will take on all responsibilities related to permitting the firm’s portfolio of Japanese projects. Wago-san will assume responsibilities associated with the operations and reporting of the 220 MW of projects managed by the Company, including 34 MW of operational projects.

GSSG Solar, LLC (“GSSG”) announced full commercial operations for the 19 MW Kita-Ibaraki solar project in November 2020 (the “Project”). The Project is located in the Ibaraki Prefecture of Japan and will sell power to Tokyo EPCO under a 20-year feed-in-tariff (“FIT”). The Project is expected to offset the needs of approximately 3,400 local residents annually and employed roughly 200 local laborers workers during the construction period.

GSSG Solar announces seven solar facilities across four municipalities in New Hampshire that will be operational by the end of the year. The nine megawatt portfolio is made possible under the state’s Group Net Metering Program through the enactment of Senate Bill 98, which allows New Hampshire rate payers to benefit from cost savings from solar projects located in the state.