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NEWS, PRESS & EVENTS (links not currently active)
2020
JUN | DSUN Closes Sponsor Equity Investment for 70 MW Community Solar Portfolio
MAY | Distributed Sun Secures Development Capital from New York Green Bank
APR | DSUN Closes Interconnection Loan Facility with New York Green Bank
APR | DSUN Signs Agreement with Public Company to Install On-site Solar at 23 Sites in 17 States
2019
NOV | DSUN Executive Chairman Speaks at Cornell Energy Connection on Zero Carbon Footprint
OCT | Distributed Sun Co-founder, Chase Weir, speaks at the 2019 NY Energy Summit on Utility Scale Solar Opportunities
SEP | DSUN Projects Now Generating Almost 200 GWh's/year, Serving over 23,000 Customers
AUG | DSUN executes Purchase & Sales Agreement for $24 million Bellisario project
AUG | Jeff Weiss Speaks at DoD's Energy Exchange on Microgrids As a Service
JUL | DOE, DOD, DHS and national labs award Distributed Sun winner of the Military Energy Resilience challenge
JUN | sunTEN development and takeout fund announced following DSUN's sunNINE tax equity fund
MAY| With phase II Cleared for NTP, sunEIGHT Has 40 MW of New Solar Under Construction in Dryden
APR | DSUN announces the successful sale of commercial assets in Colorado, New Mexico and New Jersey
FEB | DSUN's Executive Chairman, Jeff Weiss, Speaks at the Aspen Clean Energy Innovation Forum
2018
SEP | Chase Weir Lectures Class at GWU's Environmental & Energy Management Institute
AUG | DSUN & EWT Expanding 88 MW NY Community Solar Portfolio to 110 MW
JUN | Jeff Weiss Speaks at Aspen Energy Week: Designing Transitions for the New Energy Economy
JUN | sunEIGHT, DSUN's 8th solar fund, finalizes sale for $130 million capital investment to serve 18,000 customers
JUN | 23.5MW of Community Solar projects in Middlesex and Norwich will serve approximately 3,900 customers
JUN | The Bloomberg & Tata Centers in Manhattan now powered by solar with help from DSUN
JUN | Jeff Weiss to Keynote at American Renewable Energy Institute Summit - AREDAY
JUN | DSUN’s 27MW Ellis Array in Dryden, NY, Begins Construction and Will Deliver Power to 4,500 Homes
MAY | DSUN Twin Arrays Nominated for Most Outstanding Project of the Year at Intersolar North America
MAY | DSUN Presents on Resilient Grids and Climate Strategies at Microgrid 2018
APR | DSUN wins 2018 Telly Award for its truSolar commercial video promoting community solar
APR | Company leadership talks deal structuring at the 2018 KPMG Renewable Energy Finance Seminar
MAR | Jeff Weiss to Lecture at Georgetown University: Managing Technology Disruption
FEB | DSUN's Executive Chairman, Jeff Weiss, Speaks at the Aspen Clean Energy Innovation Forum
2017
DEC | Solar Energy Finance Advisory Council, Jeff Weiss Leads Annual Meeting as Co-chair
AUG | DSUN Presents at the Aspen Clean Energy Innovation Forum
JUL | Jeff Weiss Speaks on Electricity Inversion at Intersolar North America
MAY | DSUN Presents to Skadden Energy Conference
MAY | DSUN Closes Second Innovative Debt Facility with New York Green Bank
APR | Jeff Weiss Speaks at KPMG Renewable Energy Finance Seminar: Electricity Inversion
MAR | Distributed Sun Sells sunONE Operating Assets as the Company Shifts to Utility Scale Development
2016
NOV | DSUN Closes sunEIGHT - A Development Joint Venture with European Wind Turbine Manufacturer, EWT
OCT | Distributed Sun's Third Annual New Energy Summit is Sold Out
SEP | S&P Ratings Service to Platinum Sponsor Annual Summit
SEP | Nancy Pfund, Managing Partner at DBL and Board Director at Tesla & Solar City to Keynote DSUN Summit
AUG | DSUN to Fund Residential Solar Portfolio with its Second Tax Equity Investment Fund, sunNINE
MAR| Cornell University Celebrates the Commencement of 2.8 MW Harford Solar Project
2015
DEC | Projects at Cornell's Ithaca Campus and 4 MW Geneva Site Announce Start of Operations
OCT | DSUN Announces its Second Annual New Energy Summit at the Swedish Embassy
MAY | DSUN Wins BNEF's 2015 FiRe Award
MAY | Chase Weir Presents A Clean Energy Credit Check at Bloomberg New Energy Finance
FEB | Distributed Sun & DE Shaw to Co-develop 20 MW Project in Nevada with NV Energy as Off-taker
2014
DEC | DSUN Celebrates the Commissioning of 1.75 MW Solar Array in Lansing
OCT | Distributed Sun to Host its First Annual New Energy Summit at the House of Sweden
SEP | DSUN's First Tax Equity Fund, sunNINE, Invests in Utility Scale Solar in California
JUN | Jeff Weiss to Speak at REFF Wall Street
JUN | Chase Weir Keynotes Intersolar North America
MAR| OPIC Signs $50 million Agreement to Fund DSUN Projects in the Caribbean and Central America
MAR| DSUN CEO Interviewed on PBS: Reducing Soft Costs for Commercial & Industrial Solar
FEB | Rocky Mountain Institute Assumes Lead Facilitator Role in truSolar Working Goup
JAN | Chase Weir to Speak in Abu Dhabi at the World Energy Future Summit
2013
SEP | Chase Weir to Speak at REFF West
JUN | DSUN CEO Keynotes Intersolar North America 2013
MAY | Stephen Lacey with GTM Interviews DSUN CEO About Market-driven Solutions for Industry Growth
MAY | truSolar to Gold Sponsor Greentech Media Solar Summit
APR | DSUN CEO Interviewed by Platt's Energy Week at Standard & Poor's Wall Street
FEB | APCO Worldwide Joints truSolar Initiative
FEB | Underwriters' Laboratories, Booze Allen, SMA and ABB Back Efforts to Create a Finance Risk Score for Solar
JAN | Rocky Mountain Institute and PwC Join Distributed Sun to Standardize Commercial Solar
2012
NOV | Distributed Sun Launches the truSolar Working Group with DuPont and S&P
JUN | DSUN expands to Colorado with large rooftop solar array at Charter School in Denver
JUN | DSUN Wins US Army MATOC Award to Develop, Own & Operate Solar on US Military Installations
MAY| Distributed Sun Joins Industry Leaders at White House to Discuss Expanding Capital Markets for Solar
APR | US FOODS Signs 20 year Solar Lease with sunTHREE for Distribution Facility in New Mexico
FEB | DSUN Named Alongside Cornell University by Mayor Bloomberg as Roosevelt Island Tech Campus Winners
JAN | DSUN Closes Series B Financing for Operating Company
2011
JUL | DSUN to Build MW-scale solar for Senior Living Facilities in Maryland
MAY | Distributed Sun Wins 22 Building Solar Rooftop Deal in Delaware Office Park
FEB | Company sponsors 4th Terranaut Almanacs Series Installment at the Council on Foreign Relations
JAN | DSUN closes financing for 1.1 MW parking canopy at the Sheraton Meadowlands hotel in New Jersey
2010
DEC | Distributed Sun Now Generating Clean Electrons for Businesses hroughout the Mid-Atlantic
SEP | Hunt Valley Data Center Commits to Go Solar with Distributed Sun
AUG | DSUN Begins Construction on Six Rooftops in Four States Scheduled for Operations in Q4 of 2010
JUL | The Hilton Hotel at BWI Airport & DSUN Announce Agreement to Build On-site Solar Array
APR | Company Executes Multi-site, 20 year PPA with Buccini Pollin Group for Sites in DE, PA and NJ
MAR | DSUN Signs Power Purchase Agreement to Construct Solar at Hotels in New Jersy & Maryland
JAN | Distributed Sun (DSUN) Closes First Solar Project Development and Ownership Fund, sunONE
2009
DEC | Distributed Sun Founded to Develop & Own C&I A3ssets in the Mid-Atlantic of the United States
NEWS, PRESS & EVENTS (links not currently active)
2020
JUN | DSUN Closes Sponsor Equity Investment for 70 MW Community Solar Portfolio
MAY | Distributed Sun Secures Development Capital from New York Green Bank
APR | DSUN Closes Interconnection Loan Facility with New York Green Bank
APR | DSUN Signs Agreement with Public Company to Install On-site Solar at 23 Sites in 17 States
2019
NOV | DSUN Executive Chairman Speaks at Cornell Energy Connection on Zero Carbon Footprint
OCT | Distributed Sun Co-founder, Chase Weir, speaks at the 2019 NY Energy Summit on Utility Scale Solar Opportunities
SEP | DSUN Projects Now Generating Almost 200 GWh's/year, Serving over 23,000 Customers
AUG | DSUN executes Purchase & Sales Agreement for $24 million Bellisario project
AUG | Jeff Weiss Speaks at DoD's Energy Exchange on Microgrids As a Service
JUL | DOE, DOD, DHS and national labs award Distributed Sun winner of the Military Energy Resilience challenge
JUN | sunTEN development and takeout fund announced following DSUN's sunNINE tax equity fund
MAY| With phase II Cleared for NTP, sunEIGHT Has 40 MW of New Solar Under Construction in Dryden
APR | DSUN announces the successful sale of commercial assets in Colorado, New Mexico and New Jersey
FEB | DSUN's Executive Chairman, Jeff Weiss, Speaks at the Aspen Clean Energy Innovation Forum
2018
SEP | Chase Weir Lectures Class at GWU's Environmental & Energy Management Institute
AUG | DSUN & EWT Expanding 88 MW NY Community Solar Portfolio to 110 MW
JUN | Jeff Weiss Speaks at Aspen Energy Week: Designing Transitions for the New Energy Economy
JUN | sunEIGHT, DSUN's 8th solar fund, finalizes sale for $130 million capital investment to serve 18,000 customers
JUN | 23.5MW of Community Solar projects in Middlesex and Norwich will serve approximately 3,900 customers
JUN | The Bloomberg & Tata Centers in Manhattan now powered by solar with help from DSUN
JUN | Jeff Weiss to Keynote at American Renewable Energy Institute Summit - AREDAY
JUN | DSUN’s 27MW Ellis Array in Dryden, NY, Begins Construction and Will Deliver Power to 4,500 Homes
MAY | DSUN Twin Arrays Nominated for Most Outstanding Project of the Year at Intersolar North America
MAY | DSUN Presents on Resilient Grids and Climate Strategies at Microgrid 2018
APR | DSUN wins 2018 Telly Award for its truSolar commercial video promoting community solar
APR | Company leadership talks deal structuring at the 2018 KPMG Renewable Energy Finance Seminar
MAR | Jeff Weiss to Lecture at Georgetown University: Managing Technology Disruption
FEB | DSUN's Executive Chairman, Jeff Weiss, Speaks at the Aspen Clean Energy Innovation Forum
2017
DEC | Solar Energy Finance Advisory Council, Jeff Weiss Leads Annual Meeting as Co-chair
AUG | DSUN Presents at the Aspen Clean Energy Innovation Forum
JUL | Jeff Weiss Speaks on Electricity Inversion at Intersolar North America
MAY | DSUN Presents to Skadden Energy Conference
MAY | DSUN Closes Second Innovative Debt Facility with New York Green Bank
APR | Jeff Weiss Speaks at KPMG Renewable Energy Finance Seminar: Electricity Inversion
MAR | Distributed Sun Sells sunONE Operating Assets as the Company Shifts to Utility Scale Development
2016
NOV | DSUN Closes sunEIGHT - A Development Joint Venture with European Wind Turbine Manufacturer, EWT
OCT | Distributed Sun's Third Annual New Energy Summit is Sold Out
SEP | S&P Ratings Service to Platinum Sponsor Annual Summit
SEP | Nancy Pfund, Managing Partner at DBL and Board Director at Tesla & Solar City to Keynote DSUN Summit
AUG | DSUN to Fund Residential Solar Portfolio with its Second Tax Equity Investment Fund, sunNINE
MAR| Cornell University Celebrates the Commencement of 2.8 MW Harford Solar Project
2015
DEC | Projects at Cornell's Ithaca Campus and 4 MW Geneva Site Announce Start of Operations
OCT | DSUN Announces its Second Annual New Energy Summit at the Swedish Embassy
MAY | DSUN Wins BNEF's 2015 FiRe Award
MAY | Chase Weir Presents A Clean Energy Credit Check at Bloomberg New Energy Finance
FEB | Distributed Sun & DE Shaw to Co-develop 20 MW Project in Nevada with NV Energy as Off-taker
2014
DEC | DSUN Celebrates the Commissioning of 1.75 MW Solar Array in Lansing
OCT | Distributed Sun to Host its First Annual New Energy Summit at the House of Sweden
SEP | DSUN's First Tax Equity Fund, sunNINE, Invests in Utility Scale Solar in California
JUN | Jeff Weiss to Speak at REFF Wall Street
JUN | Chase Weir Keynotes Intersolar North America
MAR| OPIC Signs $50 million Agreement to Fund DSUN Projects in the Caribbean and Central America
MAR| DSUN CEO Interviewed on PBS: Reducing Soft Costs for Commercial & Industrial Solar
FEB | Rocky Mountain Institute Assumes Lead Facilitator Role in truSolar Working Goup
JAN | Chase Weir to Speak in Abu Dhabi at the World Energy Future Summit
2013
SEP | Chase Weir to Speak at REFF West
JUN | DSUN CEO Keynotes Intersolar North America 2013
MAY | Stephen Lacey with GTM Interviews DSUN CEO About Market-driven Solutions for Industry Growth
MAY | truSolar to Gold Sponsor Greentech Media Solar Summit
APR | DSUN CEO Interviewed by Platt's Energy Week at Standard & Poor's Wall Street
FEB | APCO Worldwide Joints truSolar Initiative
FEB | Underwriters' Laboratories, Booze Allen, SMA and ABB Back Efforts to Create a Finance Risk Score for Solar
JAN | Rocky Mountain Institute and PwC Join Distributed Sun to Standardize Commercial Solar
2012
NOV | Distributed Sun Launches the truSolar Working Group with DuPont and S&P
JUN | DSUN expands to Colorado with large rooftop solar array at Charter School in Denver
JUN | DSUN Wins US Army MATOC Award to Develop, Own & Operate Solar on US Military Installations
MAY| Distributed Sun Joins Industry Leaders at White House to Discuss Expanding Capital Markets for Solar
APR | US FOODS Signs 20 year Solar Lease with sunTHREE for Distribution Facility in New Mexico
FEB | DSUN Named Alongside Cornell University by Mayor Bloomberg as Roosevelt Island Tech Campus Winners
JAN | DSUN Closes Series B Financing for Operating Company
2011
JUL | DSUN to Build MW-scale solar for Senior Living Facilities in Maryland
MAY | Distributed Sun Wins 22 Building Solar Rooftop Deal in Delaware Office Park
FEB | Company sponsors 4th Terranaut Almanacs Series Installment at the Council on Foreign Relations
JAN | DSUN closes financing for 1.1 MW parking canopy at the Sheraton Meadowlands hotel in New Jersey
2010
DEC | Distributed Sun Now Generating Clean Electrons for Businesses hroughout the Mid-Atlantic
SEP | Hunt Valley Data Center Commits to Go Solar with Distributed Sun
AUG | DSUN Begins Construction on Six Rooftops in Four States Scheduled for Operations in Q4 of 2010
JUL | The Hilton Hotel at BWI Airport & DSUN Announce Agreement to Build On-site Solar Array
APR | Company Executes Multi-site, 20 year PPA with Buccini Pollin Group for Sites in DE, PA and NJ
MAR | DSUN Signs Power Purchase Agreement to Construct Solar at Hotels in New Jersy & Maryland
JAN | Distributed Sun (DSUN) Closes First Solar Project Development and Ownership Fund, sunONE
2009
DEC | Distributed Sun Founded to Develop & Own C&I A3ssets in the Mid-Atlantic of the United States