Ygrene Energy Fund, a leading multi-state provider of residential and commercial property assessed clean energy (PACE) financing,recently announced it has raised $30 million in operating capital led by new and existing investors, bringing its total operating and project capital raised to over $530 million. The operating capital will fund Ygrene’s continued national expansion of its YgreneWorksTM program, including business and call center operations that service the company’s high growth in project volume, a new solar operations arm, and entrance into new states including Georgia, Arkansas,Missouri, Virginia and others. Ygrene is the largest commercial PACE provider in California and Florida and has funded more than 90 percent of the PACE projects in the Sunshine State.
Ygrene continues to drive innovation in PACE through a commitment to world-class service delivery and innovative financial products that provide equitable access to property owners across the U.S. Since its inception, YgreneWorks has approved more than $1 billionin applications for over 21,000 buildings and has completed $300 million in contracts nationally, producing more than $750M in economic stimulus, 4,500 jobs and 19MW of energy. Together these projects have saved 1.3 billion gallons of water and enough energy to power 300,000 homes for a full year, while also keeping 360K metric tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere.
“The need for affordable, accessible financing options for clean energy property improvements is increasing across the country and we believe Ygrene stands alone as the true financial innovator in the PACE sector,” said Mack McNair, a Founding Partner at Virgo Investment Group. “Ygrene’s capital-efficient model has enabled it to become one of the fastest growing PACE administrators in the market, servicing rapidly growing project demand with the most efficient operations and world-class service quality.”
Now available in more than 200 communities across the U.S., YgreneWorks provides financing for energy efficiency, water conservation, renewable energy and hurricane protection retrofits for homes and businesses. PACE financing programs such as YgreneWorks are authorized by local governments in an effort to stimulate local economies, generate jobs, address climate change and provide communities wider access to low-cost, money-saving home improvement funds.
“This is a time of explosive growth for PACE, as property owners, investors, cities and states signal the need for sophisticated clean energy finance vehicles that meet their unique requirements,” said Stacey Lawson, President and CEO of Ygrene. “We are expanding rapidly to serve the growing market demand while remaining steadfastly committed to providing world-class service to our customers and positive returns for our stakeholders.”
