Rockwood Electric Utility Selects Sunrise Energy Ventures for Solar Project
Rockwood Electric Utility Selects Sunrise Energy Ventures for Solar Project Rockwood Electric Utility (REU) contracted with Seven States Power Corporation to issue a “Request for Proposals for Renewable Generation Power Purchase Agreement up to 4.6 MWac” (the “RFP”). The RFP was issued on June 29, 2021. On June 16, 2022 REU issued a Notice of [...]
AEC and MUC Jointly Award Renewable Solar Project to Sunrise Energy Ventures
AEC and MUC Jointly Award Renewable Solar Project to Sunrise Energy Ventures White Pine, Tennessee, December 6, 2021 – Appalachian Electric Cooperative (AEC) and Morristown Utilities Commission (MUC) have selected Sunrise Energy Ventures to develop the Dancing Horse solar project in White Pine, Tennessee. The project’s system size will be 24.8 megawatts (MW) and is being [...]
TVA’s new Flexibility Program is un-locking Solar in the Valley
Loudon, Tenn., August 31, 2021 – Loudon Utility Board (LUB) has selected Sunrise Energy Ventures to develop the Dancing Horse Solar project, targeted for construction in 2022. Located in Monroe the 7.5 -megawatt (MWAC) facility will power over a 1000 homes with carbon free energy and will assist LUB in controlling rates with customers. Sunrise is [...]
Largest community solar project in Illinois comes online in Fulton County
Sunrise Develops Largest Community Solar Project in Illinois Wayzata, MN – June 23, 2020—Sunrise Energy Ventures, a Minnesota-based solar development company, has the developed largest community solar project in Illinois to date. In June, Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) completed the 2.7-MW community solar farm that Sunrise Energy Ventures had developed and sold to SRE. The [...]
Sunrise Energy Ventures Announces They Have Received Approval for a Solar Development Project in Lacon, Illinois
City officials vote 5-0 to authorize lease. Minnetonka, MN – August 20, 2018—Sunrise Energy Ventures, a Minnesota-based solar development company, announced that the City of Lacon has agreed to lease it a twenty-acre parcel of land so the firm can develop a solar farm. The land, which is currently farmed, is located on the east [...]
Solar Development and Agriculture Can Co-Exist
Farmers across North America and the world are more concerned with crop diversification than ever. Commodity markets have been incredibly volatile in recent years. If weather was not already enough to keep farmers and investors guessing, global markets and worldwide politics seem to have as much—or even more—of an impact on commodity prices. Often farmland has [...]
Sunrise Energy Ventures Announces the Purchase of Site in Macomb, IL
Site Will Be Home of New Solar Installation Minnetonka, MN – February 6, 2018—Sunrise Energy Ventures, a Minnesota-based solar development company, announced the City of Macomb has agreed to sell it a seventeen-acre parcel of land so the firm can develop a solar farm. The land, which is currently farmed, is located along East University [...]
6 Common Questions About Solar Energy Projects
You believe that making a move to solar is a good idea, but where do you start? How do you, as an investor, homeowner or community even embark on a solar energy project or installation? There are countless websites, publications and studies dedicated to solar energy and no shortage of information. At the same time, [...]
Dean Leischow and Sunrise Energy Ventures Featured in Lake Minnetonka Magazine
Lake Minnetonka Magazine covers CEO, Dean Leischow in the September, 2017 issue: Minnetonka resident Dean Leischow used his 26 years of experience in the solar and optimization industry to co-found Sunrise Energy Ventures with Richard Cathcart in 2009. “I looked at what was happening with the big [alternative energy] initiative under the Obama administration, and was encouraged [...]
Why Solar Gardens are Good for Communities
Solar gardens have so many benefits to our health, the environment, our job market and so much more. As the cost of solar continues to drop, now is the time to take a serious look. This article provides information about the benefits of solar, so homeowners and communities can fully understand why solar is such [...]
9 Fascinating Facts About Solar Energy
Solar power offers no shortage of benefits for home and business owners, as well as for communities. Many of these benefits are still coming to light through recent research. Read on to learn some fascinating facts about solar energy. It is renewable Solar power is powered by sunlight. It is a constant source of renewable [...]
Sunrise Energy Ventures Opens Office in Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
New office to serve growing demand in Canadian solar market Minnetonka, MN – June 12, 2017—Sunrise Energy Ventures announced today that is has expanded operations in Canada by opening an office in Toronto, Ontario. “The Canadian solar market is growing rapidly as the country embraces renewable energy,” said Dean Leischow, chief executive officer of Sunrise [...]