As the days get progressively longer, things are heating up here at Madison Energy Infrastructure! In April, we were thrilled to announce the acquisition of Sun Tribe Solar's commercial team and project pipeline. This exciting partnership furthers our commitment to empower schools with clean energy and adds to our presence in Virginia with the opening of our new Charlottesville office. This development, combined with our continued efforts, sets Madison up for a strong year ahead and an even more advantageous future.
Madison is thrilled to announce our first community solar project in Maryland. Through our partnership with Centennial, the site developer, the Hollinswood project is forecasted to be operational this coming June. This 1 MW DC roof mount will produce approximately 1.3 GWh per year and will serve low-to-moderate income customers.
Our top reads and listens focus on the Biden-Harris Administration announcing $20 billion in awards to expand access to clean energy for communities across the nation and how distributed energy resources (DERs) are poised for a tsunami of deployment because of rising electricity demand and constraints on grid expansion.
The Biden-Harris administration is allocating $20 billion to enhance clean energy access, promote climate solutions, and reduce energy costs in communities.
Duncan Campbell of Scale Microgrid Solutions argues that distributed energy resources — solar panels, EVs, home batteries, etc. — are poised for a tsunami of deployment.
Recent legislative developments for renewables in Maryland, Virginia, and New York.
Exploring Senate Bill 783, the Brighter Tomorrow Act.
Expanding shared solar access in southwest Virginia.
New York's offshore wind projects scrapped.
The most significant news of these past months was the acquisition of Sun Tribe Solar C&I Team and all of its commercial assets, pipeline and development team. Read more about this exciting new chapter from Madison’s press release by clicking the button below!
With our new Charlottesville team, Madison is championing its Solar Empowered Schools program dedicated to engaging K-12 students with solar energy-focused curriculums through dynamic lesson plans, school visits, and educational projects. Spearheading this program is Meghan Milo, a former teacher who transforms the classroom into living labs where the science behind solar energy is brought to light. Beyond the classroom, Meghan develops and deploys lesson plans that can be shared with any educator through Solar Empowered School’s online platform. Madison sees Meghan and her team’s efforts as an invaluable addition not only to the Madison ethos, but to our K-12 customers for whom this program is an incredible incentive to work with our team.
In our new blog post, Madison CEO Richard Walsh dives into how we’ve used small advantages to achieve BIG WINS.
Starting with an “aha” moment from a pivotal 2022 meeting, Walsh walks us through Madison’s unique ‘innovation stack’ inspired by Jeff Bezos, Square, IKEA, and Southwest Airlines. Read the full story to find out how we combine innovation, resilience, and customer-centric solutions to build leading clean infrastructure.
Chioma Enechuku, Director of Asset Management at Madison, spoke at the SolarPlaza Asset Management conference sharing her insights into the opportunities and challenges presented by community solar projects. She dove into how to manage community solar assets as well as the regulatory and financial hurdles associated with them. Chioma and other experts who share their expertise are vital messengers within the Solar Community bringing forth transparency and space to expand collaboration.
Juliana Harless, Madison’s Southeast Market Lead, hosted a happy hour this month following RE+ Atlanta. Juliana, along with Zack Muzdakis, Director of Market Development, Chioma Enechuku, Director of Asset Management, Crystal Williams, Director of Marketing, and Claudia Barker, Marketing Coordinator, met with over dozens of new potential partners. The event gave attendees the opportunity to engage and refine future opportunities with Madison. The Southeast market is a strategic foothold for Madison with a growing portfolio of 18 projects.
"To Sell Is Human" by Daniel H. Pink explores the nuanced skills of selling in today’s world, moving beyond traditional tactics to embrace a new approach based on social science insights. Pink presents effective strategies including six new pitches, understanding perspectives, and framing messages, aiming to improve how we interact in work, school, and home settings.
This spring across North America, the entire continent came to a pause for a moment to witness and share the experience of a solar eclipse. The experience calls to mind the worlds of Carl Sagan from his book Pale Blue Dot: “It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.” As a solar energy company, it was indeed quite humbling to witness the strength of the sun diminished by the our little moon. We therefore invite you to to reflect back on your own eclipse experience and consider our own role to cherish our pale blue dot. View NASA's take on the eclipse through the link below.