Unmatched RANGE OF SKILLS AND

INDUSTRY LEADING EXPERIENCE

We develop. We build. We operate.

We work across generation and storage, completing projects across a wide variety of topographies, market and commercial structures, grid configurations, and financing structures. We’ve also built durable and long-standing relationships with utilities, landowners, permitting agencies, investors, lenders and tax-equity investors.

This level of accomplishment reflects not just individual skill. It represents years of time-on-task, shared as a group. The number of firsts claimed by this team sets us apart and it’s why our projects have consistently delivered hundreds of millions of dollars in profit to our investors. Ultimately, our experience is why the Candela team has developed more utility scale solar projects than any competitor.

The projects featured below represent a selection of the work we have completed as a team at Nextlight and First Solar under the direction of Candela’s co-founder and CEO, Brian Kunz.

OUR TEAM’s Ability to innovate and execute has delivered MANY industry firsts:

ANTELOPE VALLEY SOLAR RANCH ONE WAS THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE APPLICATION OF SINGLE-AXIS TRACKING, INCLUDING 50 MW OF LINEAR TRACKING TECHNOLOGY, AND WAS AWARDED A DOE GRANT FOR INNOVATION.

AGUA CALIENTE WAS THE LARGEST SOLAR FACILITY IN THE WORLD WHEN COMMISSIONED, AND SUBSEQUENTLY WON THE “PROJECT OF THE YEAR” AND “EXCELLENCE IN RENEWABLE ENERGY” AWARDS.

THE CALIFORNIA FLATS PROJECT ENABLED APPLE TO MEET 100% OF ITS POWER REQUIREMENTS IN CALIFORNIA WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY.

MOAPA IS THE LARGEST SOLAR PROJECT OPERATING ON NATIVE AMERICAN LAND, AND REQUIRED A HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED APPROACH TO PERMITTING AND COMMUNITY INTERACTION.

CANDELA TEAM MEMBERS LED THE DEVELOPMENT AND PPA NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND EVENING PEAKING PRODUCT POWERED BY SOLAR PV AND STORAGE, INCLUDING A 65 MW SOLAR PV PROJECT COUPLED WITH A 135 MWH BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEM.

DESERT SUNLIGHT WAS THE LARGEST SOLAR FACILITY IN THE WORLD WHEN COMMISSIONED AND ONE OF A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THE TEAM QUALIFIED TO SECURE A DOE LOAN GUARANTEE UNDER THE FIPP PROGRAM.

BARILLA WAS THE FIRST UTILITY SCALE SOLAR PROJECT TO SCHEDULE AND DELIVER 100% OF ITS ELECTRICAL OUTPUT INTO THE ERCOT WHOLESALE POWER MARKET.

CANDELA TEAM MEMBERS WORKED WITH MICROSOFT ON AN INNOVATIVE AND FIRST-OF-A-KIND SOLAR PPA THAT ENABLED THAT COMPANY TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ITS PPA AS A TOOL TO MANAGE ENERGY PRICE RISK AT ITS FLEET OF DATA CENTERS.

BOTH SILVER STATE PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED ON US PUBLIC LAND ADMINISTERED BY THE BLM, DEMANDING SIGNIFICANT SKILL IN FEDERAL AS WELL AS STATE PERMITTING.

Unmatched RANGE OF SKILLS AND

INDUSTRY LEADING EXPERIENCE

We develop. We build. We operate.

OUR TEAM’s Ability to innovate and execute has delivered MANY industry firsts:

Antelope Valley

ANTELOPE VALLEY SOLAR RANCH ONE WAS THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE APPLICATION OF SINGLE-AXIS TRACKING, INCLUDING 50 MW OF LINEAR TRACKING TECHNOLOGY, AND WAS AWARDED A DOE GRANT FOR INNOVATION.

AGua caliente

AGUA CALIENTE WAS THE LARGEST SOLAR FACILITY IN THE WORLD WHEN COMMISSIONED, AND SUBSEQUENTLY WON THE “PROJECT OF THE YEAR” AND “EXCELLENCE IN RENEWABLE ENERGY” AWARDS.

CALIFORNIA FLATS

THE CALIFORNIA FLATS PROJECT ENABLED APPLE TO MEET 100% OF ITS POWER REQUIREMENTS IN CALIFORNIA WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY.

MOAPA

MOAPA IS THE LARGEST SOLAR PROJECT OPERATING ON NATIVE AMERICAN LAND, AND REQUIRED A HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED APPROACH TO PERMITTING AND COMMUNITY INTERACTION.

sunstreams 3

CANDELA TEAM MEMBERS LED THE DEVELOPMENT AND PPA NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND EVENING PEAKING PRODUCT POWERED BY SOLAR PV AND STORAGE, INCLUDING A 65 MW SOLAR PV PROJECT COUPLED WITH A 135 MWH BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEM.

Desert sunlight

DESERT SUNLIGHT WAS THE LARGEST SOLAR FACILITY IN THE WORLD WHEN COMMISSIONED AND ONE OF A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THE TEAM QUALIFIED TO SECURE A DOE LOAN GUARANTEE UNDER THE FIPP PROGRAM.

BARILLA

BARILLA WAS THE FIRST UTILITY SCALE SOLAR PROJECT TO SCHEDULE AND DELIVER 100% OF ITS ELECTRICAL OUTPUT INTO THE ERCOT WHOLESALE POWER MARKET.

SUNSTREAMS 2

CANDELA TEAM MEMBERS WORKED WITH MICROSOFT ON AN INNOVATIVE AND FIRST-OF-A-KIND SOLAR PPA THAT ENABLED THAT COMPANY TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ITS PPA AS A TOOL TO MANAGE ENERGY PRICE RISK AT ITS FLEET OF DATA CENTERS.

SILVER STATE

BOTH SILVER STATE PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED ON US PUBLIC LAND ADMINISTERED BY THE BLM, DEMANDING SIGNIFICANT SKILL IN FEDERAL AS WELL AS STATE PERMITTING.