Large Scale Companies Bet Big on the Future of Renewable Energy and Smart Energy Tech
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-- May 16, 2019 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire -- Investorideas.com,
one of the first investor news resources covering renewable
energy stocks releases a sector snapshot reporting on the surge
in cleantech and smart energy technology driven by industry
leaders now willing to bet heavily with investing and spending in
the sector.
Google, Facebook, General
Motors and Walmart, along with over 300 other companies,
recently
announced the launch of the Renewable Energy
Buyers Alliance (REBA), which will be the
largest group of corporate renewable energy buyers in the United
States. By working to unlock the marketplace for organizations to
buy renewable energy, REBA hopes to bring more than 60 gigawatts of
new renewables online in the United States by
2025.
"Every enterprise - whether
it's a bakery, a big-box retailer, or a data center - should have
an easy and direct path to buy clean energy. Ultimately, sourcing
clean energy should be as simple as clicking a button," said
Michael Terrell, head of Energy Market Strategy, Google, and REBA's
first Board Chair.
"Today's REBA launch
demonstrates that large energy buyers from across every sector are
committed to doing their part to solve this problem," said Rob
Threlkeld, Global Manager, Sustainable Energy/Supply Reliability at
General Motors.
This development has helped
spark a spending surge in the sector and smaller companies offering
solutions are directly benefiting from the revenue
flow.
CleanSpark,
Inc. (OTCQB:
CLSK), a microgrid company with advanced
engineering, software and controls for innovative distributed
energy resource (DER) and microgrid deployments recently
announced that it has
secured $2.5 million in orders for its intelligent automatic
transfer switch (ATS) switchgear. The Company's Intelligent ATS
switchgear is used to automatically transfer power supply from its
primary source to a backup source when it senses a failure or
outage in the primary source, thus ensuring uninterrupted power. It
also allows the end-user the opportunity to participate in regional
energy markets when it makes financial sense to sell surplus power
back to the grid.
CleanSpark's new order is to
a current customer that provides back-up power solutions and
microgrids to its clients. The end user of the Company's
intelligent ATS switchgear from this order is a regional grocer
located in the state of Texas. In addition to the $2.5
million order, this week the Company also shipped the first units
of a limited trial contract for an order of its intelligent ATS
switchgear for end use by one of the nation's largest retailers,
with over 6,300 stores in the US. If successful, this trial
could result in a significant number of additional units during the
next couple of years.
"Our continued order wins
are the result of the high quality of our products and the close
relationships that we have with our customers. This new order
will provide improved visibility in upcoming quarters and
contribute to our strong growth outlook," said CEO of CleanSpark,
Matthew Schultz.
Mr. Schultz continued, "We
are particularly excited about the trial that is taking place with
a large national retailer and are optimistic of a successful
outcome. If successful, this would result in very significant
orders having a positive impact on our business for the next
several years. As grid related power outages become
disruptive to business operations, we think the need for backup
power sources will drive increased demand for our
products."
Enphase Energy,
Inc. (NASDAQGM:
ENPH), a global energy technology company
and the world’s leading supplier of solar microinverters
recently
announced their financial results for the
first quarter of 2019, which included a summary from its President
and CEO, Badri Kothandaraman.
He commented on the
company’s financial results saying, “Our first quarter revenue was
$100.2 million, an increase of 9% sequentially and an increase of
43% year-over year. We shipped approximately 306 megawatts DC, or
976,410 microinverters and we continued to see strong demand across
the board from our customers, overcoming the typical first quarter
seasonality in the solar industry.”
On April 15, 2019, the
company also announced that over 2,500 homeowners have joined the
Enphase Upgrade Program, a service program that gives homeowners
several options for upgrading to the latest, more efficient and
reliable micro inverter technology from Enphase. This program is
for warranty holders of legacy Enphase microinverters and
represents the Company’s commitment to quality and service.
Participation is entirely voluntary, and Enphase continues to stand
by the warranties for its products in the
field.
Questor Technology
Inc. (TSX-V:
QST) also
announced its financial and operating
results for the first quarter of 2019.
Audrey Mascarenhas,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Questor commented, “The
Questor team delivered strong results for Q1 2019 with the highest
quarterly revenue, profit and earnings per share in the Company’s
history. Our first quarter 2019 revenue grew by 29% to $7.7 MM
compared to the same period from 2018. This is a direct result of
our top performing emissions control technology that is being
recognized for its 99.99% efficiency, superior technical and field
support, sales initiatives to secure longer-term rental contracts
and the recognition of revenue from the incineration and heat to
power project recently awarded in Mexico.”
“The strong performance in
the first quarter of 2019 is a result of great effort by the
Company to secure contracts and to continually succeed in accessing
new markets. The combination of an increased sales contribution and
the Company securing longer-term rental contracts with rate-based
incentives has resulted in an 11% increase in gross profit over the
same 3-month period in 2018. The Company continues to pursue areas
for our rental incineration which has been critical to the
penetration and success in North Dakota and to our initial entry
into Texas, Wyoming and New Mexico. We are targeting spending
between $7-10 million this year on the rental fleet to support our
continued growth. The Company has managed to secure 40% of the
rental fleet on rate-incentive based longer-term contracts that has
allowed for efficient planning within our Operations while
solidifying a predictable outlook of growing activity,” Mascarenhas
continued.
UGE International
Ltd. (TSX-V:
UGE) (OTCQB:
UGEIF), a leader in solar solutions for the
commercial and industrial sector recently
announced several project updates in Canada
and the USA.
In Canada, UGE reached
substantial completion on the last four sites of its Peterborough
portfolio earlier this month, meaning that the full 15-site, 9MW
portfolio is now operational. The portfolio is the Company's
largest to date.
"Building solar projects in
Ontario in the winter is a significant challenge and we are very
thankful to both the UGE project team and the Peterborough
Utilities team for their dedication and perseverance," stated
Robert van Duynhoven, President of UGE Canada. "The team leveraged
our years of experience to work through every obstacle faced,
performing exceptionally throughout."
In addition, UGE's
engineering and consulting subsidiary, UGE Consulting Services Co,
Ltd. has been awarded a phase one contract to study the feasibility
of microgrids in Burkina Faso, as well as a maintenance contract
for a previously installed commercial solar project in Ontario. In
both cases contract values were below $100,000, but above the
Company's 23% gross margin target, with work to be completed in the
coming months.
In Minnesota, UGE achieved
final completion on two of the last three projects in its four-site
school’s portfolio that was acquired as part of the CSPC
acquisition. The final site, which is the portfolios smallest, is
expected to achieve its final completion within the next four
weeks. In addition, UGE announced that its 3.1MW project in the
northeast US with a previously unnamed client, is with Con Edison,
the New York City-based utility, and they will be providing further
updates as the project progresses.
"UGE is excited to start
several new chapters in 2019, as past EPC portfolios are wrapped up
and new projects in our US and Philippines markets kick off," said
UGE's CEO, Nick Blitterswyk. "This year we expect to build a record
number of projects in both markets where we focus on self-developed
opportunities."
With the help of REBA,
smaller renewable energy companies have a chance to begin to
overtake the crude energy sectors, especially as rising grid costs,
energy costs and oil prices continue to be a serious issue for any
large scale company.
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