Cleanleaf Energy, previously known as Borrego O&M, has announced new agreements to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) services for utility-scale solar projects totaling 350 MW in Georgia and Pennsylvania. These projects, owned by Heelstone Renewable Energy, include four sites in Georgia and one in Pennsylvania.
Heelstone Renewable Energy, established in 2012 with initial projects in North Carolina, expanded into California by 2016. In 2019, Heelstone received an investment from Ares Infrastructure and Power to support its utility-scale solar projects across the United States. In January 2024, Qualitas Energy acquired Heelstone, which had a portfolio of 20 GW of solar and storage assets at the time.
“We did our homework, and Cleanleaf stood out with the most advanced and competitive services,” stated a representative from Heelstone Renewable Energy’s leadership team.
The O&M agreements, set for five years with automatic renewals, will cover the projects scheduled to become operational within the next 30 to 90 days.
“This achievement underscores our capabilities and readiness to handle more utility-scale projects. The synergies of our large DG footprint in 27 states, combined with a growing utility-scale portfolio, create an exciting future for effective, high-performing O&M services in the solar industry,” said Mikael Backman, CEO of Cleanleaf.
With these new projects, Cleanleaf’s O&M portfolio now totals 1.8 GW. The new additions will be supported by Cleanleaf’s Realtime Operations Center in Dallas.
Cleanleaf Energy was spun off from Borrego in 2022. Borrego, founded in 2002, began offering O&M services around a decade ago and has since expanded to serve commercial, industrial, and utility-scale solar markets.
