What Cloudbreak Energy Partners does

Cloudbreak Energy Partners is a privately held US renewable energy developer that originates, develops, finances, and operates distributed, community, and utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects. Founded in 2019 in Boulder, Colorado by four solar and storage professionals who had worked together since 2017, the company manages an active development pipeline of more than 756 MWdc across at least six states (Colorado, Maryland, Virginia, New York, Iowa, and the Pacific Northwest/California) and operates a 20+ asset portfolio in Colorado and Maryland. Its customer base spans investor-owned and cooperative utilities (Xcel Energy, Black Hills Energy, Dominion Energy, National Grid, NYSEG, WE Energies, WPS, Mountain Parks Electric), corporate and municipal off-takers, hyperscale and colocation data center operators, multi-family building owners, income-qualified community solar subscribers, and rural landowners who lease land for project siting.

The company runs an integrated development platform that combines proprietary mapping and analytics software for site research and grid infrastructure analysis, a real-time asset monitoring and event-response platform integrated with O&M vendor KPIs, and a proprietary agrivoltaic crop selector tool co-developed with the University of Colorado Boulder's Masters of the Environment program. Its commercial offerings include Community Solar Garden (CSG) subscriptions, Off-Site Net Metering (OS-NM) bundled power plus Green-e certified RECs delivered via 20-year Virtual PPAs, Impact RECs that subsidize income-qualified subscribers, utility-scale solar and storage projects, and an agrivoltaics/ecovoltaics program integrating pollinator habitat, native seed mixes, sheep grazing, and dual-use hay/crop cultivation.

Cloudbreak generates revenue through five primary streams: long-term (20+ year) PPA and VNEM contracts with corporate, utility, and data center off-takers at fixed-escalator pricing; one-time Build-Transfer Agreement (BTA) project development fees on closing; tax credit sales and tax equity/tax credit monetization transactions (most notably a 106 MWdc Safe Harbor facility with Bildmore Clean Energy, backed by EnCap's Energy Transition Fund II and facilitated by Crux, closed March 2026); long-term IPP asset ownership generating recurring PPA, REC, and capacity revenue; and Impact REC and Green-e REC subscription sales. The company goes to market via direct enterprise origination led by a Senior Director of Contract Originations, inside sales for mid-market off-site subscriptions, regulated utility program channel partnerships, and a self-serve inbound funnel for landowner site submissions, supplemented by a Quarterly Offtaker Newsletter and thought-leadership content targeting corporate energy buyers navigating Energize Denver, CO BPS, NY Local Law 97, and the post-One Big Beautiful Bill ITC environment.

Name

Cloudbreak Energy Partners

Legal name

Cloudbreak Energy Partners, LLC

Website

https://cloudbreakenergy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cloudbreak Energy Partners is a private US solar developer that originates, develops, finances, and operates distributed, community, and utility-scale solar and storage projects across six states, serving utilities, corporate off-takers, data centers, municipalities, multi-family building owners, and landowners via long-term PPAs, VNEM subscriptions, and IPP ownership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Solar Project Development

NAICS

Solar Electric Power Generation (221114)

SIC

Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Solar Development & Subscription Management (EUAMAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Solar EPC & Construction (Utility-Scale, Rooftop, Balance of System) (EUAMABAB), Demand Response & Load Flexibility Services (EUAMAJAF), Distributed Storage (Behind-the-Meter Batteries) (EUAMAJAE), Solar Design, Engineering & Performance Software (PV Modeling, Digital Twins, Monitoring) (EUAMABAH), Distributed Generation (DG) Solar & Small Wind (EUAMAJAD)

Keywords

• Distributed solar development
• Community solar projects
• Solar land leasing
• Agrivoltaic dual-use
• Power purchase agreements

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulder

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and Virtual Net Metering (VNEM): Long-term (20+ year) bundled power + REC off-take contracts with corporate buyers, utilities, municipalities, and data centers; fixed-pricing with escalator; recurring revenue from project operations.
2. Build-Transfer Agreements (BTAs): Origination and execution of build-transfer contracts where Cloudbreak develops projects for transfer to long-term owners; one-time project development revenue on closing.
3. Tax credit sales and tax equity financing: Sale of federal Investment Tax Credits (ITC), state tax credits, and tax equity / tax credit monetization transactions (e.g., the 106 MW Safe Harbor facility with Bildmore facilitated by Crux) to capitalize project development.
4. Independent Power Producer (IPP) asset ownership: Long-term ownership and operation of distributed-generation solar and storage assets (20+ initial assets in Colorado and Maryland) generating recurring PPA revenue, REC revenue, and capacity/ancillary revenue.
5. Impact REC sales: Sale of Green-e certified Impact RECs that subsidize renewable energy for Income-Qualified subscribers; ~2x customer investment is provided as discounted power to qualifying subscribers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Cloudbreak Energy Partners is a privately held U.S. developer of distributed, community, and utility-scale solar and storage projects. It offers off-site solar subscription products (Community Solar Gardens and Off-Site Net Metering with bundled Green-e certified RECs), Impact RECs, long-term solar land leases for landowners, and utility-scale plus agrivoltaic project development. The company uses proprietary mapping and analytics software, an agrivoltaic crop selector tool, and a real-time asset monitoring platform to deliver projects across Colorado, Maryland, Virginia, New York, Iowa, Wisconsin, the Pacific Northwest, and California.

Product overview

Cloudbreak Energy Partners is a single, integrated renewable energy development platform rather than a multi-tenant SaaS product. The company offers one core service — the development, construction, and operation of distributed, community, and utility-scale solar and storage projects across the United States — but delivers it through several named commercial offerings: the Community Solar (CSG) subscription product, the Off-Site Net Metering (OS-NM) bundled power/REC product, the Impact RECs social-impact REC product, its Distributed and Community Solar Project Development pipeline (Colorado, East Coast, Midwest, West Coast), its Utility-Scale Solar and Storage Development pipeline, the Solar Land Lease Program for landowners, and the Agrivoltaics and Ecovoltaics Program for dual-use solar-plus-agriculture sites. Supporting these are the Community Engagement and Partnership Program and operational functions such as Asset Management (O&M contract negotiation, real-time asset monitoring, investor reporting) and project finance (tax equity, safe harbor financing) that allow Cloudbreak to operate as a distributed solar and storage IPP.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Solar (CSG) Cloudbreak's Community Solar Garden (CSG) subscription product allows individuals, multi-family building owners, businesses, and nonprofits to subscribe to a percentage of power produced from a Cloudbreak ground-mounted solar array and receive utility bill credits, with the option to acquire the associated Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).
• Off-Site Net Metering (OS-NM) Cloudbreak's Off-Site Net Metering offering, marketed alongside Xcel Energy's OS-NM program, allows commercial customers to purchase bundled renewable electricity and bundled Green-e certified RECs from a Cloudbreak project via a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement, with arrays sized up to 200% of customer need and applied to a metered location within the utility service area. Targeted at properties consuming at least 5,000 MWh annually.
• Impact RECs Green-e certified Renewable Energy Certificates that align corporate sustainability/ESG goals with social impact, with Cloudbreak providing nearly 2x the business's investment in the form of discounted power to Income-Qualified subscribers via the underlying community solar project.
• Distributed and Community Solar Project Development Cloudbreak's flagship development pipeline of distributed generation and community solar projects spanning Colorado (with Xcel, Black Hills, and Mountain Parks Electric), the East Coast (Virginia with Dominion; New York with National Grid and NYSEG), the Midwest (Iowa with WE Energies, WPS, Xcel), and the West Coast (Pacific Northwest, California), totaling 70+ MWdc awarded in Colorado and 66.3+ MWdc of East Coast sites in active development.
• Utility-Scale Solar and Storage Development Cloudbreak develops utility-scale solar and storage projects, including 180 MWdc of utility-scale solar and 212.2 MWdc of distributed and community solar under active development in Colorado, plus solar + storage combinations active on the West Coast. Cloudbreak has transitioned toward becoming an independent power producer (IPP) using safe harbor financing.
• Solar Land Lease Program A 20+ year fixed-price solar land lease program for landowners (5+ acres of relatively flat land near existing power lines, outside floodplains) offering lease rates that start at least 3 to 4 times higher than typical agricultural lease rates, with Cloudbreak covering all build, maintenance, and additional tax costs, structured through a seven-step development timeline from land evaluation through electricity generation and system maintenance.
• Agrivoltaics and Ecovoltaics Program Program that integrates crop cultivation, pollinator habitat, native seed mixes (via Pawnee Buttes Seeds), drought-tolerant vegetative screening, and sheep grazing (solar grazing/lambscaping) into solar project designs. Featured projects include the Darling Ranch Solar Project (5 MWac hay farm + solar facility in Colorado) and the Griffiths Solar Project (largest native pollinator habitat in the Rocky Mountain West, developed with Audubon of the Rockies).
• Community Engagement and Partnership Program Community benefits program that pairs Cloudbreak's solar developments with local schools, nonprofits, and organizations (Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, Ethically Rooted, Chickadee Pine Designs, Pawnee Buttes Seed, Audubon Society, CSU Energy Club, Logan County Economic Development Corporation) to deliver local job creation, scholarships, property tax revenue, electric bill savings, and pollinator/bird habitat. Annual portfolio impact offsets 9,064 homes of electricity consumption, 58.9M lbs of coal burned, 6M gallons of gasoline, and 13,824 passenger vehicles driven for one year.

Quantifiable outcome

• 756 MWdc of solar and storage in active development across the U.S.
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship / core and minor.

• University of Colorado Boulder Masters of the Environment (MENV) ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Since early 2024, Cloudbreak has partnered with the CU Boulder MENV Graduate Program to research best practices for agrivoltaic systems. The MENV team produced a literature review, best practices guide, and a proprietary crop selector tool that recommends crops and grazing based on soil type and environmental conditions. Research focused on California, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington.
• Xcel Energyflagship / coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary Colorado utility offtake partner for Community Solar (CSG), Off-Site Net Metering (OS-NM), and distributed/community solar projects. 70+ MWdc of awarded distributed and community solar projects in various stages of development including permitting to COD. Cloudbreak was finalizing agreements to participate in Xcel's off-site solar programs for 2025.
• Black Hills EnergycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerColorado utility partner for distributed and community solar projects; customer enrollment available for off-site solar programs in Black Hills service territory.
• Mountain Parks ElectricminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerColorado electric cooperative partner for distributed/community solar projects in various stages of maturity.
• Dominion EnergycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEast Coast utility partner for large distributed solar projects in Virginia.
• National GridcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew York utility partner for community solar projects in its service territory.
• NYSEGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew York utility partner for community solar projects in its service territory.
• WE EnergiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMidwest utility partner for distributed/community solar project development.
• WPS (Wisconsin Public Service)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMidwest utility partner for distributed/community solar project development.
• Audubon Society of the RockiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn 2023, Cloudbreak partnered with Audubon of the Rockies to plant a bird-friendly, pollinator habitat around the Griffiths 1 solar project in Johnstown, Colorado; recognized as a Habitat Hero project.
• Pawnee Buttes Seeds, Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCloudbreak works with Pawnee Buttes Seeds on all Colorado projects to develop and plant a native seed mixture beneath panels that supports pollinators, is drought-resistant, and rejuvenates soil nutrients.
• Ethically RootedminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal partner for pollinator habitat design, installation, and maintenance at Cloudbreak projects including the Griffiths Solar Project.
• Chickadee Pine DesignminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on pollinator habitat and sustainable landscape design for the Griffiths Solar Project.
• Volunteers for Outdoor ColoradominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity volunteer partner for installation and maintenance of pollinator habitat at the Griffiths Solar Project.
• Green Street Power Partners, LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcquired the Griffiths Solar Project from Cloudbreak; now owns and operates the project that features the largest native pollinator habitat in the Rocky Mountain West.
• Clean Energy Counsel (CEC)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExternal legal advisor representing Cloudbreak on the 106 MW Bildmore Safe Harbor financing transaction.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Nexamp: One of the largest community solar developers in the U.S., active in many of the same state programs (NY, MA, MD, IL) that Cloudbreak targets with its Community Solar Gardens and OS-NEM products; competes head-to-head for utility CSG awards and corporate offtake.
• Pivot Energy: National distributed solar and community solar developer operating in CO, NY, MD, IL and other states that overlap with Cloudbreak's pipeline; offers similar PPAs, CSG subscriptions, and subscription-based off-site solar for commercial buyers.
• Standard Solar: National community solar and DG developer (now part of Brookfield) competing for similar utility program awards and corporate off-takers in CO, MD, NY, and other overlapping states.
• Catalyst Power: Community solar and distributed energy developer targeting the same commercial off-taker and multi-family building segments Cloudbreak serves with its CSG and OS-NM products.
• Dimension Energy: Distributed-generation solar developer with a similar multi-state origination model and utility offtake focus; competes for community solar and DG PPAs in overlapping markets including the East Coast and Midwest.
• Solar Landscape: Community solar and rooftop solar developer active in the Northeast U.S. that competes for NY and MD community solar program awards against Cloudbreak's NYSEG/National Grid and Maryland pipeline.
• Green Street Power Partners: Direct peer in distributed and community solar development; notably acquired Cloudbreak's Griffiths Solar Project and now operates it as a pollinator-friendly agrivoltaic site, demonstrating the same developer-to-operator playbook Cloudbreak uses across its own 20+ asset IPP portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Engie (U.S. Distributed Solar): Large global IPP and renewables developer with a U.S. distributed solar and community solar arm that overlaps with Cloudbreak's CSG and corporate PPA offerings, but operates as part of a much broader generation and storage portfolio.
• Hannon Armstrong: Climate solutions investor and capital provider active in distributed solar and community solar; provides tax equity and project capital to community solar developers, including competing for the tax equity relationships that Cloudbreak has built with Bildmore/Crux.
• Clearway Community Solar: Utility-scale and community solar developer and owner-operator; competes for utility CSG programs and corporate PPAs with substantially deeper capital and operating scale than Cloudbreak.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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