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Harry Benson

Director Of Business Development

Standard Solar

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United States

Bio

I am the Business Development Director for Standard Solar focusing on Commercial and Industrial and Community Solar project financing, origination and project development. I have 14 years of experience in Utility and DG Renewables and a total of 25 years of environmental entrepreneurial finance, business development and management experience. Over those years I have used creativity and process driven management skills to create innovative, strategically focused, profitably operating businesses. I am a hard driving, self motivated environmental entrepreneur. For example, in 2005, I left my high level executive job with Georgia Pacific and started up a wind origination business, ReEnergy LLC which from 2006- 2010, I operated under an exclusive arrangement with EverPower Wind Holdings Inc. During that time, I brought to EverPower a portfolio of 1300 mw of wind projects including late stage development projects, Twin Ridges Wind Farm, Somerset PA (140 mw), Buffalo Ridge(sold to Next Era), Limon CO (>100 mw); Coyote Crest(120mw) and Twin Ridges's second phase 80 mw Mason Dixon Wind LLC. In 2010, I sold ReEnergy to EverPower and I worked as Director of Development. On February 28th of 2018, I left EverPower (they were bought) and started my DG solar career at Standard Solar Inc. Thus far I have brought to the SSI team over 140 mw dc of Midwest and New England Projects that have been built, are under construction or under MIPSA to be built. I am also now working on AC and DC coupled battery storage projects. Other experience: -Renewables at US DOD Facilities across America. I am very proud and honored to have worked with our Army (EITF), Navy (REPO), Marines and Airforce Facilities Energy Managers. -Prior to ReEnergy/ EverPower successfully developed and then ran numerous Recycling businesses for Georgia Pacific and Wellman Inc. -I am a long time advocate of renewable energy and the environmental movement, using technology/businesses to make money while advancing the environmental cause.

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Current Position

Director Of Business Development at Standard Solar

Degrees

BS, School of Journalism minor in Marketing

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