Aligned Climate Capital has secured over $387 million in financing for a 126 MW community solar portfolio, including 20 projects in Illinois and Maryland.

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Aligned Climate Capital LLC is an asset manager investing exclusively in the people, companies, and real assets that are decarbonizing the global economy. Founded in 2019, Aligned is a dynamic and mission-driven firm that believes solving climate change is a unique opportunity to generate strong financial returns, while also achieving meaningful environmental and social impact. The team works at the intersection of finance, technology, and public policy with a particular focus on ESG metrics. Aligned currently has more than $1.8 billion in assets under management (as of 12/31/21) across three separate investment strategies: Aligned Climate Fund; Aligned Solar Partners, a tax-efficient distributed solar strategy; and Ares Climate Infrastructure Partners, its joint venture with Ares Management’s Infrastructure and Power Group. Aligned’s senior leadership have been at the forefront of mobilizing private capital to solve climate change for more than a decade. Peter Davidson and Brendan Bell— Aligned’s CEO and COO respectively— met originally when they ran the US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) under President Obama. In these roles they managed a $32 billion portfolio of innovative clean energy investments, including the first loan to Tesla and the first investments in utility-scale solar. After leaving government service, they launched Aligned Intermediary with their third partner, Larry Rodman, where they advised 12 institutional investors on investments in renewable energy and other climate solutions. For more information, please visit www.AlignedClimateCapital.com