Renewable America

Local Renewable Energy at Scale

Renewable America is a California-based solar and energy storage company focused on optimally sized projects that positively impact local communities.

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Energy Solutions

Get the clean energy you need.

Now you can have local power and the scale to meet your needs. Our solar and storage projects reflect the sweet spot for renewable energy development.

  • Meet sustainability goals
  • Go beyond on-site solar constraints
  • Drive investment in your local economy

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CCAs

Our solar and storage projects will help you reach your procurement goals by offering your customers the choice of local, affordable renewable energy.

Business

Instead of procuring renewable energy credits or supply from far away, you can support your community with optimally sized off-site solar.

Public Sector

We partner with public agencies to provide community-based renewable energy solutions that scale beyond what on-site systems would allow.

Utilities

Our solar and storage projects provide grid resiliency at the distribution level, stabilizing power supply directly to the feeder.

Community-Based Impact

We strive to create community-based impact through job growth, distribution-level grid resiliency, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

Land Leasing

We partner with landowners to develop land for community-based solar and energy storage projects.

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Community Impact

By procuring solar and storage from your community, you are driving real economic impact – even if the project isn’t located at your facility.

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Our Team

Renewable America’s mission is to become a leading provider of Distributed Energy Resources. Meet the team who is working hard to make this possible.

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Ardi Arian
President & CEO
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Farshid Javidkia

VP of Engineering
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Uriel Ruiz

Project Development Manager
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Housh Louyeh

Project Manager
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Sunny Xing

Power Origination Manager
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Zhou Jiang

Zhou Jiang

Senior Project Finance Manager
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Jennifer Spielman

Jennifer Spielman

Real Estate & Office Manager
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Richele Delapaz

Richele Delapaz

Real Estate Manager
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Renewable America
4675 Stevens Creek Blvd, Ste 250
Santa Clara, CA 95051

(408) 663-6647

info@renewam.com

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Ardi Arian

President & CEO

Ardi leads the Renewable America team and advances a streamlined process for the development of local solar+storage projects throughout California. Ardi started his career in the solar industry as an Electrical Engineer 15 years ago in Germany, and has worked internationally on the construction of over 60 solar projects (over 250 MW). Prior to starting up Renewable America, Ardi was General Manager for Suntech Power’s project development team in the US and responsible for managing multiple EPC companies.

ardi@renewam.com | (408) 663-6647

Farshid Javidkia

VP of Engineering

Farshid obtained his B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 2006 and his Master’s degree in Solar Energy Engineering in December 2013. He collects over five years of experience in Solar PV design including electrical power systems, substations, and power plant design and construction. As a licensed Electrical Engineer in California, he is the head of our engineering team and provides his valuable insight and expertise. 

farshid@renewam.com

Uriel Ruiz

Project Development Manager

Uriel manages the development of the solar portfolio at Renewable America, where for the last two years he’s overseen early stages of development ranging from land qualification to utility interconnection analyses. Uriel also works closely with the financial team to provide optimized solar yields and support offtaker solicitations. He is currently pioneering energy resilience for local communities in California by developing some of the first commercial Front-of-the-Meter multi-customer microgrids.

uriel@renewam.com

Housh Louyeh

Project Manager

Housh combined his International Business degree with his passion for real estate investments to become a licensed Realtor. He started his career as a property manager for new construction community, where he learned about the real estate market, its fluctuations, and market investments. Housh brings his experience in sales and customer service to work closely with landowners in Renewable America’s pipeline. He’s been a California resident for over 22 years and his passion for nature and our planet has led him to get into solar clean energy so he could make some positive impacts.

housh@renewam.com

Sunny Xing

Power Origination Manager

Sunny is responsible for the solar plus storage project pricing at Renewable America, as well as strategic direction and competitive landscape for the company’s power offtake strategy and structures. Sunny started her solar energy journey seven years ago and has experience in business/project development, market research, marketing, finance in utility scale solar, C&I solar and OEM industry. Prior to joining Renewable America, Sunny worked at PowerFlex, Sunpin Solar, and Nextracker with various roles and responsibilities. Sunny is a NABCEP Associate, Certified Energy Risk Professional and a CFA Level 3 candidate. She holds a B.A. from Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing China, and a master’s degree from New York University. She is a left-handed Gemini, a world traveler, a skier and a YOLO believer.

sunny@renewam.com

Zhou Jiang

Senior Project Finance Manager

As the Senior Project Finance Manager, Zhou is responsible for project finance, transaction management and deal execution, financial planning and analysis, and empowering the rest of the Renewable America team with financial modeling. Prior to joining Renewable America, Zhou was a principal at Fulton Street Advisors, LLC, a boutique financial consulting practice and at CleanFund Commercial PACE Capital, where he lead the credit structuring and underwriting team.  Zhou began his career at Presto, a now publicly-traded technology startup, focusing on financial analysis, capital raising, and product monetization. Zhou earned a B.Sc. in Finance and Economic Theory from the NYU Stern School of Business.

Jennifer Spielman

Real Estate & Office Manager

Jennifer brings her background of public and private sector to the team, with prior roles including executive support and operational management. For Renewable America, Jennifer provides administrative, bookkeeping, and human resources support, as well as vendor and account management. Jennifer loves working alongside a team that appreciates the beauty of our environment and is eager to make headway in renewables.

Richele Delapaz

Real Estate Manager

With over five years of administration and consulting experience, Richele serves as the main point of contact for the landowners in Renewable America’s development pipeline. She integrates her real estate background with her Business Management degree to facilitate scouting practices and manage greenfield development site control. Richele shares a genuine love for the environment and is passionate about the advancement of renewable energy.