Encore News

Jenn Lacy joined the Encore team as a Construction Project Manager in April of 2022 and now serves the team as a Senior Project Manager, Construction. She leads projects through their construction phase and enjoys working through the unique challenges […]

Brian Browning joined the Encore team as Senior Director of Engineering in March of 2024. Having worked in the renewable energy industry for over 20 years, he brings a deep knowledge of renewable energy engineering and has played an instrumental […]

Kate is Senior Director of Systems and Strategy for Encore Renewable Energy. She joined the company in 2020 as a project manager and quickly became an integral piece of the women-led construction team, serving as Director of Construction & Procurement. […]

Steve joined the Encore team in 2023 as a Construction Project Manager. He brings years of experience both installing and managing solar projects. Steve moved to Vermont in 2009 right out of high school to attend Johnson State College where […]

This September we’re sending six of our team members to Anaheim for RE+ 2024, where we’re excited to connect with colleagues in person and catch up on the latest developments in solar and storage, brownfields to brightfields, agrivoltaics, and other […]

Perla joined the Encore team in April 2021 as an administrative manager and now works as Executive Assistant to the co-CEOs. She is responsible for keeping track of fine details and ensuring that schedules and plans run smoothly not only […]

Colin Diamond joined the Encore team as Director of Project Estimation and Procurement in April 2023. Colin always thought electricity was magic, and the fact that we can make it from the sun made solar an easy career path to choose […]

Caity Hines joined the Encore development team in 2020. They lead development stage efforts for Encore’s distributed generation projects in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast and utility scale portfolio west of the Mississippi. In addition, Caity leads Encore’s justice, diversity, equity, and […]

Phillip is the General Counsel and Chief Development Officer for Encore Renewable Energy. He joined the Company in 2014 and was named General Counsel in January of 2016, and CDO in January of 2022. Outside of Encore, he’s on the […]

Laura Berry is a native of Dothan, AL, and a graduate of Auburn University, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering.  While at Auburn, Laura met her husband, Morgan (also a Chemical Engineer); they married shortly after graduation […]

This week, Encore VP of Policy and Communications Lauren Glickman was recognized as the first-ever Cleantecher of the Week by the Factor This! This Week in Cleantech Podcast. Hosts John Engel and Mike Casey lauded Glickman and the entire team […]

Ralph Meima is VP of Project Development at Encore Renewable Energy. His career spans 10 years in solar energy development plus earlier work in international IT marketing, systems consulting and software development. He also devoted part of his career to […]

A year after the passage of the historic Inflation Reduction Act, the solar industry is growing faster than ever, and we plan to stay on the cutting edge. This September we’re sending eight of our team members to Las Vegas […]

Zoe joined the Encore team as Public Affairs Associate this May and supports the Policy and Communications team. She brings diverse experience in communications and research and a steadfast commitment to a decarbonized future. At Encore, she’ll run social media […]

Encore is participating in the Empowering Diverse Climate Talent (EDICT) internship for a third summer. We’re excited to welcome Savannah Doty, this year’s summer intern, who will be assisting the Business Development team. The EDICT Summer Internship Program is designed […]

Taegen Kopfler has been at Encore since June 2022, working as an Associate on the Project Development team. She helps the Development team prepare prime permit applications, coordinate communication with project constituents, and manage the workflow of the development process. Taegen is also active on Encore’s JDEI team, focused on building external partnerships with groups aligned in our climate justice goals.

The Encore team hit the road this winter to share our ongoing work co-locating solar with agriculture at RE+ NE and the Solar Farm Summit. It’s great to be back in person and our team looks forward to connecting at events this spring and summer.

Chad Farrell served as a lead facilitator in discussions with other mission-driven CEOs affiliated with Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) with Vermont’s Speaker of the House of Representatives Jill Krowinski and Senate President Pro Tempore Phillip Baruth. The discussions were part of VBSR’s 2023 Climate Action Day and were focused around new legislation intended to strengthen Vermont’s renewable energy standard (RES).

Kelsey Applegate is a Project Manager who joined our team in May. As part of the Development team, Kelsey permits and coordinates solar and energy storage project surveys, manages interconnection processes with utilities and conducts fatal flaw assessments. She also represents Encore’s efforts with B Corps, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, and serves on Encore and NYSEIA’s JDEI committees.

Contaminated properties like brownfields and landfills present an untapped opportunity for sustainable energy development on undervalued land near population centers. Transforming these often underutilized properties from brownfields to brightfields by deploying solar and energy storage comes with additional technical challenges and costs. This roundtable discussion will feature industry experts and a discussion of the unique challenges of clean energy development on contaminated lands including designing, engineering, constructing and financing, as well as, the new incentives offered in the Inflation Reduction Act.

Encore served as lead terrawatt sponsor for the annual Renewable Energy Vermont conference, REV2022 and participated in a a number of different panels and other speaking engagements. Encore Founder and CFO Chad Farrell served as conference co-chair and kicked off […]

Encore Founder and CEO Chad Farrell was invited to participate in a discussion among recognized energy leaders at the annual Board of Directors/Executive Committee for leading national environmental engineering firm VHB on October 26 in New York City. The overall […]