A Look Back at Amp
Our History
Founded in 2009, we have grown from an ambitious solar developer to an emerging global energy transition supermajor.
- Amp's story begins in Toronto, Canada
- Amp's first project on London's TD Bank branch is installed
- First 20MW rooftop solar developed and built
- Toronto District School Board
As a result of an innovative and well-structured bid, Amp is awarded a contract with the Toronto District School Board, to build 66MW of solar on 450 school roofs - Amp acquires two utility-scale projects in Ontario
- Amp successfully co-develops a 23MW project in Jordan
- Amp successfully wins the contract to develop assets across Canadian Tire stores in Ontario
- First 100MW rooftop solar developed and built in Ontario
- Amp expands to UK
Amp enters the UK market through an Apollo-backed joint-venture targeting utility-scale and distributed generation solar. This JV ultimately develops, builds and secures debt financing for a large-scale portfolio of 140MW of solar generating assets across the UK
- Amp enters the Japanese, Indian, and US market
- JV with CBRE Caledon
Equity investment agreement and JV created with CBRE Caledon to deploy $140 million into late-stage development assets in Japan, US and India. Amp provides all development, acquisition, debt financing, construction and asset management services
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Amp enters the Australian market
- Amp achieves first 200MW in Japan
- Zoma Capital
Amp raises a USD $150 million warehouse facility with Zoma Capital to fully-fund development and acquisition assets in Japan, US and Australia for the next 900MW
- Amp achieves 100MW in US, 300MW in India, and 140MW in Australia, surpassing 1GW globally
- Amp secures a country platform investment from LGT to fund Amp India long-term
- Amp surpasses $2 Billion of capital deployed
- Amp X
Amp X is launched with the hiring of 30 of the world's top IoT-based data analytics team
- The Carlyle Group
The Carlyle Group makes a $374M commitment to Amp through a strategic growth investment - Amp Closes Landmark Tax Equity and Debt Financing for Community Solar Portfolio with KeyBank and US Bank, valued at approximately $100m
- Amp Japan Secures JPY 7.3 Billion (USD 70.6M) Financing from Deutsche Bank for 20MW Solar Park in Fukuoka, Japan
- Amp establishes of The Renewable Energy Hub of South Australia (REHSA)
- Amp enters the Spanish market with a 2GW wind portfolio
- The first of Amp's hybrid solar + storage projects paired with the Amp X VPP, reach commercial operation.
- Head of Amp X, Irene Di Martino attends COP26 to discuss the truly differentiated approach Amp is taking towards energy transition.
- Amp closes financing for the 120MW Hillston Solar Farm, and a $106.5M New York Portfolio of Community Solar Plus Storage Projects
- Amp secures an innovative $350 million cross-jurisdictional portfolio financing with a consortium of leading institutional investors
- Amp announces the largest battery storage facilities in Europe with two flagship 400 MW projects located in Scotland
- Amp Secures $88M Financing for Another New York Community Solar Portfolio
- Amp wins North America Portfolio 'Deal of the Year' by Proximo
- Amp X's autonomous digital energy assistant 'ALICE' completes trial with Energy Systems Catapult across 60 Living Labs home in Scotland, UK
Leadership Team
Amp is led by a world-class international leadership team of industry veterans with extensive backgrounds in global renewable energy asset development, project and structured finance, power and commodity trading/risk management, and engineering.
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Founder and CEO Dave RogersDave Rogers Founder and CEODave is the Founder, President and CEO of Amp, responsible for the company’s global vision and strategy. Since founding Amp, Dave has led the company’s significant global growth into a number of markets throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Dave continues to lead the company into the future which will include a diversified portfolio across multiple technologies. -
Co-Founder & CIO Paul EzekielPaul Ezekiel Co-Founder & CIOAs the Chief Investment Officer, Paul is responsible for all investment and M&A activities and global business development for Amp. Since co-founding Amp, Paul has rapidly expanded the company’s global footprint into core markets in North America, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia and India, building Amp into a global energy player with deep local expertise. -
EVP, Head of Investments Max BraultMax Brault EVP, Head of InvestmentsMax leads all aspects of Amp’s investment activities globally, including the organization’s investment governance, asset underwriting, and management of corporate capital fundraising. He is also a member of Amp’s Investment Committee. -
CFO Shawn WilsonShawn Wilson CFOShawn was with Amp from 2009 - 2014 and rejoined in 2020 as CFO. Shawn heads up Finance, Compliance, HR and IT. Over his combined tenure at Amp, Shawn and his executive team originated or acquired over 100MWs of solar projects representing over $300M in assets. Shawn also facilitated the US$374M Carlyle Group investment at Amp. -
EVP, Head of Amp X Irene Di MartinoIrene Di Martino EVP, Head of Amp XIrene leads the Amp X organization within Amp, focusing on the delivery of smart infrastructure and digital energy products to enable a range of flexibility service offerings to utilities across the world. Irene has over 20 years of experience in the energy sector, with a robust engineering background and an industrially-sponsored PhD in Metallurgy. -
Chief Legal Officer Dan GormleyDan Gormley Chief Legal OfficerAs Chief Legal Officer Dan is responsible for providing strategic legal services to Amp’s Board of Directors and Executive Leadership Team, and managing all aspects of the Company's legal affairs. Prior to joining Amp, Dan was a partner at a major Canadian law firm where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions and financings in the renewables and utilities sectors. He was lead counsel on the first financing of a utility-scale solar park in Canada and on the first major restructuring to be completed in the Canadian renewables space. He has been recognized by Lexpert as one of Canada's leading energy lawyers and by Best Lawyers in Canada for M&A and energy. -
SVP, Head of Origination Steve SchaeferSteve Schaefer SVP, Head of OriginationWith over 15 years of energy experience, Steve has been a key member of Amp since its inception in 2009 and has originated over 550 projects and 125MW. -
EVP, Head of USA Jared DonaldJared Donald EVP, Head of USAWith over 15 years of experience in the solar industry Jared leads the US development team. Over the last five years Jared’s team has developed, sold, built and/or financed over 500 MW of solar PV and energy storage projects in North America. His team is responsible for originating, structuring, financing, building and operating projects that target utility, commercial and agricultural sector opportunities across Canada and the USA. -
EVP, Head of APAC (excl Japan) Dean CooperDean Cooper EVP, Head of APAC (excl Japan)Dean joined Amp in 2015, leading finance and acquisition of projects and portfolios in the APAC region. Dean has over 20 years of energy finance experience across clean energy infrastructure and utilities in the APAC region. Most recently, Dean announced a landmark project with Amp’s first Renewable Energy Hub combining 1.3GW of solar and wind coupled with up to 540MW of battery storage. -
EVP, Head of Japan Martin SteinMartin Stein EVP, Head of JapanMartin leads the Japan market, leveraging over 15 years of M&A experience and 10 within the niche Japanese market. Martin’s experience spans across M&A, leveraged finance and energy project finance. -
Head of India Pinaki BhattacharyyaPinaki Bhattacharyya Head of IndiaPinaki is the co-founder and CEO of Amp in India. Within a short span, Amp India has emerged as a leader in providing a one stop shop for C&I customers through its powerful combination of utility scale offsite grid connected open access and onsite distributed generation renewable power plants with a pan India presence.
Our History
Founded in 2009, we have come from a solar developer to a leading global energy transition platform
- Amp's story begins
- Amp's first project on London's TD Bank branch is installed
- Amp Solar Group's story begins on May 4th, 2009 in Toronto, Canada
- Amp's first project on London's TD Bank branch is installed
- First 20MW of rooftop solar developed and built
- Toronto District School Board: As a result of an innovative and well-structured bid, Amp is awarded a contract with the Toronto District School Board, to build 66MW of solar on 450 school roofs
- Amp acquires first utility-scale project from Canadian Solar. Amp acquires second utility-scale project in Ontario
- Amp successfully co-develops a 23MW project in Jordan
- Amp successfully wins the contract to develop assets across Canadian Tire stores in Ontario
- First 100MW rooftop solar developed and built in Ontario
- Amp expands to the UK: Amp enters the UK market through an Apollo-backed joint-venture targeting utility-scale and distributed generation solar. This JV ultimately develops, builds and secures debt financing for a large-scale portfolio of 140MW of solar generating assets across the UK
- Amp enters the US market
- Amp enters the Japanese market
- Amp enters the Indian market
- JV with CBRE Caledon: Equity investment agreement and JV created with CBRE Caledon to deploy $140 million into late-stage development assets in Japan, US and India. Amp provides all development, acquisition, debt financing, construction and asset management services
TBA
- Amp enters the Australian market
- Amp achieves first 200MW in Japan
- Zoma Capital: Amp raises a USD $150 million warehouse facility with Zoma Capital to fully-fund development and acquisition assets in Japan, US and Australia for the next 900MW
- Amp achieves first 100MW in US
- Amp achieves first 300MW in India
- Amp achieves first 140MW in Australia
- Amp secures a country platform investment from LGT to fund Amp India long-term
- Amp surpasses 1GW of assets developed and built globally
- Amp surpasses $2 Billion of capital deployed
- Amp X: Amp X is launched with the hiring of 30 of the world's top IoT-based data analytics team
- The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group makes a $374M commitment to Amp through a strategic growth investment
- Amp closes landmark tax equity and debt financing for $100m community solar portfolio with KeyBank and US Bank
- Amp Japan Secures JPY 7.3B financing from Deutsche Bank for 20MW solar park in Fukuoka
- Amp declares its support for the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
- Amp reinforces commitment to an equal, sustainable community by announcing the foundation of its own Women’s Network
- Amp establishes of The Renewable Energy Hub of South Australia (REHSA)
- Amp secures an innovative $350 million cross-jurisdictional portfolio financing with a consortium of leading institutional investors
- Amp announces the largest battery storage facilities in Europe with two flagship 400 MW projects located in Scotland
- The first solar + storage projects paired with the Amp X VPP, reach commercial operation.
- Head of Amp X, Irene Di Martino attends COP26 to discuss the truly differentiated approach Amp is taking towards energy transition
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