$3.5 Billion
Clean Energy
Opportunity Created
1,977 MW
Clean Energy
Operating
2,403 MW
Clean Energy
Financed
1,759 MW
Clean Energy
Under Management
History
Apex has been built with a singular focus: to speed the shift to clean electricity. Drawing from their experience with several of the nation’s leading renewable energy companies, Apex’s founders set out to create a company with the capacity to excel in every phase of project realization, from origination and financing to construction and asset management.
Founded
2009
Apex Acquires GGW wind energy assets
September 2009
In one of its first major acquisitions, Apex agrees to purchase the wind energy assets of GGW, a developer of utility‐scale wind energy projects based in Oklahoma. Fully built, the assets represent up to 2,150 megawatts of wind energy capacity. Several of those projects are operating today, including Kay Wind and Grant Wind.
2010
2011
Power purchase agreements signed with OMPA, AEP
December 2011
Apex signs PPAs totaling 250 MW with Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority and American Electric Power for energy from Canadian Hills Wind.
2012
Power purchase agreement signed with GRDA
March 2012
Canadian Hills Wind sold to Atlantic Power
March 2012
The wind facility would be subsequently acquired by TerraForm Power in 2015.
Construction begins on Canadian Hills Wind
May 2012
The facility would generate enough electricity to meet the needs of approximately 100,000 homes.
Canadian Hills Wind begins operating
December 2012
Upon its completion, Canadian Hills Wind was the largest single-phase wind farm to be built in Oklahoma, and it increased the state’s installed wind capacity by 13%.
2013
PPA signed with Public Service Company of Oklahoma
October 2013
PSO, a subsidiary of American Electric Power, purchases 200 MW of power from the Balko Wind project.
Westar and WFEC Purchase Power from Apex projects
November 2013
In separate agreements, Westar Energy purchases 200 MW from Kay Wind and Western Farmers Electric Cooperative purchases 100 MW from Balko Wind.
2014
IKEA aqcuires Hoopeston Wind
March 2014
In its first wind farm investment in the United States, IKEA purchases Apex’s Hoopeston Wind project in Illinois. The 98 MW wind farm will make a significant contribution to the company’s goal to generate as much renewable energy as the total energy it consumes by 2020.
Power purchase agreement signed with GRDA
August 2014
Apex signs a second PPA with the Grand River Dam Authority, this time for 100 MW from Kay Wind in Oklahoma.
Two electric coops buy power from Grant Wind
December 2011
East Texas Electric Cooperative and Northeast Texas Electric Cooperative join forces to bring 101.2 MW of renewable wind energy into the mix for their member-owned cooperatives in east Texas.
IKEA acquires Cameron Wind
November 2014
Apex’s 165 MW Cameron Wind project on the Gulf Coast of Texas is the IKEA Group’s single largest renewable energy investment to date.
D.E. Shaw subsidiary acquires Balko Wind
December 2014
D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments purchases Balko Wind, in a transaction that highlights Apex’s broad capabilities to deliver attractive clean energy investment opportunities to its financial partners.
WFEC Purchases Remaining Power from Grant Wind
December 2014
“WFEC is pleased to once again be working with Apex Clean Energy. We are also excited to add this additional economical and environmentally friendly wind energy resource into our generation mix,” explained Brian Hobbs, vice president, legal and corporate services at WFEC.
2015
First Reserve purchases Kingfisher Wind
February 2015
First Reserve, the largest global private equity and infrastructure investment firm exclusively focused on energy, acquires Apex’s 298 MW Kingfisher Wind project. The facility is now owned by BlackRock.
Hoopeston Wind begins operating
March 2015
Southern Power to acquire Kay Wind
March 2015
Upon its completion, Kay Wind would be the first wind facility owned by Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power, which would go on to purchase Apex’s Grant Wind and Grant Plains Wind.
Balko Wind begins operating
July 2015
Southern Power acquires Grant Wind
August 2015
This marks the second transaction between Apex and Southern Power.
Kay Wind and Cameron Wind begin operating
December 2015
Apex Ranked First in U.S. Wind Capacity Additions
December 2015
Apex was the U.S. market leader in 2015, with 1,042 MW of wind energy capacity added to the grid.
OMPA signs second PPA with Apex
December 2015
With the purchase of 41.4 MW of energy from Grant Plains Wind, OMPA increases its wind power portfolio to 141.6 MW out of approximately 800 MW.
Kingfisher Wind Wins Multiple Industry Awards
December 2015
Apex, First Reserve, Gulf Power Company, and Morgan Stanley Commodities Group were named joint recipients of two Deal of the Year awards, which recognize the innovative contract and financing structure for the energy and environmental attributes produced by Kingfisher Wind.
2016
U.S. Army signs PPA with Apex for wind/solar hybrid
January 2016
The groundbreaking hybrid energy project—the Army’s largest single renewable energy project to date—is expected to save the Department of Defense approximately $168 million over three decades.
Kingfisher Wind begins operating
February 2016
Steelcase signs 25 MW Power Purchase Agreement
February 2016
Steelcase Inc., the global leader in the office furniture industry, announces a 12-year power purchase agreement for 25 MW from Grant Plains Wind in Oklahoma, which will make up nearly half of the company’s renewable energy purchases.
Grant Wind begins operating
April 2016
Northleaf Capital buys hybrid renewable energy portfolio
July 2016
The transaction enables the U.S. Army’s largest renewable energy PPA, for the combined wind and solar energy from Cotton Plains Wind and Phantom Solar. The third asset in the portfolio acquired by Northleaf, Old Settler Wind, will power an additional 51,000 American homes.
Southern Power acquires Grant Plains Wind
August 2016
In its third transaction with Apex, Southern Power purchases the Grant Plains Wind facility in Oklahoma.
Apex Wins Clean Power Leadership Award
October 2016
The Center for Resource Solutions awards Apex for its overall leadership in bringing wind capacity to market and expansion of direct purchasing of clean energy by the public and private sectors.
Enbridge Purchases Chapman Ranch Wind
November 2016
Energy infrastructure company Enbridge Inc. announces its acquisition of a 100% interest in the 249 MW project based in Nueces County, Texas.
Avery Dennison partners with Apex on 20 MW wind PPA
December 2016
Global labeling and packaging materials manufacturer Avery Dennison Corporation signs a PPA with Apex’s Perryton Wind to offset 50 percent of the company’s U.S.-based greenhouse gas emissions derived from electricity consumption.
Grant Plains Wind begins operating
December 2016
2017
Apex to operate IKEA’s Wintering Hills facility
January 2017
Apex announces a multiyear contract with IKEA Canada to manage and provide remote operations for the Wintering Hills wind farm located in Alberta, Canada.
Cotton Plains Wind and Old Settler Wind begin operating
March 2017
In June 2017, Apex President and CEO Mark Goodwin joined with senior military officers and civilian leaders in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the partnership and unprecedented project.
Fort Hood’s Phantom Solar facility begins operating
May 2017
Apex Wins Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Award
May 2017
The Business Case Award salutes Apex’s achievements in bringing cost savings, energy security, and clean power to Fort Hood, the largest military installation in the world.
Old Settler Wind wins weather risk deal 2017 from environmental finance
July 2017
The innovative financing structure enables hedging against risks associated with variabilities in power generation and fluctuating energy prices.
Apex to operate IKEA’s Oldman 2 facility
July 2017
Apex announces another multiyear contract with IKEA Canada, this time to provide asset management services for the Oldman 2 wind facility, located near Pincher Creek in Alberta. With this new contract, Apex now manages four IKEA Group wind energy facilities across North America.