Our Story
In 2015, Drew Torbin launches Black Bear Energy in Boulder, CO, where our home office remains ten years later in 2025.
The same year, Black Bear issues its first RFP, also marking the first instance of solar savings becoming rent payments for a client.
In 2017, Black Bear's first project is built, a ground mount system in Iowa.
In 2018, 5.2 MW of parktop and rooftop solar is energized across a commercial office portfolio in Southern California, highlighting Black Bear's first operational parktop system.
In 2020, Black Bear upgraded its RFP platform by launching the Indicative Economics Tool. The tool aggregates historical project pricing data to predict future costs, enabling our clients to pre-vet their projects before pursuing them.
In 2020, Black Bear facilitates the largest behind the meter deal in the country, a 7 MW data center in New Jersey.
In 2021, Black Bear signs on its 100th client.
2021 also sees the completion of the largest rooftop community solar project in the country, a 9.2 MW array located in Maryland and facilitated from start to finish by Black Bear.
In 2022, Black Bear crosses the 1 GW of RFPs issued per year threshold.
2022 also marks Black Bear's sale to Legence, a Blackstone company.
In 2023, our largest client deploys their 30th MW of solar.
In 2024, construction starts on the largest rooftop community solar project in Washington, D.C with energization in 2025.
In 2024, Black Bear receives its 24,000th bid. In the first 4 years of operation, Black Bear's platform ingests 120 GW worth of bids.
In 2025, the Black Bear team celebrates the company's 10 Year Anniversary.
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