Black Bear Energy facilitated the project acting as the owner’s representative to KRC. Nautilus Solar Energy LLC, a leading national solar project development company, and Black Bear Energy, a channel partner, developed the portfolio of commercial solar projects which includes nine of Kilroy’s class A office properties located in California.
“It has been a pleasure working with KRC and Nautilus Solar Energy, and to see these projects move from vision to reality with today’s ribbon-cutting. Delivering renewable projects that create value for our clients is at the core of what we do and we look forward to seeing these new solar systems produce electricity for Kilroy over the next several decades,” commented Drew Torbin, Black Bear Energy’s Chief Executive Officer.
When completed, the project portfolio will total 5.2 MW DC, and consist of solar carport and rooftop applications located at Kilroy Realty’s commercial office properties in San Diego, San Francisco, Menlo Park and Long Beach, California. They are Kilroy Realty’s first on-site solar developments. Nautilus Solar Energy developed and will own the solar systems and Kilroy Realty will purchase the solar energy from Nautilus through a power purchase agreement
“Sustainability is at the foundation of everything we do at KRC. With the installation of solar systems on nine of our properties, we are able to demonstrate that our commitment to sustainability improves our business by providing both an economically viable solution to procuring clean energy and covered parking,” said Sara Neff, Senior Vice President of Sustainability at Kilroy Realty.
