Invera Energy™ meets the needs of the new energy marketplace. It builds upon the roots and reputation of Solas Energy®, and its work supporting over 100 gigawatts of energy projects in the US since 2009.
Invera Energy supports a diverse energy mix to meet the demands of the growing US electricity industry. Together, Invera Energy and Solas Energy form a future-ready, agile partnership with the proven expertise to move energy projects forward with confidence for clients.
While Solas Energy focuses on its existing renewable energy project clients, Invera Energy focuses on hybrid and stand-alone battery energy storage systems (BESS), conventional generation, transmission, and distribution projects, providing one seamless consulting experience for clients of both companies.
The US energy market is being reshaped by surging demand from data centers, artificial intelligence, the digital transformation, and an aging infrastructure. To deliver reliable energy at the scale and speed needed to meet this demand, project owners, investors, and utilities need a partner with both a proven track record and the agility to expand into new markets.
Invera Energy answers that call and draws on its partnership with Solas Energy to deliver an expanded portfolio of infrastructure services that help our clients build a diverse, resilient energy future.
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Evelyn Carpenter is the founder, President and CEO of Invera Energy™. Ms. Carpenter is an entrepreneur and pioneer in the American renewable energy industry, having built a highly successful consulting company, Solas Energy®. Since 2009, Solas Energy has worked on over 100 GW of renewable energy and energy storage projects in the United States, delivering expert consulting, due diligence, and project and construction management services to project owners and operators. The consulting services model offers access to senior-level project development and project management expertise on an outsourced basis, allowing clients to scale their businesses, manage growth, and mitigate risk in the evolving American energy industry.
Invera Energy will carry that success forward, bringing proven expertise to new clients and markets through a broader service offering. Invera Energy’s focus will be on grid reliability, generation and storage deployment, and data center support.
Felipe brings over 40 years of energy industry experience to his leadership role. His experience includes construction planning, engineering, and project management for the development and execution of more than 4 GW of utility-scale wind, solar, energy storage, and biomass generation facilities. Felipe’s conventional generation experience encompasses oil, gas, and biomass-fired power plants, and EPC BOP execution of simple cycle and combined cycle gas turbine power plants. His responsibilities extend to EPC proposal estimates, contract negotiation, scheduling, direct and subcontracted labor management, procurement, and overall project management throughout North America. He also brings a strong background in global management to his role, and fluency in English, Spanish, French, and Italian.
Terri Denning is a Senior Associate and Interim Director of Consulting Services. She is an expert procurement, contracting and risk management specialist with over 26 years of financing, deal structuring, and business development expertise in the energy storage and renewable energy industry. Terri most recently ran the risk management and contracting department for a global battery energy storage manufacturer. Prior to that, she led business development and contracting for a wind turbine manufacturer where she managed turbine sales, contracting, business development, M&A negotiation and due diligence. Terri’s prior positions included commodity structuring, deal management, risk management, and project finance for gas fired co-generation plants for a global energy company.
Michelle Nicholson is an experienced land and stakeholder consultation specialist with a demonstrated history of success in the energy sector, overseeing land acquisition, stakeholder engagement, and community sentiment initiatives for over 5 GW of wind, solar, and energy storage projects. Her expertise encompasses environmental consulting, due diligence, land control, and title review. She has a particular interest in stakeholder management, analyzing and designing effective communication strategies to assist in the permitting of projects. Michelle also supports business development and client engagement to ensure successful project delivery.
Melody-Ann Cote has over 30 years of project and contract management experience, 15 of which have been focused on the delivery of renewable energy and energy storage construction projects. She is an expert project manager, overseeing owner’s obligations under construction agreements, supply agreements, financing agreements, interconnection, and power purchase agreements, regulatory permits, and land agreements. She has successfully managed construction for more than 2 GW of wind and solar (PV) energy and 3 GWh of utility-scale energy storage projects. Her expertise includes budget management, with experience managing over $5 billion in construction budgets to-date. Melody-Ann provides clients with independent engineering (IE) review process management and financial management review services to support project construction.
Jami Wong brings more than 25 years of experience in developing new market entry strategies, building brands, and leading sales and marketing efforts in multiple industries, including renewable energy, semiconductors, software, robotics, broadcast media, and consumer electronics. She is responsible for Invera Energy’s new market entry strategy as it leverages its renewable energy roots into energy storage, conventional generation, data centers, and high voltage work. Jami also provides key stakeholder and community-targeted communication strategies for Invera Energy clients. Jami holds an international MBA and is multi-lingual. She has supported organizations throughout North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Australasia.
