Summary: Jim Spano’s strong financial background as well as his expertise in real estate and land development gives him a unique perspective among solar energy developers. Mr. Spano has played a key role in the development of projects totaling over 300 MWs in solar generation facilities. Mr. Spano is a managing partner of Spano Partner Holdings and leads other ventures as a nationally recognized expert in solar development and finance. He is the co-founder and head of originations at RadiantREIT, which will be the first solar mortgage real estate investment trust in the country, established to offer long-term, fixed-rate debt that enables more self-ownership for developers and healthier balance sheets. Jim is also the co-founder of My-Resi, an energy storage development company using aggregated residential solar plus storage to operate as virtual power plants. Lastly, Jim is a co-founder of Above Grid, a DG development company partnered with a global utility. He is the founder and president of the New Jersey Solar Grid Supply Association (NJSGSA), vice president of the Mid-Atlantic Solar & Storage Industry Association (MSSIA), on the board of the International Battery and Energy Storage Alliance (IBESA), a conference committee member of the Intersolar North America Conference, and an advisory board member to several renewable energy companies in the United States.
