We are one of the largest fully integrated providers of cutting-edge, turnkey clean-energy solutions in the U.S. for meeting the growing need for reliable, resilient, and cost-effective renewable energy across North America.
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A Legacy of Leadership
Luminace is the North American decarbonization-as-a-service platform of Brookfield Renewable – a global leader in decarbonization. Luminace brings together the complementary assets and capabilities of the distributed generation platforms that Brookfield Renewable acquired from WGL, Constellation NewEnergy and Exelon (including PFMG Solar), as well as TerraForm Power, making us the leading decarbonization-as-a-service platform. While our name is new, Luminace has decades of experience in the North American distributed generation market.
Unmatched Expertise
Luminace’s deep financial resources coupled with our strong operating and development capabilities makes us exceptionally well equipped to meet your needs at the scale you desire. As owners, operators and developers of one of the largest distributed generation portfolios in the nation, we have a demonstrated track record of high-quality project execution.
Turnkey Solutions, Seamless Integration
As a fully integrated decarbonization-as-a-service provider, Luminace finances, develops, owns, operates and maintains renewable energy facilities, eliminating your upfront costs while minimizing operational and maintenance burdens. Our customized, hassle-free turnkey solutions are seamlessly integrated into existing operations.
Renewable Energy Solutions, Simplified
We offer a full suite of sustainable energy solutions, meeting the growing need for reliable, resilient, cost-effective and clean renewable power. Our offerings include on-site and off-site solar power facilities, energy storage systems, and energy efficiency infrastructure.
Your Success is Our Success
Luminace is a strategic provider and long-term owner and operator of distributed energy resources with an enduring commitment to advancing your energy and sustainability goals. We are motivated by the conviction that our customer’s success translates into our success.
Leadership
Brendon Quinlivan
CEO
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Declan McCarthy
CFO
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Elizabeth Brennan
Chief Operating Officer
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Ben Sunderland
VP-Capital Markets
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Alex Metz
VP-General Counsel
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Eric Ross
Vice-President
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Clem Vera
Vice-President, FP&A
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Development
Robert Rabe
VP-Origination
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Michael Thomas
VP-Technical Sales
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Richard Justice
VP-Engineering & Construction
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Mohammed Habul
Vice-President, Power Marketing
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New York, New York - U.S. Headquarters
Brookfield Place
200 Liberty Street, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10281-1023
Brendon Quinlivan leads the Development team across U.S. markets, including the sales, development, engineering and construction for all DG customer and channel partnership engagements. Mr. Quinlivan has focused his expertise on the rapid deployment of customer-sited project development, which has created a robust customer and solar asset base within the Luminace portfolio.
Prior to joining Luminace, Mr. Quinlivan was Sr. Vice President for Constellation’s Distributed Solar platform, which he joined in 2011. Prior to Constellation he served in various business development and sales management roles within SunEdison.
Mr. Quinlivan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business & Real Estate Finance from Pennsylvania State University.
Declan McCarthy
CFO
Declan McCarthy leads the Finance team across the business, including the Accounting, Capital Markets, FP&A, Power Marketing and Structuring teams. Mr. McCarthy has focused his expertise on managing Luminaces’ robust Balance Sheet and Market-Leading Financing Expertise to support the rapid growth of the Luminace portfolio.
Prior to joining Luminace, Mr. McCarthy had extensive history working with Brookfield Renewable for over 10 years, most recently as the CFO of Brookfield Renewables European Platform. Prior to this he served in various financial management roles across Europe and the United States.
Mr. McCarthy is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.
Elizabeth Brennan
Chief Operating Officer
As Chief Operating Officer, Elizabeth Brennan oversees asset performance, customer care and health, safety, security and environmental matters. She is responsible for optimizing generation, identifying repowering opportunities and working with existing customers on new DER opportunities.
Before joining Brookfield in 2020, Dr. Brennan was the Global Director of Solar Services at Underwriter’s Laboratory, managing the Solar Consulting Practice for due diligence, energy services and asset management. Prior to that, she was Head of Department at DNV GL, where she managed the technical engineering teams and ran the operation of the PV Evolution Testing labs for modules, inverters and batteries.
Dr. Brennan holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science Education degree from Florida State University, as well as a Ph.D. in Chemistry from California Institute of Technology.
Ben Sunderland
VP-Capital Markets
Ben is responsible for the company’s capital markets strategy and activities. Since joining Brookfield in 2022, his team has raised more than $900M in capital to support the growth of various businesses managed by Brookfield.
Prior to Brookfield, Ben worked at Vivint Solar and Sunrun where he closed more than $2 billion in capital markets transactions across different layers of the capital stack.
Ben holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Brigham Young University.
Alex Metz
VP-General Counsel
As General Counsel of Luminace, Alexander Metz provides strategic and legal advice and oversees the legal functions of the business.
Mr. Metz joined Brookfield in 2018 and has supported several businesses managed by Brookfield Renewable, including TerraForm Power, Brookfield Renewable U.S. and Luminace. Prior to Brookfield, he was an associate attorney a New York-based law firm, where his practice focused on project finance and corporate finance.
Mr. Metz holds a law degree and Master of Business Administration from Yale University and a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree from McGill University.
Eric Ross
Vice-President
Eric Ross leads the Project Structuring team, responsible for underwriting and diligencing the development pipeline. Since joining the team in 2018, Eric has led the underwriting for over 600 MWs and $1.7 billion in closed (or approved, pending close) transactions. Eric leads the Capital Committee process for Luminace as well as the company’s IRA strategy.
Prior to this role, Eric held multiple positions within the Exelon and Constellation organizations, as well as in the Energy Practice of NERA Economic Consulting.
Eric holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
Clem Vera
Vice-President, FP&A
As the Vice President of Finance, Clemencia Vera leads the efforts for financial planning, analysis and accounting to drive decision making across financial metrics and liquidity management.
With over a decade of experience in power, utilities, and the renewables sector, Clemencia has served in various leadership roles at Brookfield Renewables, and its portfolio companies such as Terraform, as well as Brookfield Asset Management. Additionally, she contributed to the early stages of company development at NineDot Energy, a NYC leader in the development of community scale energy storage projects. Prior to these roles, she began her career in the sector at The AES Corporation across both accounting and FP&A functions. During her time in these roles, Clemencia has executed key strategies for the advancement of company growth through the implementation of financial management processes, reporting, system implementations, and people leadership. This has enabled platform growth through the guidance for best practice scalable solutions under her leadership.
Clemencia Vera attended Pepperdine University for undergraduate studies in Accounting and Columbia Business School for graduate studies focusing on finance and climate.
Robert Rabe
VP-Origination
As Vice President of Origination, Robert Rabe leads all distributed energy sales and origination efforts for the business.
Prior to joining Luminace, Mr. Rabe was the Head of Origination of Constellation’s solar business, leading the sales and origination team. Prior to Constellation, he successfully founded and sold a solar development business, and more recently was General Manager for a national EPC business, before selling that business to a large private equity firm in 2016. Mr. Rabe has successfully originated and closed over 500MWs of distributed solar projects since 2009.
Mr. Rabe earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science from Wilkes University.
Michael Thomas
VP-Technical Sales
Mike Thomas is the Vice President of Technical Sales at Luminace. Mike has over 25 years of experience in industrial and commercial energy systems. His primary focus during this time has been developing, designing, and implementing strategic improvements that increase systems efficiency, maintain compliance, and reduce energy costs. He has audited, studied, and developed numerous energy projects and processes for renewable energy systems, production units, power plants, and wastewater treatment facilities. Prior to joining Luminace, Mike has served as both a systems design engineer and capital projects engineer for Bethlehem Steel Corporation, and Arcelor Mittal. Mike holds a B.S., Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland College Park and B.S., Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Mike holds a Project Management Professional credential and is licensed as a Professional Engineer in the State of Maryland.
Richard Justice
VP-Engineering & Construction
Mr. Justice has 43 years of experience in the construction industry. Since entering the renewable energy industry in 2010, Mr. Justice has directly implemented or managed approximately 700MW of solar DG projects across 16 states within the United States. Distinguished leader who achieves highest production standards under stringent time and budgetary constraints while handling a multitude of operational scenarios. Proven leader with strong communication, presentation and team building skills. Accomplished and results-oriented management professional with outstanding organizational administration and resource management experience. Record of achievement providing leadership, supervision, and motivational expertise to ensure streamlined workflows and increased efficiency.
Mohammed Habul
Vice-President, Power Marketing
As the Vice President of Power Markets at Luminace, Mohammed leads efforts related to Renewable Energy Credit (REC) trading, community solar management, and incentives.
With over a decade of experience in the power, utilities, and renewables sector, Mohammed previously served as a Vice President at Goldman Sachs Renewable Power Group and EY Infrastructure Advisors, LLC. In these roles, he executed and advised on power market transactions and corporate decarbonization strategies. His expertise spans hedging mechanisms, energy markets, and infrastructure investments, enabling him to provide guidance on REC sales, revenue optimization, and community solar platform management.
Mohammed holds an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, where he focused on finance, market instruments, and negotiations. He also earned a Bachelor of Engineering from Stony Brook University.