8minutenergy Renewables
8minutenergy Renewables is an American photovoltaic (PV) developer of utility-scale PV power plants and energy storage. It has developed solar farms that includes Eagle Shadow Mountain Solar Farm which is a 420 MW (300 MW) photovoltaic power station north of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada. Mount Signal Solar which is a 594 MW (460 MW) photovoltaic power station west of Calexico, California, a 137 MW Springbok Solar Farm and the 191 MW Springbok 2 solar project, both located in Kern County, California. History. It was founded by Tom Buttgenbach and Martin Hermann in 2009. In 2014, Kern  County Board of Supervisors approved development of Redwood Solar Farm which received investment of $30 million by Macquarie Capital. In 2018, it had raised $200 million through a joint venture with J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Upper Bay Infrastructure Partners for its pipeline of utility-scale solar projects. A 25 year pact was signed with Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in 2019. In 2022, University of California filed a lawsuit against 8minute Solar.