Invenergy

The Invenergy Services team at the Samson Solar Energy Center in Texas was proud to support the Cunningham and Bogata Volunteer Fire Departments through a donation last month.

Each department received $4,500 to support equipment and resources essential to delivering emergency medical and fire response services across Lamar and Red River Counties—home to Samson Solar.

These volunteer departments play a critical role in serving their communities, and we’re proud to support the work they do every day to keep their neighbors safe.

In Invenergy’s earliest days, success depended on more than vision—it depended on proof.

The early 2000s were a period of rapid change in the U.S. energy market: volatile power prices, shifting ownership structures, and a growing need for scalable, disciplined project development. From the outset, Invenergy’s founding team understood that navigating this environment would require moving decisively when the right opportunities emerged, and exercising patience when they did not.

That opportunity arrived in 2003 with Hardee Energy Center, a 370-megawatt natural gas power plant that began operations in 1993 in rural Florida.

Our founding team, with deep expertise in gas-fired generation and operations, recognized that Hardee was a durable asset in a market still finding its footing. They moved forward deliberately, relying on long-standing relationships with partners and advisors who trusted their technical judgment and disciplined approach to ownership.

For those partners, the plant became an early signal of how Invenergy would operate, from prioritizing long-term performance to adopting innovative staffing structures.

Hardee embraced the emerging trend in the combined-cycle industry of merging operations and maintenance responsibilities into the “O&M Technician” role, creating a multi-skilled workforce capable of supporting both functions. The plant further advanced this concept by extending the multi-skilled staffing model into self-performing major maintenance outages, utilizing craft skills on shift, self-directed work teams, and strong technical ownership of the equipment. This made the team significantly more efficient, reliable, and able to prioritize ex*****on in a demanding energy market.

With its first natural gas asset in place, Invenergy could continue to advance innovative energy operations while strategically expanding into emerging technologies that make good business sense.

More than two decades later, Hardee Energy Center remains in operation and will continue for many years ahead. Its longevity underscores the strategy behind the acquisition and the philosophy that has guided Invenergy ever since: recognize change early, move with intention, and invest in the long-term performance of energy assets.

The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry’s newest permanent exhibit, “Powering the Future,” is now open to the public.

Invenergy helped bring the exhibit to life through various donations of energy technologies, including a wind turbine blade section from our land-based wind, solar and storage Grand Ridge project, 3 HV transmission line insulators, a safety suit, and an energy storage module.

Invenergy, in conjunction with its advanced solar panel manufacturing facility Illuminate USA, also donated solar components and a full solar panel to the exhibit, contributing to a world-class museum that was recently recognized by Travel + Leisure as one of the top 27 museums in the world.

Pictured: Several Invenergy employees were on hand for the exhibits' opening celebrations last week.

For Global Volunteer Month, Invenergy employees supported their communities by contributing their time to local organizations across the regions where we live, work and operate.

🔵118 employees volunteered 482 hours in April
🔵884 volunteer hours contributed so far this year
🔵More than $10,000 donated through Global Volunteer Month activities

From food banks to neighborhood cleanups, thank you to everyone who participated in volunteer events throughout April and strengthened the shared value we create in our communities.