Renewable Financial
Renewable Financial
MISSION
To assist in the healing and nurturing of our planet by facilitating the development, financing, and operation of sustainable technologies.
About Our Services
FINANCING YOUR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT
Why Renewable Financial?
We Have Solutions
Our team has decades of experience in renewable energy including the following:
- Federal and Private Loans
- Grant Research, Writing, and Implementation
- ITC Equity
- Project Development
- Project Feasibility, Site Analysis, and Permitting
- Project Management and Implementation
- Renewable Energy Equipment Procurement with favorable pricing
Getting Approved For Funding
We can help you procure funding
Renewable Financial will be able to assist you in a number of different capacities to get funding approval and your project operational. Areas of expertise include:
- Regulatory
- Governmental and Procedural
- Entitlements
- Development
- Engineering
- Financial
USDA Renewable Energy Funding Opportunities
The Basic Overview
What does the USDA REAP Program do?
It provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses to purchase or install renewable energy systems or make energy efficiency improvements.Who may apply?
- Agricultural producers with at least 50% of gross income coming from agricultural operations, and
- Small businesses in eligible rural areas
What is an eligible area?
- Businesses must be in an area other than a city or town with a population of greater than 50,000 inhabitants and the urbanized area of that city or town.
- Agricultural producers may be in rural or non-rural areas.
How may the funds be used?
Funds may be used for the purchase, installation, and construction of renewable energy systems, such as:- Solar
- Wind
- Hydro
- Geothermal
- Hydrogen
- Ocean Tidal
- Energy Efficiency Improvements
Partial List of Completed Projects
We've got a top notch team!
16-county $8.6 million
transport
infrastructure financing for electric buses.
$4 million U.S. Department of Energy utility-scale solar financing for a Native American tribe.
$107 million Leeds certified mixed-use hospitality project.
$5 million school advanced microgrid and solar energy grant application
for a subsidiary of the world’s largest renewable energy company.
Financed development of a $4.2 million residential subdivision
$2.1 million Food Production Investment Program (FPIP) grant for one of the world's largest agri-businesses for energy saving equipment.
Awarded RFP for development team on a 180 acre, $350 million eco-friendly lakeside resort.
Closed on a 3,750 sq. ft.
eco-friendly
$3 million, ocean front
boutique hotel.
Meet Our Team
Experience and Success Matters!
Brad Zerbe
Chief Executive Officer
Brad has over thirty years of experience in grant writing, fundraising and business consulting.
He is the former political director for the nation's largest PAC, and finance director for the chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, who passed the landmark energy tax bill giving incentives to renewable sources of energy.Brad has worked for three of the nation's five largest financial institutions in securities and banking compliance. Brad is the former director of communications for the state of Arizona’s IT agency, and Arizona State University’s education technology think tank.
In college, he competed in debate, finishing second in the nation, and won his school's highest scholarship for leadership.
Ron Perla
President
As a business consultant, financier, real estate developer and author, Ron has assisted in the startup of over 30 companies ranging from real estate, finance, energy, electronics, entertainment and hospitality.
Ron has served as an independent consultant to business owners, CEO's and developers in finance strategies, business planning and feasibility analysis.
Ron has been an intricate part of several development teams which have planned, developed, and procured financing for a variety of projects totaling over $2 billion.
Ron's experience spans over 35 years and includes extensive commercial lending and real estate acquisition experience with an emphasis in valuation and underwriting,
Dillon Lewis
Chief Technician
Dillon has managed dozens of renewable energy projects including as an EPC, involving engineering, procurement, construction, and also ITC financing.
He has developed over 20MW of projects, installed over 15MW and financed over 10MW, which includes large scale solar canopy projects.
Dillon was one of the founders of an online renewable energy bidding and information exchange with over 2,500 members, funding over $42 million in solar projects.
Wendy Strain
Chief Grant Writer
Wendy Strain is an experienced renewable energy grant writer, having written multiple successful applications in the areas of alternative fuels, water filtration, motorized transportation, oceanic research (oil spill recovery, red tide), and economic development initiatives.
She is also a former English professor and has advanced degrees in technical writing and rhetoric from Texas A&M University as well as graphic design with specialization in visual rhetoric.
Wendy is committed to improving economic conditions domestically and internationally while working toward an environmentally sustainable proactive society.
David Novick
Vice President Of Marketing
David Novick has over a dozen years of experience in the solar industry in business development and project management.David's expertise is working with commercial, large scale Native American
renewable projects. Recent projects include assisting with two winning federal grant proposals with two different federal agencies – one for a rural hotel and the other a utility-scale project for a utility company owned by a Native American tribe.He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts.
TJ Stockbridge
Chief Construction Supervisor
TJ is an electrical and solar contractor with over 30 years of experience. He has successfully completed over 30 million dollars worth of solar and electrical projects within the state of Arizona.TJ specializes in design-build solar projects.
TJ has studied martial arts for 42 years and earned his fifth-degree black belt and masters degree in 2000.
TJ likes to bring his never give up attitude to all the projects he is involved in.
Jon Rozelle
Engineer Consultant
Jon has been an engineering consultant on a number of renewable energy projects.
He has worked for several well-known engineering firms including Ball Aerospace, W.L. Gore & amp; Associates, Motor Excellent, and Machine Solutions, Inc.His projects have included customer manufacturing and testing equipment, medical devices and machines, electric vehicles, remote telemetry, and numerous control systems designed for residential, commercial and industrial projects. His notable projects include the Hubble Space Telescope and the Space Shuttle Star Tracker programs.
Jon graduated Magna Cum Laude graduate in electrical engineering with Northern Arizona University.
