Transition Equity: Federal tax credits incentivized investment in solar panel producer Heliene

The four-year-old private equity firm invests in supply chain and services, where Heliene sits in its portfolio, as well as renewable energy development and decarbonization projects.

Transition Equity Partners saw federal incentives, including the domestic manufacturing provision from the Inflation Reduction Act, as key drivers for a $54 million growth equity financing investment in Heliene, an assembly and distributor of solar panels headquartered in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario.

Michael Allison - Transition Equity
Michael Allison, Transition Equity Partners

The investment, signed earlier this month in collaboration with a consortium of limited partners including Hamilton Lane, will support the company to expand annual production capacity from 915MW to just shy of 1.5GW