Category: Founder’s Report

Vergent chairing panel at the 2024 National Summit on CHP

Join us at the 2024 National Summit on Combined Heat and Power on September 24 & 25 in Washington, D.C. Our President and Founder, Justin Rathke, will be chairing a panel about “Food Industry Production and Supply Chain: Providing Resiliency, Carbon Reduction, and Energy Savings”, alongside our Director of Projects, Jessie Gillis. We’ll be sharing […]
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AtSite Energy Announcement

AtSite Energy Announces Strategic Acquisition of Both Vergent Power and LoneStar Power to Expand Market Leadership WASHINGTON, DC, USA, May 21, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ — AtSite Energy, the clean energy solutions company, is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of Vergent Power Solutions and LoneStar Power Solutions, two prominent companies in the power solutions and energy […]
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Vergent Celebrates 10 Years in Business

This month marks ten years since we started Vergent Power Solutions. During that time, we have grown our operating fleet of energy systems more than 800%. We have installed CHP plants, renewable energy solutions, and microgrids throughout North America.  They are providing economic savings, emissions reductions, and resiliency to our customers. The energy industry and […]
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Our serious energy and climate problems require serious solutions

Unfortunately, many of the current approaches are dangerously misguided.  Here is a simple critique of two of the more dangerous GHG reduction strategies: 1: Electrification of everything. Many electric utilities are pushing this with little opposition from state policymakers.  The idea is to electrify building heating and transportation.  The already-stressed power grid would somehow (through […]
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Time For Some Hydrogen Real Talk

If you’re involved in energy in any way, you’ve undoubtedly heard a lot about hydrogen recently.  Hydrogen proponents will tell you that it can power our cars, businesses and homes and is the future of energy and the answer to our climate woes. Sounds great, doesn’t it?  After all, hydrogen is the most abundant chemical […]
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Vergent Power Solutions has a new look and name…and a heightened focus

We are now Vergent, a provider of rational, customer-centric clean energy and decarbonization solutions. When we started in 2014, we were the exclusive distributor for Capstone Turbine Corporation – the world’s leading manufacturer of microturbine energy systems – in the Upper Midwest, New England, and Eastern Canada.  Our aim was to do great projects utilizing […]
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Vergent to Provide Highly Efficient 1.2 MW Power Generation Solution to Illinois Natural Gas Storage Facility

Ultra-Low Emissions and Low Maintenance Were Key Factors in Microturbine Selection VAN NUYS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Capstone Green Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: CGRN), a global leader in carbon reduction and on-site resilient green energy solutions, announced that Vergent Power Solutions, Capstone’s distributor for the Midwest, New England and Eastern Canada, has secured an order for a 1.2 megawatt (MW) energy […]
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Vergent Microturbine Installations Powered through Weekend Thunderstorms that Caused Significant Damage to Ontario Power Grid

Powerful weekend thunderstorms left a trail of destruction, including loss of human lives, and more than 900,000 people without power in Canada’s two most populated provinces, Ontario and Quebec, according to Environment Canada. A Derecho, a widespread, long-lived windstorm associated with a line of thunderstorms, struck Saturday afternoon with winds over 80 miles per hour. […]
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