Renewable Power Perspectives Q&A with Katie Garza, Co-Founder and COO, Lyssy Energy

By Constance ThompsonOctober 7, 2021

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is delighted to share the next installment in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog series.
Each installation includes industry leaders and subjects associated with speeding up a fair and simply shift to a renewable resource economy. In recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month, ACORE is highlighting three Hispanic-owned member companies that are flourishing in the eco-friendly energy sector.
Today, we are featuring Lyssy Energy Enterprises, a utility-scale eco-friendly energy developer in Texas. The following is a Q&A with Lyssy Energy Co-Founder and COO Katie Garza and Constance Thompson, ACOREs Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programs.
What inspired you to begin Lyssy Energy?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises all began with a favor to my dad. He asked me to put together an energy lease that would safeguard his land for ranching and farming while supplying an extra source of income. Prior to we understood it, my partner and I were helping others in the very same circumstance. We made it official, got and began a business to work.
A couple years later on, we began partnering with renewable energy designers. We utilized 2020 to rebrand Lyssy Energy into the business we had actually always dreamed about. In 2021, we have actually reintroduced ourselves to the world– no longer as an energy service business, however as eco-friendly energy designers with the hope of owning and running utility-scale sustainable energy jobs.
Tell us about Lyssy Energy.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an innovative, privately held, utility-scale designer of solar, wind and battery energy solutions. Our prime directive is to contribute to the velocity of the energy industrys shift to sustainable energy. Lyssy Energy believes that by releasing wind, solar and battery storage, we can optimize our efforts and offer all kinds of eco-friendly energy services.
What difficulties do you deal with? Why?
Capital is one of the biggest challenges we face at the moment. The wind and the sun provide electricity, however capital is what moves everything and everyone else. We require capital for daily operations, and to establish, construct and run our jobs.
Securing advancement capital early is essential in supplying land control and affiliation studies to get tasks off the ground. We are working hard to establish relationships with large investment companies that have a strong interest in renewables and can provide the capital essential to develop an effective renewable energy task.
How can potential partners work with you?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is open to collaborations or joint ventures. We are offered to talk about the requirement for all kinds of capital stack with different equity, tax and financial obligation business that run in this industry and those interested in purchasing renewable resource tasks and business. Preferably, we wish to deal with financial investment partners that can offer capital from the advancement stage through the building stage. We are also open up to partners who are interested in purchasing the business.
How are you making an impact through Lyssy Energy?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises makes every effort to continue building a varied company. We hope to help stabilize the inequalities in our society by connecting to people that are traditionally ignored and passed over. Ladies and people of color are crucial to our success, and it is essential to promote their development to positions of management and management.
Lyssy Energy is working with bad neighborhoods in rural areas, and we hope to make a difference by bringing sustainable energy tasks to locations with high rates of hardship and other susceptible communities. It is essential for the energy transition to not only modification how we produce energy, but to bring the disenfranchised to the center of this technological evolution so everybody shares the benefits.
How has your Accelerate subscription helped your company?
Being able to participate in ACOREs Accelerate subscription program is a delight and an advantage. The Accelerate Program has connected us to some of the most significant and most prominent companies in the world, and these connections assist offer us the power to make a distinction.
To discover more about or contact Lyssy Energy Enterprises, visit https://www.lyssyenergy.com/.
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In 2021, we have reestablished ourselves to the world– no longer as an energy service business, but as eco-friendly energy designers with the hope of owning and operating utility-scale renewable energy jobs.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an ingenious, independently held, utility-scale designer of solar, wind and battery energy services. Lyssy Energy believes that by releasing wind, solar and battery storage, we can optimize our efforts and provide all kinds of renewable energy options. Lyssy Energy is working with bad communities in rural locations, and we hope to make a distinction by bringing eco-friendly energy jobs to locations with high rates of hardship and other vulnerable neighborhoods. It is crucial for the energy transition to not only modification how we produce energy, however to bring the disenfranchised to the center of this technological evolution so everybody shares the benefits.