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ATLANTA, Aug. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SolAmerica Energy ("SAE" or the "Company") recently closed on a $100 million Revolving Credit Facility ("Revolver") with Deutsche Bank. The Revolver will be used to finance development for the Company's growing portfolio of projects, equipment including solar modules and inverters to be used in projects, as well as project construction.

The Company is headquartered in Atlanta and specializes in developing and managing distributed solar generation assets across the U.S. Southeast, East Coast, and Midwest. SAE is owned by funds managed by AB CarVal, an established global alternative investment fund manager and subsidiary of AllianceBernstein. Deutsche Bank served as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent on the transaction. This represents the third financing the Company has closed on since acquisition by AB CarVal funds in 2023, in addition to a $50 million construction loan with KeyBank and a sale-leaseback tax equity transaction totaling over $80 million, as an investment with or to be syndicated by Key Equipment Finance.

Katherine Mason, the CFO of SolAmerica Energy, said, "SolAmerica is pleased to close this $100 million revolving credit facility, which strengthens our financial flexibility as we continue to scale our renewable energy platform. This facility reflects strong lender confidence in our business model and long-term vision. We look forward to growing the relationship with Deutsche Bank as we continue to advance the energy transition."

"We are excited to expand our distributed generation development facility offering to SolAmerica Energy, a high-quality developer with a proven track record in the community solar space. We look forward to continuing to support SolAmerica Energy as they deliver reliable, affordable, and clean energy to ratepayers," said Jeremy Eisman, Head of Infrastructure and Energy Financing at Deutsche Bank.

"As the demand for energy and power capacity increases, we are pleased to work with SolAmerica and Deutsche Bank to support the development and construction of these projects. Renewable solar energy continues to offer an affordable and reliable source in the energy transition," said Alex Flamm, Managing Director with AB CarVal.

About SolAmerica

SolAmerica Energy is a developer, owner, and operator of community-scale solar projects, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and owned by funds managed by AB CarVal. Since its founding in 2009, SolAmerica has developed and built over 300 MW of solar projects in 11 states and over 100 counties throughout the eastern United States. The company currently has an operating portfolio and development pipeline exceeding 1.5 GW in distributed generation solar projects throughout the United States. 

About AB CarVal

AB CarVal is an established global alternative investment manager and part of AllianceBernstein's Private Alternatives business. Since 1987, AB CarVal's team has navigated through ever-changing credit market cycles, opportunistically investing $153 billion in 5,820 transactions across 82 countries. Today, AB CarVal has approximately $20 billion* in assets under management in corporate securities, loan portfolios, structured credit and hard assets. Additional information about AB CarVal may be found at www.abcarval.com.

*As of June 30, 2025. AUM is comprised fee-earning AUM and fee-eligible AUM. Fee-earning AUM includes those assets currently qualified to generate management fees. Fee-eligible AUM includes capital that is committed to an AB CarVal Fund but is currently uncalled or recallable. The number represented here excludes assets under AB CarVal's management that are not generating management fees due to the maturity of the Fund but includes amounts that do not generate management fees solely due to AB CarVal's decision not to charge management fees.

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