The new CEO of North Haven-based renewable energy company Greenskies Clean Focus is Vijay Singh, but not the one known for playing golf. When asked about sharing a name with the longtime professional golfer from Fiji, Singh just chuckles. “I get asked that question a lot,” he said, “but I don’t play golf.” What Singh has done is spend more than two decades building and scaling renewable energy businesses, including managing multi-gigawatt energy portfolios. That includes launching the energy storage group at Florida-based NextEra Energy and helping grow it into a multibillion-dollar renewables and battery storage business. Now, Singh is tasked with leading Greenskies, which was founded in Westport in 2008 by Michael Silvestrini and former state Sen. Art Linares. They sold the company in 2017 to California-based Clean Focus Yield Ltd., and it was sold again in 2020 to JLC Infrastructure, a New York-based private investment firm focused on infrastructure projects. Singh succeeds Stanley Chin, who stepped down as CEO as part of a leadership transition, according to the company. Greenskies develops, finances and operates commercial and industrial renewable energy projects nationwide, with a focus on Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and California. Its clients include businesses, municipalities, schools, universities and hospitals. The company does not serve the residential market.
New Greenskies CEO Singh eyes solar growth, storage expansion as federal tax credits phase out
