Hartford Business Journal

12 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | MAY 4, 2026 Vijay Singh, new CEO of Greenskies Clean Focus, stands in front of a 6.14-MW ground-mounted solar array on unused land at All Saints Cemetery in North Haven, a project the company built for the Catholic Cemeteries Association of the Archdiocese of Hartford. HBJ Photo | Steve Laschever Power Play New Greenskies CEO Singh eyes solar growth, storage expansion as federal tax credits phase out Scaling the business Singh said his two decades of expe- rience in renewables — including wind, solar and energy storage — position him to lead Greenskies' next phase of "thoughtful and disciplined" growth. He described the staff as experi- enced, with a track record of delivering projects, and noted that Greenskies not only develops and installs systems but also owns and operates them under long-term contracts that typically run 30 to 35 years. "It's a very strong and disciplined platform," he said of Greenskies. "The company has a clear focus on execu- tion, and not just recently. They have been in business for over a decade." Singh declined to provide revenue figures for the privately held company, but said it is positioned to expand beyond the four markets it primarily serves. "There is a large customer base and a lot of demand in other states as well, which we have not touched yet," he said. While he expects growth across the U.S., Singh said he does not plan to expand internationally, citing the complexity of operating in foreign markets. "I don't want to extend the footprint to jurisdictions where you cannot control the projects," he said. Greenskies employs more than 120 people, including about 40 at its North Haven headquarters, with others working remotely or on construction sites across the country. Staffing will grow alongside the business, he said. By David Krechevsky davidk@hartfordbusiness.com T he 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 multi- billion-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, Massa- chusetts, New Jersey and California. Its clients include businesses, municipali- ties, schools, universities and hospitals. The company does not serve the residential market. Greenskies said its solar installations have generated about 2.35 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity — enough to power roughly 212,000 homes for a year. Most of its work involves rooftop solar installations, though the company also develops ground-mounted systems. It completed 82 projects nationwide in 2025. That includes a 2.32-megawatt system completed last June in Orange for Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, which is expected to save about $6 million in energy costs over 20 years. In March, the company installed a rooftop solar array on the Department of Public Works' building in West Hartford, replacing a system originally installed in 2012 that was removed during a roof replacement. Singh recently sat down with Hart- ford Business Journal to discuss his decision to join Greenskies and his vision for the company, including expanding energy storage and growing its geographic footprint. VIJAY SINGH CEO Greenskies Clean Focus Previous position: CEO & Chief Commercial Officer of BW Solar in Canada Education: Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Birla Institute of Technology (India); master's degree in mechanical engineering, Villanova University; MBA in finance and strategic management, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

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