"The light that comes from wisdom never goes out"
More than two years after his company won a $4.6 million contract to build a major solar plant on Anegada, American developer Rob Wallace Jr. broke ground last December alongside …
Continue reading “With Power52 boss in bankruptcy, Anegada solar farm’s future unclear”
In July 2020, the BVI Electricity Corporation announced the winner of a $4.6 million contract to build a solar plant on Anegada: Power52 Clean Energy Access, a Maryland company headed …
Continue reading “A tale of two Power52s: One company bid, another got the contract”
When Alonso Alvarez was bidding for the contract to build the Anegada solar farm in 2020, he felt that something wasn’t right. The process dragged on longer than usual, and …
Continue reading “As Fahie advisor, Skelton-Cline pushed for Power52 before tender”
The Beacon had been requesting a copy of the Anegada solar contract for more than a year when the BVI Electricity Corporation finally responded in February. Its answer: a hard …
Claude Skelton-Cline, a consultant hand-picked by then-Premier Andrew Fahie shortly after the 2019 general election, claimed in a series of reports that he met with Power52 officials before and during …
Continue reading “TIMELINE: The premier, the contractor and the consultant”
Though Rob Wallace Jr.’s forthcoming projects in the Virgin Islands present a new opportunity for the Power52 brand, he brings with him more than a decade of legal and …
Continue reading “Maryland solar contractor brings with him ten years of legal troubles”
After a United States company won a contract last June to build a major solar grid on Anegada, Virgin Islands leaders defended the choice even though it sidelined two local …
Continue reading “BVIEC bypassed VI solar firms for US bidder accused of fraud, debt”
