NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 28, 2025--
GS Power Partners (GSPP), a renewable energy investment and development company, today announced the acquisition of the Hof Community Solar Project from the project’s developer, Eden Renewables. GSPP’s newly acquired community solar garden in the Town of Bethlehem, New York is notable as it delivers clean energy to the region, protects biodiversity and helps to support local education initiatives.
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The Hof Project integrates ecological stewardship with clean energy production. It will feature a pollinator-friendly habitat and ongoing biodiversity monitoring, creating a refuge for wildlife and contributing to the health of the local environment. This ensures ecological vitality while also powering approximately 1,225 households annually with renewable energy.
Education is also at the heart of the project’s mission as GSPP will build on Eden Renewables’ strong community engagement. Eden Renewables will continue to deliver its Eden Education Program, supporting STEAM scholarships and providing renewable energy curriculum resources for local schools. Students will have access to hands-on learning opportunities that connect science, technology, engineering, arts, and math with real-world sustainability, inspiring the next generation of innovators and environmental stewards.
“The Hof Project represents more than a single development — it reflects our long-term strategy to invest in renewable assets that deliver lasting value for communities and the grid,” said Jason Kuflik, CEO and Co-founder of GS Power Partners. “By combining clean power generation with ecological stewardship and educational initiatives, this acquisition reinforces our commitment to scaling sustainable energy solutions that create both environmental impact and community benefit.”
Giovanni Maruca, Chief Development Officer of Eden Renewables said: “We’re very pleased that GSPP will be owning, building and operating Hof, which is the twentieth pollinator-friendly community solar project we’ve created in upstate New York. GSPP shares our aspiration to deliver quality renewable energy developments that put communities and nature first.”
Bethlehem residents and businesses will have the opportunity to subscribe to the solar site, gaining access to affordable clean power with expected savings of about 10 percent on electricity bills.
GSPP plans to advance the Hof Project into construction with commercial operations expected in 2026.
About GS Power Partners
GS Power Partners, a leading Independent Power Producer (IPP), acquires, develops, finances and owns distributed generation (DG) commercial and industrial (C+I) and community solar projects. Since the company’s founding in 2015, GS Power Partners has been fully focused on project development in the DG solar sector. Backed by CVC DIF, a global investment firm with almost $20 billion in assets under management, the company maintains a portfolio of 300+ megawatts of solar assets, mainly concentrated in the Northeast and Midwest. GS Power Partners advances the clean energy transition through responsible investments and long-term partnerships. For more information, please visit www.gspowerpartners.com.
About Eden Renewables
Eden Renewables is an international developer of solar and energy storage projects in the US, UK, and South Africa. Eden’s US office is based in Troy, NY, and currently has 20 pollinator-friendly community solar projects approved, awaiting construction or operational in the Capital Region and neighboring counties. All of Eden’s solar projects promote biodiversity and agricultural usage with excellent community and educational benefits. Subscribers to its community solar farms can benefit from savings of around 10% on their electricity bills. Visit www.edenrenewables.com
GS Power Partners' Hof Community Solar Project combines clean power generation with ecological stewardship and educational initiatives.
AL HENAKIYAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Ricky Brabec deliberately gave up his motorbike lead over Luciano Benavides in the Dakar Rally while Nasser Al-Attiyah was happy to cruise through another day closer to his sixth car title on Thursday.
Al-Attiyah started 346-kilometer stage 11 between Bisha north to Al Henakiyah with a 12-minute overall lead and let it drop to less than nine minutes over new second-placed driver Nani Roma in a Ford.
Al-Attiyah was content to let Dacia teammate Sébastien Loeb catch up and pass him to have a teammate nearby for any help and to minimize errors on the mazy, dirt track. Al-Attiyah was 17th, nearly 13 minutes behind stage winner Mattias Ekström, and said he needed to execute the same plan on Friday's last effective racing stage before the end on Saturday.
“If we lose two, three, four minutes no problem,” Al-Attiyah said. “We just need to finish this Dakar in first place.”
Honda cooked up a strategy in the Saudi desert for Adrien van Beveren to open the way and let Brabec catch up after the 190-kilometer pit stop and pick up time bonuses.
Brabec boosted his overall lead from 56 seconds to nearly four minutes just 25 kilometers from the finish. He was also within a minute of the stage lead but he slowed down so KTM rival Benavides was the new overall leader, but only by 23 seconds.
Brabec got his his wish to start Friday's stage 12 six minutes behind Benavides, so he can eye him. They head west to the rally starting point of Yanbu on the Red Sea coast on 311 kilometers of gravel, some river beds with a finish in the dunes.
“A little bit of strategy today and hopefully it pays off tomorrow,” Brabec said. "I feel like its going to be a good day. We’re going back into the rocks so it will be a little bit better for us.”
Brabec is counting on his experience of winning the Dakar in 2020 and 2024 to trump Benavides, who has a best placing of fourth last year.
“I've been in this situation before,” Brabec said. “For the whole two weeks I've been just trying to stay relax, stay comfortable and just be confident, so two days more. I'm gonna do the same thing tomorrow that I've been doing every day; ride dirt bikes and have fun.”
Van Beveren helped Brabec with navigation while fighting with another teammate, Skyler Howes, the entire day for the stage win.
Howes prevailed by 21 seconds for his first career major stage in his eighth Dakar. He was third in 2023 and sixth last year. He's running fifth, 34 minutes off the pace.
Benavides was fourth in the stage and believed the race will be decided on the final 105-kilometer sprint on Saturday.
“I played no strategy like Ricky. I don't care,” Benavides said. “I'm doing what I can to control what I can control.”
Ekström won his third car stage of this Dakar, a special so fast that 12 other drivers were within 10 minutes.
Ford achieved another 1-2-3 stage. Romain Dumas, a three-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours, was a career-best second just over a minute back and Carlos Sainz was third.
Only Toyota's Henk Lategan beat Ekström to a checkpoint but Lategan's podium hopes were wrecked after 140 kilometers when a bearing broke on his rear left wheel. Lategan was second last year and second overall overnight but he plunged out of the top 15, at least.
Loeb moved up to third overall, 10 minutes behind Roma and three minutes ahead of Ekström.
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Rider Daniel Sanders competes during the eleventh stage of the Dakar Rally between Bisha and Al Henakiyah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Jan.15, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Driver Nasser Al-Attiyah and co-driver Fabian Lurquin compete during the eleventh stage of the Dakar Rally between Bisha and Al Henakiyah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Jan.15, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Rider Skyler Howes competes during the eleventh stage of the Dakar Rally between Bisha and Al Henakiyah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Jan.15, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Driver Henk Lategan, left, and co-driver Brett Cummings repair their car during the eleventh stage of the Dakar Rally between Bisha and Al Henakiyah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Jan.15, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Driver Nani Roma and co-driver Alex Haro compete during the eleventh stage of the Dakar Rally between Bisha and Al Henakiyah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Jan.15, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
