Effective 1 September, Kennedy will become managing director of CalCEF, though he will continue to work with Sungevity as a strategic adviser “on a limited basis”, the company says.

Sungevity – the fourth largest installer of residential solar systems in the US during the first quarter of 2015, according to GTM Research – was founded in 2007 by Kennedy and Andrew Birch, the company’s current chief executive.

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