Journey to Net Zero —
Solutions by X Labs
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Journey to Net Zero —
Solutions by X Labs
Your Partner In:
WHAT WE DO
As your B2B partner, we optimize solutions for your sites. Not all sites require, or allow for, the full build, so we are modular. And since EV charging is where your customers and employees physically experience your brand, our design partners amplify form, function and beauty in your brand language.
WHAT WE DO
As your B2B partner, we optimize solutions for your sites. Not all sites require, or allow for, the full build, so we are modular. And since EV charging is where your customers and employees physically experience your brand, our design partners amplify form, function and beauty in your brand language.
HOW IT WORKS
We inspect your site's rationale and suitability for onsite solar (rooftop, carport, unused land), battery storage, and EV charging. We select best-of-breed equipment, design integration and project-manage our EPC partners. Capex is financed from institutional investors, structured to benefit from incentives available in the US' Inflation Reduction Act. We customize a payment model that works for your business: fixed, variable with usage (solar PPA), revenue share, cost saving.
how it works
We inspect your site's rationale and suitability for onsite solar (rooftop, carport, unused land), battery storage, and EV charging. We select best-of-breed equipment, design integration and project-manage our EPC partners. Capex is financed from institutional investors, structured to benefit from incentives available in the US' Inflation Reduction Act. We customize a payment model that works for your business: fixed, variable with usage (solar PPA), revenue share, cost saving.
TECHNOLOGY
Select best-of-breed solar panels and ancilliary equipment, battery storage (LFP) and EV chargers (Level 2, DCFCs, battery-buffered Superchargers). What works best now, and where it's likely to go.
learn moreintegration
We design the integration of Solar + Storage + EV chargers and project manage the installation through our specialist EPC partners, who are aligned in our success.
learn moreDesign
We believe that your commitment to decarbonization should be interpreted in your brand language and provide inspiration to your communications teams. EV chargers are where your brand "meets" your customers and employees.
learn moreFinancing
The US' Inflation Reduction Act contains generous incentives for "green" investments; notably, tradeable investment tax credits which magnify expected returns.
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Ev Charging
We configure use cases to our client’s business model + select the most durable hardware and comprehensive software platforms.
ONSITE SOLAR
Rooftop and/or Carports, Unused Land. Installed faster than any other renewable energy source.
Site assessment: shading, roof load capacity, geotechnical.
BATTERY STORAGE
Optimally balancing supply and demand with the grid. Combining forecasting intelligence with
energy marketplace knowledge to dispatch to the grid to maximize economic value.
Ev Charging
We configure use cases to our client’s business model + select the most durable hardware and comprehensive software platforms.
onsite solar
Rooftop and/or Carports, Unused Land. Installed faster than any other renewable energy source. Site assessment: shading, roof load capacity, geotechnical.
battery STORAGE
Optimally balancing supply and demand with the grid. Combining forecasting intelligence with energy marketplace knowledge to dispatch to the grid to maximize economic value.
who we work with
why now
Decarbonizing our world is a rallying cry. Investors are listening and allocating large amounts of capital. The US’ Inflation Reduction Act, targeting “green”, is the largest fiscal stimulus in recent times. These incentives - investment tax credits (“ITCs”), production tax credits ("PTCs"), grants, subsidies, loans - are in danger of repeal or amendment with a political shift.
why now?
Decarbonizing our world is a rallying cry. Investors are listening and allocating large amounts of capital. The US’ Inflation Reduction Act, targeting “green”, is the largest fiscal stimulus in recent times. These incentives - investment tax credits (“ITCs”), production tax credits ("PTCs"), grants, subsidies, loans - are in danger of repeal or amendment with a political shift.
the team
the team
We’re an impassioned team with the experience and resources to get the job done.
Karan Trehan
Founder, CEO & Customer Success Evangelist
Karan has been in international finance for over four decades, principally based in New York City. After careers at The World Bank, Goldman Sachs and AllianceBernstein (where he was President & CEO, International), he founded and led entrepreneurial ventures in asset management. In 2020, he led a sponsor group to launch a SPAC (European Sustainable Growth Acquisition Corp) which merged with a German EV charging company (Nasdaq ADSE).
Karan studied Economics at Delhi University, India followed by an MBA from IMD, Switzerland.
Karan Trehan
Founder, CEO & Customer Success Evangelist
Amit Jain
Co-Founder, Financial Alchemist
Amit is a highly experienced senior banking and investment professional with a distinguished career spanning over 20 years at JP Morgan, Citibank and boutique asset management firms. His expertise encompasses a wide range of areas including public and private markets, investments, financing and capital management. He is solution driven with keen interest in climate change and is based in London.
Amit studied Chemical Engineering at Panjab University, India followed by an MBA from IIM Kolkata, India.
Amit Jain
Co-Founder, Financial Alchemist
Bazmi Husain
Co-Founder, Innovation Architect
In his 40+ years with ABB, Bazmi has worked in various technology and business roles. He has held leadership positions in India, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland. His last position was as Group CTO for ABB which included the Technology Ventures arm of ABB. One of his earlier roles he was the CEO of the only listed subsidiary of ABB. Recently he was involved with a SPAC which took an EV Charging and Storage company to market (Nasdaq:ADSE) and was on its Supervisory Board till September 2023.
Bazmi studied Engineering and Physics at BITS Pilani, India.
Bazmi Husain
Co-Founder, Innovation Architect
Matteo Pietrobelli
Co-Founder, Execution Maestro
Matteo’s career in systems engineering has involved the design, integration and implementation of complex global projects: airports, docks, bridges, towers, stadiums, and hyperloop systems. He has uniquely fused structural engineering principles with avant-garde digital tools to execute complex physical infrastructure harmoniously.
As Co-Founder of Audaces Systems he provided systems engineering, digital transformation, integrated systems design, data analytics, and IoT expertise, designing optimized complex systems, while leading Agripublica he pioneered closed-loop controlled agriculture systems, redefining sustainability. He was Senior Engineer at Hyperloop Transportation Technologies and CTO and Chief Engineer at Oceanix, designing integrated floating city systems spanning water, energy, food, and habitat regeneration.
Matteo holds a Master of Science in Systems Engineering from Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering and a Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering from MIT and Caltech. He is proficient in Italian (native), English, French, and elementary Chinese & Russian.
He is a Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP), a Professional Structural and Civil Engineer (PE and PEng) in multiple geographies and OCSMP Certified, showcasing his capabilities in orchestrating complex systems implementations ahead of their time. Matteo’s journey has been defined by envisioning and manifesting engineering marvels across the world.
Matteo Pietrobelli
Co-Founder, Execution Maestro
Joe Brancato
Senior Advisor
Chairman of the Board, Gensler - the world’s largest architecture firm.
Joe Brancato
Senior Advisor
James Mitarotonda
Senior Advisor
James Mitarotonda is currently the Chairman, President and CEO at Barington Capital Group, L.P., an activist investment firm based in New York City.
He has served on the boards, and had advised, many publicly traded companies in which Barington Capital has invested. He is currently Chairman of The Eastern Company, an advisor to Hanesbrands and Griffon Corp and is a consultant to Matthews International Corporation.
In past years, Mr. Mitarotonda has served as a Special Advisor to L Brands and a Director of Avon Products, Inc., The Pep Boys – Manny Moe & Jack, OMNOVA Solutions Inc., A. Schulman Inc., Ebix, Inc., The Jones Group Inc., Griffon Corporation, Ameron International Corporation, and Gerber Scientific, Inc.
Mr. Mitarotonda began his career in operating positions at Bloomingdales and Citibank and subsequently was co-founder, Chairman and co-CEO of Commonwealth Associates (now Comvest Partners).
He received a B.A. in economics from Queens College, where he is currently a member of the Board of Trustees, and an MBA from New York University’s Graduate School of Business Administration (now known as the Stern School of Business).
