ASHEVILLE - Blue Ridge Power, an Asheville-based solar engineering and construction firm, will undergo an "orderly wind down" in the coming months as the company has already laid off over 500 employees in Asheville and Fayetteville as it faces "market headwinds similar to those impacting the entire renewable energy industry," its parent company confirmed Sept. 23.

Blue Ridge Power was launched in 2021 as a subsidiary of the Asheville-based solar engineering company Pine Gate Renewables. Operating as the company's engineering, procurement and construction arm, Blue Ridge built projects in 14 states and developed over 8 gigawatts of solar infrastructure across the country, employing over 700 people, according to its website. But on Sept. 18, the company issued a state-mandated Worker Adju

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