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ION Clean Energy has launched headquarters in Boulder, Colorado, and expanded its leadership team.
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Herbert Longoni, former director at Crédit Agricole CIB, has joined BBVA as the executive director of project finance for the US and Canada.
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Commercial solar development, financing, and management platform Sunrock Distributed Generation has named Claire Broido Johnson as its president and head of origination.
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ACP Capital Markets has hired former Bank of America managing director Asit Sen as head of its energy transition and industrial decarbonisation team.
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Backed by several venture firms, The Nuclear Company, plans to build a fleet of nuclear plants throughout the US.
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Utility data and community solar developer Arcadia has partnered with Crux to integrate its customers on to the company's tax credit transfer platform.
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Pacifico Energy has hired Los Angeles-based Leon Persaud as managing director to focus on alternative investments within the renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure sectors.
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North American clean power platform Swift Current Energy has hired Brian Dee as its chief financial officer.
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Connecticut-based Ash Creek Renewables has hired Len Federico as its managing director of trading at its Houston, Texas, office.
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Italy-based Redelfi and Elio Energy Group, a North American utility-scale renewable developer, have launched a joint venture to develop 2.4GW of battery storage projects in the US.
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M&A and tax advisory firm Leo Berwick has launched its infrastructure, renewables and energy transition financial advisory group, led by former Deloitte partner Colin Schmidt.
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Della Xu has joined battery energy storage system (BESS) developer, owner and operator GridStor as its senior manager of M&A.
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Nomura Securities’ global co-head of investment banking, Jeff McDermott, has left the bank for Energy Impact Partners.
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Lightsource BP has hired former Green Giraffe Advisory managing director Pascal Schoneburg as senior director, structured finance.
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Arevon Energy has hired Nimmi Kavasery as managing director of project finance at its New York City office.
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Distributed US solar asset owner and operator Spruce Power has hired Richard DiMatteo as senior vice president, head of Spruce Pro.
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Brazilian renewables developer 2W Ecobank has appointed Ricardo Levy as chief executive officer.
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Brazilian utility Copel has appointed Felipe Gutterres as chief financial and investor relations officer.
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Timo Hellwig has taken over as the head of KfW IPEX-Bank North America and will lead project financing transactions in the US and Canada.
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Apollo Infrastructure-backed Apterra has hired Ashish Gupta as managing director of its core infrastructure business, effective immediately.
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Law firm Barclay Damon has opened a power and energy construction practice area following a merger with Washington DC–based Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram (SLS).
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Voltera, a developer, owner, and operator of charging infrastructure for EV fleets, has hired Sylvia Hendron as the company’s first chief development officer.
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American Electric Power (AEP) has hired William Fehrman as president and chief executive, effective 1 August (2024).
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Norway’s NorSun is investing $620 million in a 5GW solar manufacturing facility in Oklahoma, its first US-based factory.
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Kimmeridge subsidiary Kimmeridge Texas Gas has closed on its follow-on control investment in Commonwealth LNG and hired David Lawler as chief executive to lead the venture.
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8 Rivers Capital, the decarbonisation technology developer, has hired Asheley Kinsey as the company’s chief financial officer.
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The Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association (PNWH2) has hired Chris Green as its first president.
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The UK's Octopus Energy Group has continued to push into North America with the hire of Nick Chaset as executive vice president.
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Charles River Associates, the financial and management consultants, has expanded its US energy practice by hiring Christine Oumansour as vice president.
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Tax advisory firm Leo Berwick has hired Colin Schmidt as of the firm's infrastructure, renewables, and energy transition financial group.
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Create Energy and RECOM Technologies have formed a joint venture to develop a 5GW solar PV manufacturing plant in Tennessee.
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Baker Donelson has hired Stephen Luttrell in the firm’s corporate group, based in Baltimore, Maryland.
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PEI Global Partners has hired Eric Berlinger, the former head of US renewables and energy transition at RBC Capital Markets, as the managing director of its investment banking team in New York.
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Con Edison has appointed former Evergy executive Kirkland Andrews as CFO as Robert Hoglund transitions toward retirement.
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Solaris Energy has appointed Nick Perugini as chief executive while current CEO, Alex Blackmer, will become president.
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Sunnova Energy International has hired Eric Williams as executive vice president, chief financial officer.
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has named 3 regional heads to cover Europe and North America for its sustainable energies team.
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Brazilian utility Copel has hired Rodolfo Lima to head its energy trading and commercialization business.
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Goldman Sachs has hired a vice president for its energy tax investing group in New York City.
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Canadian power provider Hydro One has hired Harry Taylor as executive vice president and chief financial and regulatory officer, effective 10 June (2024).
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The investment team behind the Aegon Climate Capital strategy at Aegon Asset Management has launched CurvePoint Capital, an independent firm dedicated to advancing climate finance.
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EDPR NA DG's head of capital markets, Sam Egendorf, has left his role at the firm.
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Real assets investment management firm Versus Capital Advisors has hired Alicia Chen as director of investments.
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Sunrock Distributed Generation, a commercial solar and distributed generation developer and asset manager, has hired Alan Robertson as head of development.
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Renewables development and repowering company PivotGen has named former GE executive Dennis Ford as its senior vice president (VP) of operations.
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Energy storage company Peak Energy will see its co-founder Liam O'Connor take on the chief operating officer (COO) role.
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Adapture Renewables has made several additions to its team, including Donald Brown as general counsel.
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Advantage Capital has hired Steven Lichtin as chief executive and managing director of Advantage Capital Renewables.
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Battery storage provider Powin has hired Kirk Fleischhauer as its chief operating officer.
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MUFG has hired the former project finance director of syndications at Crédit Agricole CIB, PFR has learned.
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Investment and asset management firm Exus Management Partners has hired former Crédit Agricole CIB director as head of project finance for North America.
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Hydropower redeveloper Relevate Power has added 2 executives to its leadership team with Ian Finlay joining as CFO and Antonio Zarrella as VP of engineering and operations.
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Carey International Group (CIG) has hired Christopher Kane as its chief investment officer as the company grows its US renewables and real estate portfolio.
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Former Ørsted executives have merged their independent development companies, Cold Water Renewables and Greenbelt Renewable Energy, to create a utility-scale wind, solar, and storage company.
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Atlas Energy Solutions has appointed Blake McCarthy as its chief financial officer, effective 13 May 2024, PFR has learned.
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Cemvita green hydrogen spin-out Gold H2 has hired former NextEra executive Prabhdeep Singh Sekhon as its chief executive.
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Independent power producer Atlas Renewable Energy has hired Carlos Freitas as chief financial officer, based in Miami, US.
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Great Bay Renewables has appointed Peter Leahey as its chief financial officer and Josh Levine as chief commercial officer.
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Clean power developer Vesper Energy has appointed co-founders Mark Rostafin and Juan Suarez as co-chief executive officers.
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Tax credit transfer platform Crux Climate has secured a partnership with the American Clean Power Association (ACP), connecting more than 800 CPA members to its platform.
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Troutman Pepper has hired a renewable energy partner to its Capital Projects and Infrastructure Practice at its Los Angeles office.
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Carlyle-backed solar and storage developer Copia Power has hired the former Arevon head of project finance as its managing director and head of capital markets.
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Former Fengate Asset Management director Vince Castranovo has been hired by Calpine as vice president, corporate development.
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Enel has confirmed Giuseppe Turchiarelli as chief executive for its Chilean operations, effective 1 May 2024.
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Colorado-based Humble Midstream II Partners has hired Brian Newmarch and John Shefchik as CFO and VP, engineering and construction, respectively.
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Houston-based independent power producer WattBridge Energy has hired Steven Sneed as commercial director.
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Altus Power has named Gregg Felton as sole chief executive after Lars Norell resigned as co-CEO and director.
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The Nordex Group and has appointed Manav Sharma as chief executive, North America to lead the wind turbine maker’s expansion in the US.
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Ocean Power Technologies’ corporate controller, treasurer, and principal accounting officer, Joseph DiPietro, has left the company, PFR has learned.
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Alternus Clean Energy CFO, Joseph Duey, has resigned effective 30 April 2024, PFR has learned.
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Sunpower has closed business units and made layoffs as part of its efforts to secure long-term financial sustainability amid restructuring and refinancing initiatives.
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Clifford Chance has hired Joclynn Marsh as counsel in its energy and oil and gas related infrastructure practice.
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BP has made significant shifts in its leadership structure as its head of natural gas and low carbon energy, Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath, steps down.
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ForeFront Power, a commercial and industrial solar energy and storage developer, has hired Ruben Fontes as chief executive.
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Battery storage developer Spearmint Energy has hired four senior executives to its project finance, capital markets, regulatory affairs, and commercial operations teams.
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Lightshift Energy, a utility-scale energy storage developer, has hired Robert Greskowiak as chief commercial officer.
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US-based manager Galway Sustainable Capital has made 4 hires across its business following investments from Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) and Aware Super.
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YPF Luz, the power generation arm of oil and gas company YPF, has appointed Pedro Kearney as chief financing officer, based in Buenos Aires.
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Arevon Energy has appointed the former co-president of Starwood Infrastructure Finance as its chief investment officer, based in New York.
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Renewable infrastructure firm Schroders Capital has hired Jason Kezelman and Loren Sageser as head of US sales and senior product strategist in its private debt and credit alternatives (PDCA) team, based in California.
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FuelCell Energy executive vice president and COO Michael Lisowski has resigned from his position, effective immediately, PFR has found.
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Latham & Watkins has hired Daniel Sinaiko as a partner in the firm’s project development & finance practice and the energy & infrastructure industry group, based in Los Angeles, California.
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Colombian oil company Ecopetrol has made 3 changes to its senior management team.
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Renewable energy infrastructure fund manager Excelsior Energy Capital has launched Lydian Energy, an independent power producer (IPP) specialising in the development, construction, and operation of utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects in North America.
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Grid-scale battery company Energy Vault has selected Michael Beer as its chief financial officer.
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Tri-State Generation will replace retiring chief operating officer (COO) Billy Ingold with 2 internal promotions, PFR has learned.
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TortoiseEcoFin has hired Courtney Gengler as the chief executive of Tortoise's closed-end funds effective 1 April, 2024, PFR has learned.
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Law firm Akin has hired Ian Goldberg, a former Hunton Andrews Kurth energy transactions lawyer, as a partner at its Houston, Texas, office.
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Renewables focused-asset manager Greenbacker Capital Management (GCM) has expanded its team with the hire of Evan Sherman as head of real estate acquisitions.
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Maxeon Solar Technologies US has appointed Vikas Desai as its chief financial officer in the San Jose, California office.
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Renewable energy and decarbonisation platform Origis Energy has promoted Vikas Anand to chief executive.
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Clean power developer Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has appointed Nate Graham as chief technology officer.
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Northland Power has begun the search for a chief executive with incumbent, Mike Crawley, set to leave the firm in September.
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Ørsted continues leadership changes after suffering significant impairments in 2023 from US offshore wind projects with the hire of Rasmus Errboe as deputy chief executive officer and chief commercial officer.
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Baker Botts has hired a partner to join its energy, projects, and transactions practice of the firm’s global projects department.
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King & Spalding has hired an energy-focused tax partner for its New York-based corporate practice group.
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Duke Energy has made a series of executive leadership changes as executive president and chief commercial officer Steve Young retires.
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Spanish renewable developer Solarpack has appointed José Luis García Pérez as chief executive for Latin America, based in Santiago, Chile.
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Residential solar technology and energy business SunPower has hired Tony Garzolini as executive vice president and chief revenue officer (CRO).
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Microgrid and microturbine manufacturer Capstone Green Energy Holdings has hired Vince Canino as its president and chief executive.
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Renewable real estate investment fund SolaREIT has hired 3 senior vice presidents to its corporate and business development teams amid company expansion.
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WEC Energy Group has hired the president and chief operating officer of Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), Michael Hooper as president of WEC’s We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service divisions effective 1 April, 2024.
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Law firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter, & Hampton has hired tax attorney Julie Marion to the energy, infrastructure, and project finance team as partner in Chicago.
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EnCap Energy Transition Fund (ETF) has launched Bildmore, a platform company that invests in minority tax equity stakes in solar, battery storage, and energy transmission projects.
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Miami-based financial advisory firm Atlantico Capital Partners has hired Juan Francisco Toro as managing director and Juan Pablo Hernández as vice president of its Mexico City office.
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The former co-founder and chief financial officer of OKRA Finance has been appointed as the head of transactions and finance at renewable energy tax credit marketplace Reunion.
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Houston-based Royd Warren has been appointed as chief operations officer at US-based power plant owner and operator IHI Power Services Corporation (IPSC). He will assume the post on 25 March (2024).
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Energy and commodities-focused lawyer Don Macbean has joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher as a partner in the firm's corporate and financial services department based in New York.
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Community solar and storage developer REC Solar has hired the former chief operating officer of Distributed Solar Development (DSD) as chief executive.
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Elda River Capital Management, a real assets-focused investment firm, has spun off from private equity fund Magnetar Capital with $1.5 billion in assets under its management.
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Baker Botts has hired a partner for the energy, projects, and transactions team of the law firm's global projects department in the Washington, DC, office.
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Renewable fuels company Global Clean Energy founder Richard Palmer will retire from his position as the company’s chief executive.
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Enel Chile has appointed Giuseppe Turchiarelli as interim chief executive following the resignation of Fabrizio Barderi, effective 1 March 2024.
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Utility company Exelon has promoted Jessica Hart to senior vice president and chief investment officer after incumbent Doug Brown retires after 15 years in the role.
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Investment bank Moelis & Company has hired Stephen Trauber, formerly Citi's global head of energy transition, as chairman and global head of its energy and energy transition team.
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Vertically integrated distributed energy (DG) platform and financing provider Scale Microgrids has selected Nuno Gonçalves as its new chief financial officer.
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Mercedes-Benz HPC North America has hired several executives in a push to create a network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the country.
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Residential solar technology and energy services provider SunPower Corp’s chief executive officer (CEO) Peter Faricy has left the company, effective 26 February 2024.
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PJM Interconnection has appointed Eversource Energy's senior vice president of engineering as its executive VP of operations.
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Sunrock Distributed Generation, a commercial solar and DG developer and asset manager, has hired Sunlight Financial co-founder Wilson Chang as its chief executive officer.
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North American energy and water industries consultancy firm Concentric Energy Advisors has added Mark Karl as an executive advisor.
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Mitsubishi Power Americas' battery energy storage systems (BESS) division has been spun into a standalone business — Prevalon Energy.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has added Jason Selfe to its power & utilities team in a business development role.
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Independent power producer (IPP) Urban Grid has hired Eivind Osterhus as chief financial officer and Erica Engle as chief commercial officer.
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Law firm Skadden has rehired the former commissioner, chairman and general counsel of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
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Developer and grid-scale energy storage operator Jupiter Power has hired former Invenergy executive Jesse Campbell as its chief financial officer (CFO).
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New Energy Equity, a solar developer subsidiary of Allete, has appointed Jackie Chambers as chief investment officer.
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Industrial power company One Energy Enterprises has appointed Tom Russell as its chief financial officer (CFO) ahead of its New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listing.
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Infrastructure investment manager Homecoming Capital has hired former AB CarVal investor Shaya Greenberger as vice president.
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Renewables company BrightNight has made 2 senior-level appointments to its asset management and construction teams.
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Clifford Chance has hired 2 US energy and infrastructure partners, Ty'Meka Reeves-Sobers and Marcia Hook, to join the law firm's Houston and Washington, DC offices, respectively.
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Standalone energy storage systems developer, owner and operator GlidePath Power Solutions (GlidePath) has hired former NextEra executive Vijay Singh as its chief commercial officer.
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Independent power producer and asset manager Greenbacker has continued to add to its leadership team with appointment of Christopher Smith as chief financial officer and Carl Weatherley-White as head of capital markets.
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NET Power has hired former Nikola Motor Company managing director Brian Rappaport as its head of origination, PFR has learned.
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Enchanted Rock, a microgrids developer, has appointed Paul Froutan as its chief operating officer (COO).
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Energetic Capital has hired Steven Varady as senior vice president in the company's tax and transactional practice, PFR has learned.
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Law firm Akerman has announced the formation of 3 energy and infrastructure sub-practices.
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Giora Salita has joined the executive team of TPG-backed global renewable energy platform Matrix Renewables as chief operating officer based in Miami, Florida.
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Quantum Capital Group has partnered with Humble Midstream II to fund the company’s continuing development and operation of US-based energy infrastructure projects.
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JP Morgan-backed independent power producer Onward Energy has hired the former chief executive of the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) to replace president and CEO, Steve Doyon, who has retired.
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Emre Erkovan has been appointed as CIBC Capital Market’s global investment banking director, overseeing energy, infrastructure and transition sectors.
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Nuclear company Westinghouse has hired former vice president of strategy and innovation at Kairos Power, Lou Martinez Sancho, as its chief technology officer.
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Enel Chile’s chief executive officer Fabrizio Barderi has resigned from his position, officially leaving the company on 29 February 2024.
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Michael Peist, managing director of project and structured finance in Investec's power and infrastructure team has stepped down, PFR has learned.
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Utility-scale solar developer Volt Energy Utility has appointed Jean Nelson-Houpert as chief financial officer (CFO).
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Commercial energy developer Green Lantern Solar has named Dave Carpenter as vice president of development.
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Solar real estate investment fund SolaREIT has launched a battery energy storage systems (BESS) lending platform, to be led by recently hired senior vice president of business development, Nicole Wolf.
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Community solar provider Nexamp has named its Chicago, Illinois office as its second national headquarters, alongside its established headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Renewable developer Atlas Renewable Energy has appointed Iván Jara Carrasco chief operating officer (COO).
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RWE Clean Energy has promoted Andrew Flanagan, the company's former chief development officer, to chief executive.
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