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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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Crowell & Moring has hired Ruta Kalvaitis Skučas as partner in the law firm's environment, energy, and natural resources practice group.
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King & Spalding has hired energy and construction lawyer, Terra Mareck Cothran, to become a partner at its Houston office.
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Morgan Stanely-backed SolMicroGrid, a microgrid company focused on commercial and industrial (C&I) end markets, has hired a former Safari Energy executive as its chief executive.
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Renewable developer EnfraGen has established its regional headquarters for Central America in Panama City, Panama.
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Clifford Chance announced today, 16 January 2024, the hiring of counsel Joshua Bernard to its corporate M&A practice in Houston.
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Financial services firm Barclays has launched a new Energy Transition Group in its corporate and investment bank, focusing on renewable and energy transition deals.
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Macquarie-backed Galehead Development has hired Dru Steubing, the former vice president of development at Apex Energy, as chief development officer.
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Cubico Sustainable Investments has hired Ramon Salcedo as head of origination and execution for Latin America, based in Mexico City.
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Renewables company BayWa r.e. has appointed the former executive vice president of Soligent, Ken Lima, as its new chief executive officer of the company's US solar distribution business.
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Solar development company TurningPoint Energy has announced the appointment of Salar Naini as president, as former president Jared Schoch moves into a chairman role.
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Investment firm ArcLight Capital Partners has formed a new division to oversee the commercial and operational activities of ArcLight's power infrastructure funds.
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Brazilian renewable developer Echoenergia has appointed Liu Aquino as chief executive, based in Sao Paulo.
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Spire has named Scott Doyle its executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective January 15, 2024.
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Point-of-sale finance firm Sunlight Financial has named current chief operating officer (COO) Timothy Parsons as the company’s new chief executive.
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Canadian-based carbon capture business Svante Technologies (Svante) has appointed Justine Fisher as its new chief financial officer (CFO).
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Community-solar and storage developer REC Solar has appointed former ForeFront Power chief executive as its executive chairman.
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Canadian power provider Hydro One will commence an internal and external search this summer for a chief financial and regulatory officer as incumbent Chris Lopez leaves June 30, 2024.
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Allianz Capital Partners' former head of renewables, Americas, has been hired by Greenbacker Capital as the fund manager's head of infrastructure.
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Former Riverstone Credit Partners founders have launched energy credit investment manager Breakwall Capital.
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Goldman Sachs has promoted Emily Hashimoto to managing director of the infrastructure investment banking team in New York City.
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Southwest Gas Holdings has appointed William “Bill” Fehrman as president and chief executive of Centuri Group, effective January 12, 2024.
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Energy storage business Convergent Energy and Power has appointed Donald Jenkins as its new chief operating officer (COO).
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Transaction risk insurance broking and advisory firm Birch Risk Advisors has taken on former NovaSource Power Services chief executive officer Troy Lauterbach as renewable energy advisor.
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BP-funded Advanced Ionics is growing its executive team with two green hydrogen professionals as the company plans its generation pilot programs launch for next year.
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Renewables and utility project developer Invenergy has opened a regional office in Montreal, becoming the company’s Quebec-based hub for Eastern Canada.
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Generate Capital has hired William Sonneborn as the firm’s new president, bringing his several decades of asset investment experience to the company.
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Mona Dajani has joined Baker Botts as a partner in the law firm's global projects department in New York.
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Battery storage developer Key Capture Energy (KCE) has hired former EDP Renewables executive Brian Hayes the company’s chief executive, effective January 8, 2024.
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Andrea Lucan has joined Sidley Austin’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the firm’s energy, transportation, and infrastructure group.
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Waste management and renewable fuel developer Dynamic Renewables has hired the former president of renewable natural gas (RNG) at Kinder Morgan as its chief executive.
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US-based utility-scale solar and battery storage developer Mission Clean Energy has hired John Richardson as vice president of finance.
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BW Solar has sold two battery energy storage (BESS) projects with a combined capacity of 525MW to renewable energy storage company Spearmint Energy.
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Deloitte's former ESG Tax Leader has joined RBC Capital Markets as a managing director.
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US-based lithium-ion battery developer and energy storage systems manufacturer KORE Power (KORE), has named industry veteran Michael Canada as its chief operating officer.
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The former chief executive of FirstLight Power, Alicia Barton, will join Vineyard Offshore as chief executive on January 1, 2024.
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Rubicon Capital Advisors has hired Justin Snyder as senior director in its New York office where he will focus on advisory opportunities across the North American renewable energy, energy transition and infrastructure sectors.
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Calibrant Energy, a joint venture established in 2020 between Siemens and Macquarie, has continued to add to its headcount with the hiring of Sean Rheuben as managing director, strategic origination with business development.
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Spanish law firm Cuatrecasas has hired Michel Diban to join its M&A and corporate practice in the Santiago, Chile office.
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Global law firm Vinson & Elkins has added a number of lawyers with energy expertise to its partnership and promoted others to counsel, effective January 1, 2024.
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Former DLA Piper US head of energy and natural resources Vanessa Richelle Wilson has joined international law firm Akin’s Washington, DC. office as a partner in the projects and energy transition team.
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Linklaters has hired Michael Rodgers – formerly of White & Case – as partner in its energy & infrastructure and tax practices in Washington, DC.
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Boston-based Álvaro Ortega has joined innovative floating offshore wind (FLOW) company Gazelle Wind Power as chief financial officer.
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Paul Daily, president and chief executive of Southwest Gas subsidiary Centuri Group, will step down from his position when the utility business appoints a successor.
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Enel has appointed Antônio Scala as chief executive of the Brazilian branch, based in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Law firm Greenberg Traurig has added to its energy & natural resources practice in the US with the hire of a tax partner.
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Microgrid and microturbine manufacturer Capstone Green Energy Corporation hires Emer Higgins as its vice president of operations.
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Power distribution business FirstEnergy has appointed two new senior executives as part of the company’s initiative to expand its presence as an electric utility.
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Rabobank has expanded its banking team and made analyst hires dedicated to energy transition in the US.
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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has launched a platform for the development and realization of renewable projects in Canada, Horizon New Energy, as part of the firm's expansion into the Canadian market.
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US-based power plant owner and operator IHI Power Services Corporation (IPSC) has taken on Glenn McCombs as the company’s chief development officer, effective immediately.
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Independent power producer NRG’s president and chief executive officer Mauricio Gutierrez has departed the company and resigned from its board, leaving Lawrence Coben in the role for the interim.
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International professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal has taken on former Chevron executive Jay Johnson as senior advisor to its energy practice.
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Clean power producer, developer, and energy storage company, FirstLight, has promoted current COO, Justin Trudell, to chief executive, effective December 1, 2023.
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Ørsted's chief financial officer and chief operating officer have left after the company announced $5 billion in impairments, canceling its 2.3GW Ocean Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms off New Jersey, and pulling out of a consortium due to bid on offshore wind projects in Norway.
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Quantum Capital Group, the energy-focused private equity firm, has hired David Altshuler partner and co-head of client solutions.
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Cubico Sustainable Investments has appointed Andrew Coffield as head of legal, US.
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Kenneth Ditzel has joined global consulting firm Berkeley Research Group’s (BRG) energy & climate team as a managing partner.
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HSBC has named Paul Snow as head of renewables in the Americas in the real assets finance team, promoting him from a director role.
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Finance advisory and investment banking firm Marathon Capital has launched an equity research group with Alex Kania as its lead analyst and Chandni Chellappa as the team’s vice president.
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Jean Francois Roberge has joined Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala as head of partnerships for the Infrastructure Americas division.
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Global financing group Macquarie has hired a former CohnReznick director as the senior vice president in the Infrastructure Advisory, Americas practice.
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International law practice Milbank has selected Jenna McGrath as a partner for the firm’s Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group in the Washington, D.C. office.
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French bank Crédit Agricole has promoted one of its managing directors to the position of head of project finance for Latin America.
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US maritime and logistics company Crowley has hired a former GE Offshore Wind executive as vice president of business development for its Wind Services group.
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Spanish developer Grenergy has appointed Fabian Videla as chief financial officer for the Americas based in Santiago, Chile.
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Texas-based utility CenterPoint Energy has appointed Jason Wells to chief executive and board member.
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Sid Perkins, founder of ION Energy, and Ike Perkins, former Mercuria Energy portfolio manager, have jointly launched their traditional, renewable, and transitional energy market commodity brokerage, Snapper Creek Energy.
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Private investment giant Ardian has opened an office in Montréal, its first in Canada and third in North America.
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DIF Capital Partners has appointed Lorraine Becker as the company’s new head of ESG.
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Concentric Energy Advisors, a management consulting and financial advisory firm for the North American energy and water industries, is making changes to its c-suite.
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Commercial energy developer Green Lantern Solar has hired a director of real estate and director of development as it grows its team.
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Renewable natural gas producer OPAL Fuels has appointed Scott Contino as interim chief financial officer after Ann Anthony resigned from the role.
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Clifford Chance has hired corporate M&A partner Cephas Sekhar and counsel Kyle Kreshover to its recently opened Houston office.
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The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has created a senior leadership role to develop, own, and operate renewable energy-generating projects in the state.
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Skyline Renewables has hired Todd Wynn as chief executive, replacing interim CEO Tim Menzie.
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Battery storage developer Spearmint Energy has hired Yelena Kuznetsova as the director of sustainability and ESG.
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Braya Renewable Fuels has named former Delek executive, Todd O'Malley, as chief executive.
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Bluestar Energy Capital, the renewable energy investment platform founded last year (2022) by the former CEO of Ørsted Onshore, has hired Neil O’Donovan as president and COO.
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Greenbacker Capital Management has hired Rahul Bhalodia as the managing director of the Greenbacker development opportunity (GDEV) strategy. Bhalodia will lead origination, execution, investment management, and capital raising for his group.
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PJM Solar developer Geenex Solar has appointed Emily Williams as chief executive, succeeding Georg Veit, who will become the company's chairman.
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National Renewable Solutions (NRS) has hired Bill Whitlock to take over as chief executive as Patrick Pelstring begins retirement.
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Global infrastructure investment manager Wren House has appointed Anne McEntee as managing director in its New York asset management team.
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Dominion Energy is set to add 772MW of solar generation in Virginia through six Dominion-owned or acquired solar farms and 13 power purchase agreements (PPAs) with independently owned projects.
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SolaREIT, a battery storage and solar real estate investment fund, has hired Nicole Wolf as senior vice president of business development. The hire supports the company's expansion of its battery storage real estate financing projects.
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Xcel Energy has continued to make changes at the top, naming a new group president of utilities and chief customer officer.
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Calibrant Energy, a joint venture established in 2020 between Siemens and Macquarie, has hired Matt Walz as its first chief executive.
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Energy giant American Electric Power has appointed Charles Zebula as its executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective immediately.
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International law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher has hired 3 green energy lawyers to join its Los Angeles and New York offices as partners. The three attorneys, Eric Pogue, Samantha Leavitt, and Amanda Rosenberg, previously served as partners at Mayer Brown.
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Atlas Renewable Energy has promoted Luis Pita as chief commercial officer, based out of Miami.
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ArcLight Capital Partners has appointed Curt Morgan to a senior adviser role. Morgan will work to find new investment opportunities for ArcLight and oversee the firm's portfolio companies.
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Distributed energy company Scale Microgrids has hired Neil Maguire as its chief technology officer.
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Eversource Energy has hired Paul Chodak as executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective November 13, 2023.
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Equinor has hired former operations and maintenance executive at Vestas Wind Systems, Samuel Byrne.
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Distributed energy company Correlate Energy has appointed Johan Themaat as the vice president of finance.
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Hawaiian Electric has appointed Paul Ito as interim CFO to replace the retiring Tayne Sekimura as succession planning was upended in the wake of the August 8 deadly wildfires on Maui.
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Venture capital and private equity firm Voyager Interests has hired Robert Trainer as a partner. The company focuses on investments in the energy services and equipment (ES&E) sector.
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Moelis & Company has appointed Philip Holder as the new managing director of the investment bank's power and utilities unit.
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BC Utilities Commission, the regulator of British Columbia’s public energy utilities, has named Mark Jaccard as its chair and chief executive.
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Power management company Eaton has made a $150 million investment in electrical power distribution manufacturing, bolstering its manufacturing presence in North America.
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Renewable energy development and financing company Empower Energies has appointed Patrick Corr to the role of chief operating officer (COO).
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Moelis & Company has appointed Jugjeev Duggal as managing director of the firm's newly launched clean technology unit.
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Utility scale independent power producer Onward Energy has named Patrick Welch as its chief financial officer.
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Tara Young, former deputy general counsel at Plus Power, has joined Spearmint Energy as its general counsel, effective immediately.
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The head of project finance at EDPR North America Distributed Generation has left the firm to launch a consulting business. Christopher Rittenhouse has worked in role since 2018 and is now consulting under Gates Rittenhouse LLC.
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Investment bank Moelis & Company has formed a clean technology group and hired former Citi banker Arash Nazhad as a managing director in Houston to co-lead the new unit.
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Former Barclays investment bankers Robyn Underwood and Jason Kivett have joined the Pickering Energy Partners’ (PEP) investment banking practice to lead a newly formed team.
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GreenTechnologies has launched a renewable natural gas (RNG) production subsidiary GreenEdge Renewables.
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Aethon Energy, an onshore energy focused investment firm, has made a string of senior hires.
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Senior Guggenheim Securities bankers have transitioned to Jefferies’ new energy transition banking team.
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Former Whitehall & Company vice president Ted Barrett has founded Carnyx Holdings, a New York-based infrastructure investment fund.
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Pillsbury Winthrop has appointed tax attorney Don Lonczak as a partner in its global energy transition team, based in its Washington DC office.
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The latest banker to hand in his notice at the New York real assets and structured finance team of HSBC is causing a stir as a leading figure from the bank flown in to steady the ship.
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AC Power, a brownfield solar developer, has hired Christy Searl, former Leyline Renewable Capital managing director, as chief revenue officer.
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Greenbacker Capital Management (GCM) has launched its fourth sustainability driven investment strategy, focusing on acquiring commercial and residential property wherever the company might reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce energy use intensity, and add additional renewable power sources.
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Milbank has promoted Jaime Ramirez to co-head the firm’s Latin America practice, based out of New York.
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International battery developer Powin Energy has hired Jeff Waters, former chief executive of Maxeon Solar Technologies, as CEO, replacing Geoffrey Brown.
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Wilson Ferreira Junior has resigned from his position as chief executive of Eletrobras after a year in the role.
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Origis Energy has appointed Vikas Anand as chief operating officer and chief financial officer.
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Clean energy provider Onyx Renewable Partners has appointed Jamie Weber as senior vice president of finance.
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NuScale Power Corporation, a small, modular nuclear reactor technology provider, as hired Robert Ramsey Hamady as chief financial officer and promoted Clayton Scott as chief commercial officer in a wave of leadership changes. The new hires will advance the manufacturing and development phase of its VOYGR small, modular reactor power plants.
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A search has commenced for the next Lightsource BP Americas chief executive, PFR has learned.
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Arevon Energy has named former Lightsource BP Americas boss, Kevin Smith, as its chief executive.
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GridStor, Portland, Oregon-based a battery storage system developer and operator, has appointed Frank Burkhartsmeyer as the company's chief financial officer.
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The New York-based ANZ Bank power and infrastructure team has been boosted by 2 recent arrivals, 1 of whom started last week.
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ArcLight Capital Partners has appointed Gerry Anderson, former DTE Energy chairman and chief executive, to senior advisor and ArcLight Power Infrastructure board member. Anderson will guide the search to identify new investment opportunities for ArcLight across the renewables utility, and CCS sectors.
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North America-focused fund manager Energy Power Partners’ senior executive, Suresh Vasan, has left the firm to join the Department of Energy’s Loan Program Office (LPO) as senior investment advisor.
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Kimmeridge, an energy-focused investment firm, has hired Max Warburton to lead a renewable energy and carbon solutions platform as senior managing director.
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Energix Renewables will procure 5GW of solar modules from First Solar. The modules will power solar projects in Israel, Poland, and the US, delivered to the Energix sites between 2026 and 2030.
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CPower Energy named Michael Smith as chief executive following the retirement of former company leader John Horton.
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Green hydrogen producer, Ohmium International, has teamed up with seawater treatment business, Aquastill, to use desalinated seawater as an input for green hydrogen production.
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Canadian Solar is hiring in its c-suite after the retirement of Jianyi Zhang as chief legal officer, chief compliance officer, and corporate secretary after seven years with the company.
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The International Finance Corporation has appointed Manuela Adl as senior country manager for Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
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RWE has announced Amanda Lefton, former tenured director of the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), as the vice president of development, East, a position that will see Lefton in the driver’s seat of RWE’s offshore development on the east coast of the US.
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Generate Capital has added to its sustainable infrastructure investment team. Christian Chong, previously a senior associate at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), is joining as a sustainable infrastructure senior analyst.
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London-headquartered DLA Piper has hired an energy partner to its finance group in Seattle. Lindsay MacLeod joins DLA Piper from Amazon, where she served as senior corporate counsel for sustainability for almost three years.
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Aker Carbon Capture has named Egil Fagerland as its new acting chief executive officer effective July 11, 2023.
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AES has appointed Rogério Pereira Jorge as chief executive of the company’s Brazilian operations, based in São Paulo.
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NuScale Power Corporation, a provider of small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology, has named Carl Fisher as its chief operating officer starting July 24, 2023. Fisher will head the operations engineering, project management, quality assurance, information technology, and regulatory affairs functions.
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Law firm Akin has hired Sam Guthrie as a tax partner in its Washington DC office to focus on projects and energy transition.
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Schneider Electric, the energy management business, has appointed Xavier Biot as vice president, Power Distribution & Digital Energy in Canada.
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Bluestar Energy Capital, the renewable energy investment platform founded last year (2022) by the former CEO of Ørsted Onshore, has hired a chief executive for its US business.
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OYA Renewables, the clean energy developer and independent power producer, has struck a strategic partnership with OpConnect, an electric vehicle (EV) charging business, to broaden its scope into EV charging infrastructure and management.
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Anaergia has appointed Andrew Spence as CFO with effect from 12 June (2023).
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Pine Gate Renewables, the renewable energy independent power producer, has expanded its leadership by adding three to its C-suite.
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Distributed generation platform Aspen Power has named Andrew Blevin as its new chief risk officer.
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Accelergen, solar and storage developer, has appointed Adam Foltz as senior vice president of grid and commercial analytics.
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has named Jesus Enriquez Torresdey as a director of project finance credit approval in New York.
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The credit platform Apterra Infrastructure Capital continues growing their team with a second hire.
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Baker Botts has hired an energy-focused corporate partner, Clay Brett, to its Houston office. The hire reflects a steady rise in energy and infrastructure deals and investment for the law firm.
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Qualitas Energy, the Spanish renewable energy-focused investment platform, is opening a new office in Chile.
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