The US Senate unanimously confirmed physicist Ernest Moniz, 68, as Secretary of Energy. The professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology replaces Steven Chu, who served as energy secretary in Obama’s first term. Moniz was an energy undersecretary in the Clinton administration. The confirmation was delayed by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) who was protesting Obama’s …Continue Reading
For industrial energy management policies and programs to succeed and for adopting protocols like ISO 50001, having an onsite energy manager is essential, but dedicated energy leadership within facilities may be the biggest missing link in energy policy, says a report from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE). To fill this hole …Continue Reading
Here are the latest energy executive moves: The New York State Smart Grid Consortium, a public-private partnership devoted to statewide implementation of the smart grid, chose James Gallagher (pictured) as executive director. Gallagher, who has served as a member representative to the NYSSGC for two years, will fill the vacancy created by former Executive Director …Continue Reading
Hess Corporation is transforming into a pure play exploration and production (E&P) company by 2014 and divesting its downstream businesses, including retail, energy marketing and energy trading. A company spokesman said the divestiture of these customer-facing businesses is in the early stage and will take some time. In the meantime, it will be business as …Continue Reading
Optimum Energy has promoted Ben Erpelding (pictured) to chief technical officer and appointed four key executives to its management team: Christi DeCuir as vice president of engineering, Adam Goldberg as vice president of sales, Jack Reader as vice president of strategy and alliances and Chris Boscolo as vice president of development. Before joining Optimum Energy, …Continue Reading
President Obama has nominated MIT Professor Ernest Moniz, 69, as Secretary of Energy to replace Steven Chu who announced his resignation in February. Moniz is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems at MIT, as well as the director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and the Laboratory for Energy and …Continue Reading
Powerhouse Dynamics, developer of the eMonitor energy and asset management system, has announced that Edward P. “Ned” Grace III (pictured) has joined its advisory board. Grace is the managing director for Grace Venture Partners and Grace Restaurant Partners. He is also a senior advisor in the private equity group at Angelo Gordon & Co. Related …Continue Reading
A big chunk of President Obama’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night was about energy. The President enthused about the economic benefits of natural gas, but gave a nod to environmental concerns. Following is some of the energy-related text from the President’s speech. “After years of talking about it, we are finally poised to …Continue Reading
Len Jornlin has become CEO of ViSole Energy, a renewable power energy services company. Jornlin founded Empower Energies and was a senior executive at SunEdison. He replaces Abe Morris, who will become vice chairman of the ViSole Energy Board of Directors. Jornlin brings management experience from across the entire clean-energy value chain. In partnership with …Continue Reading
In a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) employees Friday, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced his decision to resign as Secretary of Energy. He will return to California and an academic life of teaching and research, but will stay on as Secretary past the ARPA-E Summit at the end of February and until the position …Continue Reading
