Overview

OwnEnergy is a venture capital-backed community wind developer. Projects are developed jointly with a partner from the local community, with the said partner holding a significant equity stake. At the industry level, OwnEnergy is a founding member of the steering committee of the American Wind Energy Association?s Community Wind Working Group and is also co-chairing AWEA?s inaugural Small and Community Wind Conference.

Speaker Bio:
Jacob Susman has ten years of investing and business development experience in the field of renewable energy. Jacob has led OwnEnergy since its inception, including recruiting and managing the team, raising capital, establishing the brand, sourcing new business, developing projects and generating revenue.
Before founding OwnEnergy, he was a founding member of Goldman Sachs' Alternative Energy Investing group, where he was involved in Goldman's investment in Horizon Wind Energy and co-led a portfolio financing that was named Project Finance?s N.A. Renewable Energy Deal of the Year. Prior to that he served as Project Manager for the AES Corporation, working on a team that developed one of the largest power plants in Spain?named European IPP of the Year by Euromoney. Jacob also led AES?s efforts to develop a Spanish renewable energy business, which included negotiation of more than 1,000 MW of wind energy investment opportunities.

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Preparatory Readings

Empowering and Enabling Clean Energy Entrepreneurs

10:30-11:30AM Monday, May 03, 2010
Leader: MIT Energy Club
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