Technology Manager, Renewable Energy Siting
U.S. Department of Energy
Arlington, Virginia, United States
Juan Botero is a Technology Manager in the Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) supporting the Strategic Analysis and Institutional Support (SAIS) team. Juan’s work contributes to the team’s mission of reducing solar soft costs by developing and managing programs that address challenges associated with large-scale solar siting. He oversees programs focused on the interactions between solar energy facilities and wildlife, community benefits and impacts, land use conflicts, among other topics. In his previous role, Juan worked with the Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute where he managed a research fund focused on creating solutions to deploy more wind energy across the country while minimizing its impacts on wildlife and the environment.
Juan was previously a fellow at the Clean Energy Leadership Institute where he engaged regularly with leaders from across the clean energy field on emerging topics in the space and professional development. Juan holds an M.S. from William & Mary University where he studied the impacts of mercury on songbirds and a B.S. from Virginia Tech with a major in wildlife science.
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