Founder and co-CEO
Encore Renewable Energy
Burlington, Vermont, United States
Chad Farrell is Founder and co-CEO of Encore Renewable Energy, a leader in community scale renewable energy project development services. He has over 25 years of professional experience in the fields of brownfield redevelopment and renewable energy project finance, development and construction. At Encore, Chad has led the team’s innovative and collaborative efforts to design, permit, finance and construct nearly 100 community scale solar PV and energy storage projects, representing more than $150M in total investment value, while concurrently overseeing the establishment of a pipeline of more than 500MW of future projects worth nearly $1B. Many of these projects involve reclaiming undervalued, contaminated real estate for clean energy generation and storage, helping to revitalize communities and create a cleaner, brighter future for all.
He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell University and earned a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from the University of Vermont. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility and the Leadership Council for the Northeast Clean Energy Council based in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Harvesting the Sun: The Logistics of Deploying Agricultural Solutions Alongside Solar Development
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
2:00 PM – 2:25 PM PT