Kevin Kroll joins RWE Clean Energy as new Chief Operating Officer
01 Agosto 2024 - 9:19AM
RWE, a leading global renewable energy company, has appointed Kevin
Kroll to serve as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of its U.S.
renewables business, RWE Clean Energy, LLC, starting August 1.
Under the lead of Andrew Flanagan, CEO of RWE Clean Energy, Kroll
will complete the Executive Leadership Team of the company which
also includes Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Ingmar Ritzenhofen and
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) Christoph Hunfeld.
Kroll joins RWE Clean Energy from McKinsey & Company where
he worked as Partner and spent nearly a decade advising private and
public sector clients in achieving their decarbonization and
sustainability goals. Prior to joining McKinsey in 2017, Kroll
spent 10 years in operational leadership roles focused on new
nuclear construction across Asia and the US.
Andrew Flanagan, CEO of RWE Clean Energy: “With his
extensive knowledge of the global energy sector and a career-long
commitment to promoting decarbonized energy infrastructure, Kevin’s
experience is an excellent addition to the RWE Clean Energy team.
His expertise will largely contribute to efficiently managing our
existing fleet and deliver consistently our ambitious growth
targets in a value-accretive manner. I warmly welcome Kevin to our
team and look forward to the impact he will make to our
organization.”
In his role as COO, Kevin will be responsible for continuing
growing the business and overseeing engineering, construction and
operations across RWE’s growing fleet of renewable generation
assets in North America that now exceeds 130 operating projects.
His responsibilities in detail include Project Execution,
Performance Management & Engineering, Asset Management, and
Operations & Maintenance.
For more information, visit americas.rwe.com.
For further inquiries:
Patricia KakridasSr. Manager, Media & Public
RelationsCorporate CommunicationsRWE Clean EnergyM + 619-753-5206E
patricia.kakridas@rwe.com
RWE in the US RWE is a top tier renewable energy
company in the United States. With more than 15 years in the U.S.
renewables business, the company has an outstanding track record in
developing, constructing, and operating renewable energy
facilities. The approximately 2,000-person RWE team in the U.S. is
fully committed to forging ahead with the clean energy transition
in North America. Together with our partners, we develop innovative
solutions and drive technological progress for our customers to
help re-shape the energy supply for future generations. RWE Clean
Energy, a subsidiary of RWE AG, operates a renewable energy
portfolio of 9.7 gigawatts (GW) installed capacity of onshore wind,
solar and battery storage, making it the number three renewable
energy company in the U.S. and the country’s third largest solar
owner and operator, present in most U.S. states. RWE Offshore Wind
Holdings, a subsidiary of RWE Offshore Wind, is also developing
offshore wind on both the east and west coasts of the U.S.,
including the company’s first commercial-scale floating wind
project. As part of the RWE Group’s Growing Green strategy to
expand globally its green portfolio to more than 65 GW of installed
capacity and to invest EUR 55 billion worldwide from 2024 to 2030,
the company has earmarked about EUR 20 billion to significantly
increase its operating asset base in the U.S. This is backed by a
project pipeline of more than 36 GW in onshore wind, solar and
battery storage and 6 GW of offshore wind, which provides for one
of the largest development platforms in the U.S.
- Kevin Kroll joins RWE Clean Energy as new Chief Operating
Officer
Patricia Kakridas
RWE
619-753-5206
patricia.kakridas@rwe.com