Evan Bates Email & Phone Number

Birmingham, Alabama, Us

Solar power startup focused on designing, building, and maintaining solar power and battery storage at public facilities, providing immediate and guaranteed energy savings.• Oversee and manage business partners• Manage financing activities (equity, tax equity, and debt) • Engage with public leaders (superintendents, municipal leaders, administrators) on the availability of solar for their institution• Analyze customer power bills to design the optimal solar facility and develop project financial model• Oversee and negotiate agreements: power purchase, equipment lease, guaranteed savings, operations and maintenance, land lease, utility interconnection, net metering, solar renewable energy credit, and equipment procurement

Nashville, Tennessee, Us

LightWind is a developer of small to medium solar and wind generation facilities.

Evaluating M&A opportunities in the power industry.

Executive consultant for companies on corporate strategy, corporate finance and restructuring, turnarounds, change management, partnerships, and mergers & acquisitions (M&A).

• Performed technical and financial analysis for two North American Wood Pellet manufacturing facilities.• Consulted on two European Waste-to-Energy gasification facilities.

• Identified target markets for energy investment.• Completed engineering and feasibility studies for a 1700 GWh/yr wood pellet manufacturing plant

Managed engineering and development company developing a wood chip to ammonia technology, and designing and constructing a wood pellet manufacturing plant.

Founded renewable energy company focused on merchant gasification development. Grew company from three people to over 100.

Managed global acquisitions and divestitures focused on Western European fluid handling businesses.

Master Of Business Administration

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science, International Affairs

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