The solar industry welcomes the appointment of Renewableuc CEO Dan McGrail as interim -CEO of Great British Energy.
MCGRAIL is currently leading the trade body that represents companies that develop wind, golf, golf, tidal, storage and green hydrogen projects in the UK and is also on the board for Windeurope. He was previously CEO of Siemens Engines and Managing Director of Siemens Power Generation.
He joins Start-up Great British Energy Chair Juergen Maier, who served as Chief Executive of Siemens UK between 2014 and 2019.
According to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (Desnz), McGrail will draw on its “wealth of experience in clean energy, including wind and thermal force” to scale up the new energy company so that it can start with delivering “so fast possible. “
Chief Executive of Solar Energy UK, Chris Hewett, noted that McGrail “brings a deep knowledge about what support from the renewable industry us needs to enable us to deliver the beautiful power mission of the country”.
Energie -Secretary Ed Miliband said: “With the appointment of Dan McGrail as an interim -CEO, we now have a fantastic team to lead great British energy and to deliver our plan for change.”
McGrail noticed: “I am delighted to reach the land to scale up the company and collaborate with industry to unleash billions of investments in clean energy, allowing new industries to grow with vacancies for hundreds of thousands of people, also because because The government can achieve its clean power goals. ”
He will record his position in March and will be located in Scotland, working from the Aberdeen Headquarters. He will work on a first six -month contract, on secondment of Renewableuk, and recruitment for the permanent CEO will start soon.
His appointment follows the announcement in January of the The non-executive board of the company. Great British energy will be led by its own CEO and under the supervision of an independent Fiducian Council instead of ministers. Anyone who will form that board can also be seen.
The government is currently legislation by the Great British Energy Bill to give the company the powers it needs to “deliver quickly”. It recently changed the bill To refer to energy projects that benefit local communities, so that GB Energy can promote the growth of projects led by the community.
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