BrightNight Rings In Leadership Changes For 37 GW Project Portfolio

BrightNight Leadership Change Brings 37 GW In Project Portfolio

BrightNight, a global renewable power independent power producer (IPP) built to deliver clean and dispatchable solutions, recently announced the addition of two senior leaders to support the buildout of its 37 GW global portfolio in the areas of Asset Management (A&M), Operations & Maintenance (O&M) and Construction: Jeff Gibbons joins as Senior Vice President of Asset Management, and Doren Emmett joins as Senior Vice President of Construction.

Jeff has over 20 years of experience leading operations across multiple technology platforms and businesses. He spent the last 16 years successfully scaling organizations in renewable generation with full profit and loss (P&L) responsibility. At BrightNight, Jeff will lead the development and execution of new assets, operations & maintenance competencies across its multi-resource, utility-scale renewable power plants in the United States (US). Before joining BrightNight, Jeff was a founding member of energy storage leader Fluence Energy LLC., building their global services team as Vice President (VP) of Global Services.

Before Fluence, he held senior operational roles at AES and EDF Renewable Energy, overseeing 1 GW of wind and solar power-generating assets. Doren brings over 30 years of experience in the energy sector with vast technical expertise in engineering, procurement, and construction. He will lead BrightNight’s Construction Management team in the US, focusing on accelerating the buildout of BrightNight’s US project portfolio. Previously, Doren worked for National Renewable Solutions as the Senior Vice President of Construction. Earlier in his career, he oversaw the engineering and construction of both onshore and offshore renewable projects for Avangrid Renewables. During his previous tenure at Signal Wind Energy, Doren also directly managed EPC projects.

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BrightNight CEO Martin Hermann said, “At BrightNight, we’ve always focused on building a team of leading energy experts, and I am thrilled that our company continues to attract the best minds in our industry. Jeff’s and Doren’s expertise will support BrightNight’s mission to drive the global energy market’s transformation by pushing innovation beyond the leading edge, honoring our commitment to customer centricity, and arming our customers with the solutions they need today to power a better tomorrow. Jeff and Doren bring tremendous experience and knowledge as we manage our portfolio buildout and enter the next phase of our rapid growth.”