Broadlands Bolsters Energy Unit As Company Lands New Renewable Projects
December 10, 2009
Broadlands Financial Group, LLC, an international owner’s representative and construction controls services firm based in Villanova, PA, has added a number of key personnel to its renewable energy group in response to a surge in renewable energy projects under contract.
Gage Kellogg has been named the Senior Vice President of Renewable Energy. Mr. Kellogg has been with Broadlands since 2002 and led the project controls team at Broadlands for Nevada Solar One, a 64 MW CSP plant in Boulder City, NV.
Broadlands Executive Vice President, Bryan Fortay, said Broadlands is quickly becoming the international leader in owner, lender and investor controls and project management in the renewable energy marketplace. “Project owners and lenders see real value in the experience we bring to the table and the strategies we carry out to maximize return on investment.” Mr. Fortay said. Broadlands has recently been engaged to provide a variety of project controls, program management and consulting services. Broadlands is providing owner’s representative and program management services on the 10MW Rajasthan Solar One CSP project in India and the 10.6MW PV PA Solar Park One in Carbon County, PA. , The company is supporting the development initiatives of a major governmental entity on a 106MW wind project in Bethlehem, PA and provided a variety of post construction services on a 5 MW concentrating solar tower project in California, to name a few.
“For twenty years we have been implementing development and project controls that ensure the on-time, on-budget delivery of construction projects. Our renewable energy clients are benefitting from our ability to drive project costs down and maximize investment returns and many others are taking notice.” Fortay said. Broadlands currently has a renewable energy pipeline of nearly one billion dollars of projects in the United States, Asia and Africa.
Broadlands’s ability to deliver the necessary diversity of professional expertise, including engineers, accountants, project managers, attorneys, scheduling experts and budget controls professionals, is bolstered by the recent addition of Terrence Hottle. Mr. Hottle has joined Broadlands as Vice President of Engineering – Energy. and brings over 30 years of energy experience, including design and construction of nuclear reactors and major solar plants, as well as waste-to-energy facilities. Prior to joining Broadlands, Mr. Hottle held various engineering and project executive positions with, among others: Veolia Energy North America; General Electric/Penpower; Chevron Energy Solutions; Trigen Energy Corporation; and Illinova Generating Company.
