Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy and he is also an advisor for several solar startup companies. He has extensive financial experience in the renewable energy industry and in the environmental commodities market. He has brokered REC trades in the NEPOOL and PJM Market.
Jeanne brings many years of Accounting, Corporate Financial Statement preparation and Financial Analysis experience to her role as the CFO for Schwerd Consulting. With a BS in Accounting and varied experiences, including a multi-billion dollar international company and a small family owned business, Jeanne is well suited for the finance and administration of the company. It is her attention to detail and ability to simplify interactions that endears her to all parties, not to mention the positive nature and spirit of cooperation.
With experience across the elcctric utility industry and a background in Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineering and Design of large industrial facilities in the food & beverage and manufacturing industries, Robert offers a comprehensive perspective on solar PV engineering and project management that bridges the gap between complex grid requirements and efficient site-level implementation. His background is uniquely dual-sided; having served as a Senior Engineer with Duke Energy in capacity planning and distribution engineering design roles, he possesses an "insider's" perspective of utility transmission and distribution system operations. This utility-side expertise allows for a deeper understanding of the technical hurdles of renewables and distributed generation (DG) interconnection and the options for navigating those hurdles. His industrial design experience and knowledge give him a solid engineering foundation and the ability to apply these skills to diverse design situations. This ensures that the client projects are are engineered for utility compliance, code compliace, long-term reliability and limits unknown surprises from the earliest design phases.
Before founding Reneu Energy, he was the SREC Trader for SolarCity. He originated SREC trades with buyers and co-developed their SREC monetization and hedging strategy with the senior management of SolarCity to move into the east coast markets. Prior to that, Benoy focused on project finance solutions for commercial scale solar projects. He also analyzed potential investments in renewable energy projects and worked on maximizing the financial return of the projects in the portfolio. He has also worked on the sale of renewable energy projects for a private equity firm's portfolio. Benoy brings the personal touch to a key element of the PV industry.
