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About Us

Nova Clean Energy is the U.S. development platform of Bluestar Energy Capital, a platform started by industry veterans that aspires to be one of the largest investors of project development capital globally.

We fundamentally believe that successful project development is a local business. Bluestar Energy Capital has a platform of regional development companies, allowing us to put our project stakeholders first. Through this approach we can focus on early and sustained community engagement while leveraging the in-house expertise and experience of a global player.

Nova Clean Energy is headquarted in Chicago, IL with offices in Austin, TX.

Meet Our Team

Our team has a successful global track record of investing in and developing grid-scale wind, solar, and storage projects.

Leadership

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Ben Pratt

President

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Dylan Reeves

Senior Vice President of Operations & Execution

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Jenn Goodwillie

Senior Vice President of Project Commercialization

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Matt Thornton

Vice President of Development

Team

Sarah Aftergood

Director of Development

Anantha Aruloli

Project Engineer

Sarah Clark

Director of Information Systems

Claire Dittrich

Project Developer

Marina Gonzales

Engineering Manager

Alex Hovi

Office Manager

Prahlad Krishna

Director, BESS

Kayley Presby-Gaines

Office Administrator

Alex Rodrigues

Manager, Project Finance

Karina Sommerlot

Project Manager

Katie Alexandridis

Director of Decision Support

Nina Budde

Development Manager

Sony Dhaliwal

Senior Director of Transmission

Matthew Frangos

Investment Associate

Megan Hanebuth

Project Development Associate

Minsung Kim

GIS Manager

Nick McIntosh

Director of Development

Ryan Randolph

Project Development Manager

Maria Siezar

Paralegal

Erik Williams

Senior Director of Accounting

Interested in joining our growing team?

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