Chief Executive Officer

Kevin Smith is Chief Executive Officer at SolarReserve where he leads the company’s efforts to develop and build large-scale solar energy projects. SolarReserve’s leading technology includes integrated energy storage that can deliver clean renewable electricity on demand, day or night. SolarReserve has more than 3,000 megawatts of projects in development across the U.S. and internationally.

Smith has 25 years of experience in the energy industry and has held senior executive positions in numerous successful energy companies that develop solar and wind energy projects as well as natural gas and biomass fueled electricity facilities. He has actively led the successful development, acquisition, financing and construction of energy projects that total more than 5,000 megawatts and long-term electricity sales contracts approaching $50 billion, including projects located in the United States and more than a dozen countries around the world.

Prior to joining SolarReserve at its formation in 2008, Smith was Senior Vice President at Invenergy LLC where he led the development of Invenergy Wind from a startup in 2004 to one of the largest privately owned renewable energy businesses in the world with more than $2.0 billion of projects in operation. Prior to Invenergy, he was President of Insight Energy and Chief Operating Officer of London-based Rolls-Royce Power Ventures.

Smith earned an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago, a Mechanical Engineering degree from Purdue University and is a licensed Professional Engineer. In 2008, he received the Outstanding Mechanical Engineer Award from Purdue University.