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Europe & Eurasia Energy News Articles for April 25, 2014

April 25th, 2014

Weekly collection of energy news articles for the region.  Click on the links for access to original publications

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Wilfried Maas

Job Title: 
General Manager, Carbon Capture Demonstration, Shell
Organization: 
Shell

In his current role as General Manager Carbon Capture Demonstration at Shell,
Wilfried Maas supports the technical development of Shell's global portfolio
of CCS demonstration projects. He previously led the team which developed
and implemented GHG and Energy Management plans for upstream and
downstream operating assets and projects and which executed the front end development of a multisite, multi projects Energy Efficiency & GHG reduction capital program. His previous roles covered project technology integration, energy efficiency program management, process design, manufacturing and process development R&D. He studied Physical Chemistry and holds a PhD in Physical organic chemistry.
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Dr. Wilfried Maas

Job Title: 
General Manager of CCS Integration
Organization: 
Shell
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Peterhead Low Carbon Gas Power CCS Project

April 25th, 2014

Shell and SSE are looking to develop the world’s first full-scale gas carbon capture and storage (CCS) project – the Peterhead CCS Project. The project is part of the UK CCS commercialization competition and has recently started its Front End Engineering Development phase. Up to 10 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions could be captured from the Peterhead Power Station and transported by pipeline offshore for long-term storage deep under the North Sea. The scope is: 

Europe & Eurasia Energy News Articles for April 17, 2014

April 17th, 2014

 

 

John W. DiStasio

Job Title: 
Former General Manager & CEO
Organization: 
Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Mr. DiStasio has led SMUD as the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer from 2008-2014 and has worked at SMUD in various capacities since 1981. Under Mr. DiStasio’s leadership, SMUD developed a sustainable power supply that was 24% renewable energy and 47% carbon-free while maintaining rates amongst the lowest in California. SMUD has also been rated number one in California in residential customer satisfaction by JD Power and Associates for the past eleven years and achieved the highest score ever recorded in the industry in 2007. 

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IMPLEMENTING CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAMS: THE SMUD STORY

April 24th, 2014

Europe & Eurasia Energy News Articles for April 10, 2014

April 10th, 2014

 

William A. Von Hoene, Jr.

Job Title: 
Senior Executive President & Chief Strategy Officer
Organization: 
Exelon Corporation

William A. Von Hoene, Jr.

Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Exelon Corporation

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William A. Von Hoene, Jr., 60, oversees corporate development, corporate strategy, legal, regulatory, government affairs, investments and communications for Exelon, the nation’s number one competitive energy provider. He previously served as executive vice president, Finance and Legal, of Exelon. Von Hoene joined Exelon in February, 2002 and has held numerous positions before assuming his current responsibilities in February 2012. He serves on Exelon’s Executive Committee and is a member of the Boards of Directors of Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited, the Alliance to Save Energy, and the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago. He also serves on the Board of Advisors of Flying Food Group and is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, a joint venture between Exelon and EDF which owns five nuclear units.

 

Professional History

Prior to joining Exelon, Von Hoene was a senior partner at Jenner & Block, specializing in complex civil and white-collar criminal litigation. While at Jenner & Block, he served on the management committee and, at various times, as hiring partner and chairperson of the firm’s pro bono and diversity committees.

 

Civic Involvement

Von Hoene has served on numerous civic and public interest boards of directors. He is past president of the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc., and past general counsel to the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities. He currently serves on the boards of directors of the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Northwestern Memorial Hospital (for which he serves as the Chairman of the Professional Standards Committee), the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Civic Consulting Alliance and the Diversity Scholarship Foundation. He previously has served on the boards of directors of the Chicago Legal Clinic, the Chicago Bar Foundation and the Joffrey Ballet. He also serves on the Visiting Committee of the University Of Chicago Law School, and is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and the Executives’ Club of Chicago. In 2010, Bill was appointed to the Department of Commerce National Advisory Council on Minority Business Enterprise. The council served to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Commerce and the President on a broad range of policy issues affecting the minority business community. In 2011, Bill was appointed to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Supplier Diversity Task Force, a procurement initiative designed to help strengthen small and minority and women-owned businesses in Chicago.

 

Awards

While Von Hoene served as Exelon’s general counsel, the Exelon Legal department received the 2007 Association of Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Award, which recognizes the most outstanding corporate pro bono program in the country and in 2009 was named one of three finalists for Corporate Counsel magazine’s best legal department. www.exeloncorp.com

 

Von Hoene received the 2008 Vanguard Award from the Chicago Bar Association, recognizing contributions in making the legal profession more accessible and reflective of the community at large. In 2009, he received the Spirit of Excellence award from the American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, and was named by the National Law Journal as one of the twenty most influential general counsels in the country. Von Hoene also received the 2009 Advocate for Diversity Award for his significant contributions to the legal community and for embracing diversity, and is the 2010 recipient of the Chicago Appleseed Corporate Leader Award. In September 2010, Von Hoene received the Arthur Goldberg Social Justice Award, presented by the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs for his career-long dedication to social justice, and in 2011, he received the Donald Hubert Public Service Award from the Chicago Inn of Court. Von Hoene also received the 2013 Corporate Social Responsibility award from the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

 

Education

Von Hoene is a 1980 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, where he served on the Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif, and a 1976 graduate of Yale University.

 

Family

Von Hoene is married to Nikki Zollar and has three children, William L. Von Hoene, Branden Zollar and Grant Sanders.

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Eric G. Postel

Job Title: 
Assistant Administrator

Eric G. Postel began as USAID's Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Economic Growth, Education and Environment in March 2011. He brings to the position more than 25 years of private sector experience working in emerging markets. During this time, he helped support economic development in more than 45 developing countries.

 

Postel is working to implement President Obama's call to "elevate broad-based economic growth as a top priority" of U.S. development efforts overseas. He is also focusing on increasing Agency engagement with the private sector. He strongly believes that other bureau activities involving Education, Infrastructure, Land Tenure, Gender and the Environment also contribute to sustainable economic growth. Postel serves as the Agency’s coordinator for the government-wide Partnership for Growth program. 

 

Postel is the founder of Pangaea Partners, an investment banking and consulting firm focused on emerging markets. Its accomplishments include helping six African countries create or improve their stock markets, providing credit and treasury courses to more than 30,000 bankers in developing countries, modernizing more than 20 former Soviet banks, and advising on the creation of the Slovak Export-Import Bank. 

 

Throughout 2006-7, Postel served as a Senate-appointed commissioner of the U.S. Helping to Enhance the Livelihood of People around the Globe (HELP) Commission. His bipartisan work contributed to the development of a wide-ranging set of recommendations to Congress and the president for the reform of U.S. foreign assistance programs.

  

Previously, Postel worked as a vice president at Citibank Tokyo, where he arranged financing for borrowers on four continents.  This work included serving as Bangladesh’s first-ever financial advisor and arranging Air India’s first ever Japanese tax-lease financing.  In 1988 Postel devised a $30 million financing for Jamaica International Telecommunications Limited (JAMINTEL) from Japanese investors which was the first international securitization of future receivables without a corporate guaranty – this structure has subsequently served as the basis of more than $80 billion worth of financings.

 

Mr. Postel has a BA from Wesleyan University and an MBA from Stanford University. Between Wesleyan and Stanford, he served as a United States Naval Officer.

 

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