News & Press
June 20, 2008
Ingenero Pty Ltd today welcomed the appointment of Dr Michael Harvey to their newly created Advisory Board. Ingenero is the first renewable and solar energy service provider of its type in Australia – making renewable energy available for Australian businesses by generating on the customer’s premises without any capital outlay.
“I look forward to working with the team at Ingenero and demonstrating Ingenero’s commitment to providing affordable renewable solutions to commercial customers“ said Dr Harvey. “As a community our challenge is to reduce our impact on the environment, and I am delighted to be working with Ingenero to provide alternative renewable energy solutions “.
“We welcome Dr Harvey to the Ingenero Advisory Board, as his experience in the energy sector and solar industry technologies compliments our team,“ says Ingenero CEO Steve McRae. “His commercial experience and vision for renewable technologies will assist us in maintaining a leading role in the renewable industry,“ McRae added.
Dr. Michael Harvey is Chief Technology Officer at XeroCoat Inc., California and has worked in the energy sector since 1996. Since 2002, his focus has been on technologies for solar energy and other renewable sources.
In 2004 Dr Harvey founded XeroCoat pty ltd to commercialise novel optical materials he developed for solar energy collectors. Prior to founding XeroCoat Dr Harvey worked for Queensland electricity generator CS Energy dealing with the wholesale electricity market in Australia and regulatory issues in the energy sector.
Dr Harvey is educated in physical sciences and law and holds a PhD in physics from the University of Queensland.
Dr Harvey joins fellow Ingenero Advisory Board member, Dr Richard Harris who was appointed in January this year.
Ingenero is the first renewable and solar energy service provider of its type in Australia. The company offers customers access to clean, renewable energy by building, owning and operating renewable energy generation facilities built on the customers own premises. Using customer owned rooftops, car parks and other property, Ingenero eliminates the up-front capital investments and the operational requirements of providing renewable energy. Through long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with each customer, Ingenero provides the energy generated at each facility at an agreed price that also allows the customer long term stability in future energy costs.
