About this episode

Shanelle Montana discusses building a world-class development team at Arevon, a major solar and storage operator.

What does it take to build a world-class development team from scratch inside a company that already operates over 4.5 GW of solar and storage projects? Catherine sat down with Shanelle Montana, Chief Development Officer at Arevon, on SunCast’s PowerUp Live stage presented by Wärtsilä at RE+ in Vegas, to talk about: • Her path from Washington D.C. to leading utility-scale solar and storage development — including roles at Lightsource bp, EDF Renewables, and BayWa r.e. • How Arevon’s operator-...

People in this episode

Host: Catherine

Guest: Shanelle Montana

Topics covered

• development team building
• solar energy
• storage projects
• utility-scale development
• career paths in energy
• leadership in renewable energy

Keywords

• Arevon
• solar development
• storage projects
• Shanelle Montana
• utility-scale
• renewable energy
• career development

Sponsors

Wärtsilä

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arevon, Lightsource bp, EDF Renewables, BayWa r.e.

Places: Washington D.C.

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