Overview

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Andy Karsner is Chairman and CEO of Manifest Energy; previously he served as America’s ninth Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) from 2005 to 2008, during a period of unprecedented growth in clean energy technologies, investments and policy formulations.

He distinguished himself as a principal architect and contributor to international climate change deliberations toward achieving a post-2012 global energy framework and as America’s top regulator for energy efficiency.

Karsner brings twenty years of experience in global energy development and project financing across a wide array of conventional and renewable sources.

Prior to the Department of Energy he, was CEO of the power development and consulting firm Enercorp, and both Director and Senior Development Manager for Wartsila Diesel.