Veteran energy storage leader will expand Glidepath’s development and commercialization capabilities
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GlidePath Power Solutions (GlidePath), a leading developer, owner and operator of US standalone energy storage systems, is pleased to announce that Vijay Singh has joined the company as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).
“As one of the earliest champions of battery storage projects in wholesale power markets, Vijay is a pioneer of American energy storage,” said GlidePath CEO Chris McKissack. “Bringing him into the executive leadership team at GlidePath represents an important milestone in furthering our commitment to growth through rigorous development and commercialization of our portfolio of projects.”
Vijay joins GlidePath with over 25 years of leadership experience in energy storage, renewable energy, corporate strategy, mergers & acquisitions, business development, project finance, and asset management in Fortune 500 energy companies. Most notably, Vijay successfully launched and scaled up NextEra’s energy storage platform in the formative years of the industry.
“I’m excited to join the GlidePath team and bring my decades of experience in the energy industry to such an innovative and growing battery storage company,” commented Singh. “I’m looking forward to working with Chris and the rest of the executive team to continue to expand GlidePath’s footprint across the US – especially during such a boom in the energy storage industry.”
Vijay is GlidePath’s most recent hire after a number of strategic additions in 2023 that included Rich Tomaszkiewicz who joined the Company as Chief Operating Officer and Patrick Meyer who joined as SVP of Portfolio Management.
GlidePath is a portfolio company of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, a specialist investment manager focused exclusively on lower carbon and renewable energy infrastructure investment and asset management in the US, UK, and Australia.
About GlidePath
Glidepath Power Solutions (https://glidepath.net) is a leading independent developer, owner and operator of energy storage systems. Based in Chicago, Illinois, GlidePath builds leading-edge energy storage systems that will transform our electric grid to power a more reliable, sustainable, and prosperous future for all.
About Quinbrook
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners (http://www.quinbrook.com) is focused exclusively on the infrastructure needed to drive the energy transition in the UK, US, and Australia. Quinbrook is led and managed by a senior team of power industry professionals who have collectively invested c.USD 8.2 billion equity in energy infrastructure assets since the early 1990s, representing a total enterprise value of c.USD 28.7 billion or 19.5 GW of power supply capacity. Quinbrook has completed a diverse range of direct investments in both utility and distributed scale onshore wind and solar power, battery storage, reserve peaking capacity, biomass, fugitive methane recovery, hydro and flexible energy management solutions in the UK, US, and Australia. Quinbrook is currently developing and constructing some of the largest renewables and storage infrastructure projects ever undertaken in the UK, US, and Australia.
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