Ormat Technologies
John Akerley, P.E. is an accomplished engineering professional with a strong background in resource operations and numerical research. Currently, John serves as Manager of Resource Operations at Ormat Technologies, Inc. since September 2012, where previous roles included Sr. Resource Engineer and Resource Engineer. Prior experience includes a Research Assistant position at the University of Nevada Reno, contributing to a Department of Energy project focused on heat transfer augmentation, and a Graduate Appointment at Argonne National Laboratory, where research involved computational fluid dynamics and high-performance computing. Earlier roles include a Quality Engineer at Firth Rixson, ensuring compliance with customer specifications, and an Engineering Intern at Globe Turbocharger Specialties, Inc. John holds both a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno.
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With over five decades of experience, Ormat Technologies, Inc. is a leading geothermal Company and the only vertically integrated Company engaged in geothermal and recovered energy generation (REG), with the objective of becoming a leading global provider of renewable energy. The Company owns, operates, designs, manufactures and sells geothermal and REG power plants primarily based on the Ormat Energy Converter – a power generation unit that converts low-, medium- and high-temperature heat into electricity. With 77 U.S. patents, Ormat’s power solutions have been refined and perfected under the most grueling environmental conditions. Ormat has 530 employees in the United States and 770 overseas. Ormat’s flexible, modular solutions for geothermal power and REG are ideal for the vast range of resource characteristics. The Company has engineered, manufactured and constructed power plants, which it currently owns or has installed to utilities and developers worldwide, totaling over 2,600 MW of gross capacity. Ormat’s current 851 MW generating portfolio is spread globally in the United States, Guatemala, Guadeloupe, Honduras, Indonesia and Kenya. In March 2017, Ormat expanded its operations to provide energy storage and energy management solutions by leveraging its core capabilities and global presence, as well as through its Viridity Energy Solutions Inc. subsidiary, a Philadelphia-based Company with nearly a decade of expertise and leadership in energy storage, demand response and energy management.