Climate Change Interviews

Interview with Jereme Kent, CEO of One Energy

June 13, 2022

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Today I am joined by Jereme Kent, CEO of One Energy, a utility 2.0 company that is building the customer-centric power grid of the future.

One Energy is an industrial power company that helps large energy users build modern, tailored, on-site power grids for their facilities. In doing so, the company is decarbonizing manufacturing, enabling customer control, and building the customer-centric power grid of the future. As a vertically integrated enterprise, One Energy provides physical solutions including Wind for Industry® and ManagedHV™, as well as analytics and commercial offerings to enable end users to fully customize their energy experience. Everyday items are being produced cleaner and more sustainably thanks to One Energy’s Wind for Industry® projects – from dishwashers, sliced turkey products, and soda cans, to cement and renewable diesel.

Founded in 2009, One Energy is the largest installer and owner of behind-the-meter wind energy in the U.S.

Jereme is a recognized expert in utility scale wind turbine construction, distributed wind energy projects, and large industrial power systems.

Prior to founding One Energy, Jereme ran construction of several of the world’s largest wind projects for utility-scale construction firms including RMT, M.A. Mortensen, and D.H. Blattner, and has overseen more than half a billion dollars in wind turbine construction projects. Jereme developed several safety, quality, and production methods that are considered standard within the utility-scale wind industry. He also pioneered the concept of just-in-time construction for utility-scale wind turbine projects.

Jereme holds four U.S. patents and has served as a peer reviewer for the Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office Bi-Annual Project Peer Review. He studied Civil Engineering at the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering, dropping out with one class left to help run what was, at the time, the largest wind project in the world. He is a Certified Tower Rescue Instructor, a Certified Crane Operator, a Certified Crane and Rigging Inspector, and an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician.