Danny Kennedy
InvestorDirector at EnergyLab · Director at EnergyLab Angels · Senior Adviser at Wollemi Capital
Oakland, California, United States
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About
Danny Kennedy is a clean energy entrepreneur and investor with over 30 years of experience in climate and energy work. He serves as Secretary of the Global Solar Council and Senior Adviser to the Sunrise Project and Wollemi Capital, and previously founded New Energy Nexus, a global platform for climate funds and incubators that operated from 2015 to 2024. Kennedy co-founded multiple solar companies including Sungevity, which pioneered remote solar design, and has held board positions at organizations including Powerhive in Kenya and the Global Solar Council; he also authored "Rooftop Revolution: How Solar Power Can Save Our Economy – and Our Planet – from Dirty Energy" and co-hosted the award-winning podcast series "Climate of Change" with Cate Blanchett.
Experience
- Global Solar Council (GSC)Secretarycurrent2025 — presentOakland, CA
- The Sunrise ProjectSenior Advisorcurrent2024 — presentNew York, USA
- Wollemi CapitalSenior Advisercurrent2024 — presentSydney, NSW
- New Energy NexusVenture Partnercurrent2024 — presentSingapore, Singapore
- New Energy NexusChief Energy Officer2019 — 2024Oakland, HoChiMinh City, Jakarta, Bangkok, Manila, New York, Kampala, Singapore
- UnreasonableUnreasonable Mentorcurrent2022 — presentGlobal
- CALIFORNIA CLEAN ENERGY FUND DBA CALCEF VENTURESManaging Director2015 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- CalChargePresident2015 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- California 100 InitiativeMember of the California 100 Commission2021 — 2023Oakland, California, United States
- Third DerivativeFounding Board Chair2020 — 2023Oakland, California, United States
- Powerhouse (formerly known as SfunCube)Cofounder2012 — 2023Oakland, CA
- SungevityCofounder2007 — 2016Oakland
- Greenpeace Australia PacificCampaigns Manager2002 — 2006
- Project UndergroundDirector1996 — 2000
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EnergyEnergy ManagementEntrepreneurshipGreen TechnologySolar PowerBusiness DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsBusiness StrategySalesforce.comLeadershipGreenStrategyLanguages Creoles and pidgins, English-based
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- Who is Danny Kennedy?
- Danny Kennedy is a clean energy entrepreneur and investor with over 30 years of experience in climate and energy work. He serves as Secretary of the Global Solar Council and Senior Adviser to the Sunrise Project and Wollemi Capital, and previously founded New Energy Nexus, a global platform for climate funds and incubators that operated from 2015 to 2024. Kennedy co-founded multiple solar companies including Sungevity, which pioneered remote solar design, and has held board positions at organizations including Powerhive in Kenya and the Global Solar Council; he also authored "Rooftop Revolution: How Solar Power Can Save Our Economy – and Our Planet – from Dirty Energy" and co-hosted the award-winning podcast series "Climate of Change" with Cate Blanchett.
- Where does Danny Kennedy work?
- Danny Kennedy is Director at EnergyLab.
- Where did Danny Kennedy go to school?
- Danny Kennedy studied at Macquarie University (BSc, Human Geography); St Aloysius College, Sydney, Australia.
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Also worked at Global Solar Council (GSC)1
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Also worked at Powerhouse (formerly known as SfunCube)24
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Also worked at Sungevity9
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