Executive Vice President,
Chief Operating Officer
Michael Alvarez is responsible for First Wind operations and asset management, as well as the firm’s commercial transactions and mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Alvarez joined First Wind from Edison International, where he was the Vice President of Strategic Planning.
Prior to Edison, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and General Counsel at Nexant Inc., a privately held San Francisco-based company that provides software and advisory services to the global energy industry.
Before Nexant, Mr. Alvarez was at PSG International in London, where he managed the development of the $2.3 billion, 1,700-kilometer TransCaspian natural gas pipeline.
Previously, he was a senior executive at Kenetech Energy Systems Inc., successfully managing the development of electric generation projects, as well as a global operating portfolio of wind, gas, biomass, and oil-fired projects.
Mr. Alvarez began his career with the San Francisco law firm of Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges (now Thelen, Reid & Priest), where he was a partner specializing in commercial and project finance.
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