Tuck Energy Currents
Tuck Energy Currents
Tuck School of Business
S.3. E.2. Cypress Creek's Owen Jones on Transforming Energy Markets with Solar and Storage Innovations
31 minutes Posted Nov 7, 2023 at 10:51 pm.
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In Season 3 Episode 2 of the podcast, Pádraig interviews Owen Jones, a Senior Associate at Cypress Creek Renewables, a company specializing in solar and storage projects. Owen, a Cornell University Civil Engineering graduate, transitioned from a decade in Oil & Gas at ExxonMobil to studying at Tuck's class of 2019 as a Rever’s Center fellow. His post-graduation path included three years at Goldman Sachs in their Energy & Natural Resources practice before joining Cypress Creek in 2022. The episode covers Owen's career trajectory, Cypress Creek's goals in the energy market, challenges in policy and regulation, the effects of the Inflation Reduction Act on the company, the potential impact of battery storage on markets, and advice for those aspiring to work in the energy sector.