Convo: Janice Lin on Green Hydrogen Accelerating the Clean Energy Transition
In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Janice Lin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Strategen, a mission driven consulting firm that specializes in accelerating the clean energy transition.
Janice has distinguished herself as a leading clean energy changemaker and visionary. She brings more than two decades of experience in clean energy market development and corporate strategy to her current role. She has won numerous industry awards, including the 2019 Entrepreneur of the Year Cleanie® Award; the 2014 NAATBATT Market Development Award; and the ESA 2013 Phil Symons Energy Storage Award. She has served on the Electricity Advisory Council of the US Department of Energy, the Board of Advisors for the Energy Policy Initiatives Center (EPIC), and the Energy Storage Committee of Joint Venture Silicon Valley.
She and Ted discuss her background, growing up in Philadelphia, moving to Taipei, returning to the US following her high school graduation, and attending the University of Pennsylvania to receive a BS in Economics from the Wharton School, and a BA in International Relations from the College of Arts and Sciences. Janice also holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Prior to founding Strategen in 2005, Janice held several senior management positions with PowerLight Corporation (now SunPower Corporation), including Vice President of Product Strategy and Vice President of Business Development. During her tenure at PowerLight, Janice led initiatives in product and new market strategies, business development, regulatory affairs, strategic partnerships, investor relations, and customer finance.
She co-founded the California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA) in 2009, where she successfully served as Executive Director for ten years, growing the organization into the definitive voice for energy storage in the state and beyond with over 100 active members. Janice also co-founded and for seven years chaired the annual Energy Storage North America (ESNA) conference and expo, the only mission-driven and the leading standalone grid-connected energy storage event in North America.
In her current role at Strategen, she has advised a diverse range of clients including renewable energy technology and service providers, developers, large corporations diversifying into clean energy, utilities, investment funds, and non-governmental organizations such as the World Bank. In 2019 Janice founded and serves as President at the Green Hydrogen Coalition, an educational non-profit dedicated to advancing the production and use of green hydrogen in all sectors where it will accelerate the transition to a carbon free energy system.