Duane Kramer

Duane is the Head of Philippine Development of ACEN. He has 43 years of experience in the business and project development of large electric generation and other infrastructure projects backed by in-depth technical, management, financing and regulatory and government affairs capabilities. Duane has worked in various capacities with ACEN and affiliates for over 8 years, including responsibility for establishing ACEN’s transmission development team prior to assuming his present responsibilities overseeing the development and construction of ACEN’s Philippines solar, onshore wind, storage and supporting transmission projects.

Prior to joining ACEN, Duane was Vice President, Development and then Senior Vice President, Development for Sithe Global Power LLC., a US-based independent power developer and portfolio company of the Blackstone Group. While at Sithe Global, Duane was responsible for development initiatives in Canada, India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.

Duane holds a bachelor of science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Syracuse University, where he graduated Magna cum Laude in 1981. While studying at SU, Duane served as a research assistant supporting the school’s wind energy research and held an internship at and was retained as a consultant by the US Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Research Institute (now known as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory).