David Crane
David Crane served as president, CEO and on the Board of Directors of NRG Energy from 2003 through 2015. While there, he led NRG's transformation into the clean-energy space, developing new solar, wind, high efficiency gas and other generation sources while growing NRG's retail, carbon capture and electric vehicle service businesses. Crane has been recognized for exemplary leadership, receiving such awards as Ernst & Young's 2010 Transformational Achievement award, EnergyBiz's 2010 CEO of the Year and Institutional Investor's 2011 top CEO in the electric utility sector.
Inside the rise and fall of NRG’s green strategy
The company's former CEO is of two minds: Great for shareholders, but not so much for the planet — or the climate movement. Read More
Meet the Four Horsemen of the Climate Apocalypse
Can bottom-up leadership trump top-down denialism? Watch for these three core influencers to play a role in helping to save ourselves. Read More
Lessons on climate leadership, from ballet dancers
How a Climate Week arts event provided insights on how we might better collaborate. Read More
Setting corporate carbon goals and meaning it
There can be a fine line between leadership and greenwash. Some companies are crossing it. Read More
Exxon, the Olympics and Greenwashing 2.0
What if the oil colossus actually did commit to clean energy? Read More
TeslaCity: Will car company + solar company = shareholder happiness?
SolarCity's business model needs a reboot. Can it find happiness in the shadow of the world's coolest car company? Read More
5 keys to debunking climate fatalism
How do you know when you are about to have an encounter with a Climate Fatalist?Watch for the cues in body language — the slumped shoulders, the deep sigh as you broach the topic, the audible gasp of air leaving the body.And then the words: "It is soooo complicated. It seems so impossibly difficult to get everyone in the world — all people, all industry — to dramatically reduce their carbon emissions." Read More
Carbon is a terrible thing to waste
Transforming carbon emissions from fossil fuel generation is more than a business opportunity. Read More
The energy world's 50 shades of brown
Moving to 100-percent renewables isn't victory itself. We need to combust fossil fuels without emitting carbon. Read More
King Coal and the irony of the endgame
What's killing coal is not the EPA, the Paris Accord or the divestment movement. It's the six-shooter-toting, climate-change-disbelieving Texas oilmen. Read More
