Our Team —
Nathan Smith
Senior Associate
Nathan is an experienced climate professional with a background in sustainability consulting, renewable energy project development, and government relations. Prior to joining PVG, Nathan worked at Recurrent Energy, where he managed the development of both solar and battery projects across the MISO and ERCOT electricity markets, as well as analyzed a number of greenfield prospects and M&A targets. Before Recurrent, Nathan worked at 3Degrees—a sustainability consulting firm—where he was on the strategy and power markets teams. At 3Degrees, projects he worked on included conducting due diligence on the carbon market aspects of a $1.5B+ joint venture focused on nature-based carbon solutions, analyzing the financial terms of 75+ VPPAs for a multinational automotive manufacturer & supporting the negotiations with developers, and assisting in the creation of an aggregated renewable energy purchasing program for a large US fast food restaurant chain. Nathan started his career at Lot Sixteen, a public affairs & lobbying firm specializing in renewable energy and natural resource policy matters.
Nathan earned his MBA in Management Science & Quantitative Methods from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and has an Economics BA and Society & Environment BS from the University of California, Berkeley. Originally from Pennsylvania, he now lives in Golden, CO with his fiancée, Lindsay. In his spare time, Nathan enjoys being active outdoors, whether it be mountain biking, gravel biking, trail running, or skiing.