Miguel Angel Lara Rodriguez

Responsible for developing greenfield strategy for a newly created development company.

Responsible for supervising origination efforts

Responsible for overall project development activities

• Responsible for onshore renewable and hydrogen business in Colombia
• Secured NPI participation in a 60MW Green H2 project in Ecopetrol´s Barrancabermeja refinery (partnership with Ecopetrol, Siemens and EDF)
• Board member for regulated utility serving 500 K customers.
• Hired and developed local team
• Responsible for construction and commissioning of NPI first solar project in Colombia 16MW
• Achieved RTB for 160 MW solar projects.

• Responsible for portfolio management, project acquisitions and Co-development agreements
• Responsible for hiring and developing local development team.
• Responsible for greenfield development strategy for Mexico and Colombia
• Secured and managed development of projects to participate in Colombian long-term auction for renewables.

• Mexico and Colombia
• Responsible for portfolio management, project acquisitions and Co-development agreements
• Responsible for hiring and developing local development team
• Responsible for greenfield development strategy for Mexico and Colombia
• Secured and managed development of projects to participate in Colombian long-term auction for renewables
• Development Director Mexico
• Support construction team for Northland’s first solar project built in Mexico (130 MW, located in Durango)
• Responsible for managing a portfolio of projects under development (1+ GW of solar, wind and thermal generation projects)
• Managed outreach to qualified suppliers (energy marketers) to secure bilateral PPAs
• Participated in the acquisition of NPI Qualified Supplier.

• Responsible for managing landowner relationships for 3 wind projects in the states of Sonora, Nuevo Leon and Coahuila, Mexico. Responsible for curative work to land leases.
• Responsible for met towers installations and wind resource assessment.
• Managed permitting plan for project developments, including Environmental Impact Assessments, Civil Aviation permitting, Archaeology, Generation permits, Interconnection process.
• Managed Ejido (communal lands) and Municipal authorities to gain support for the project.
• Green field prospecting for solar projects in Sonora and Coahuila and Baja California.
• Responsible for budget and project schedule as well as due diligence on project acquisitions.

• Responsible for project development, permitting, land management and interconnection (160 MW wind farm)
• Responsible for In House energy estimates and WTG evaluations
• Responsible for securing interconnection under Tamaulipas open season for interconnection
• Led process to sell the project
• Negotiated term sheets and offers from project buyers.

• Developed a chain of 6 coffee shops in Reynosa and Rio Bravo Tamaulipas, Mexico
• Developed concept, supervised construction and budget for each store, and managed contractors
• Developed operations systems, checklists, and auditing procedures for the operation
• Developed training program for all personnel
• Managed 35 full-time employees across 4 units
• Sold business after operating for 10 years.