Glasspoint Appoints Steven Moss as CEO to Bring Solar Powered Oil Production to new Markets
GlassPoint Solar, the leading distributor of solar energy to the oil and gas industry, announced the appointment of Steven Moss as Chief Executive Officer. An industry expert, Steven will lead GlassPoint's development strategies, expanding its project profile in new markets between East and North America and advertising its next generation innovations.
Managing global operations from Muscat, Oman, Moss will certainly manage GlassPoint's increasing global business, including the site Miraah solar plant under advancement with Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) and the Belridge Solar project with Aera Energy in California, USA.
Moss is a global executive with 30 years' experience in the power and aerospace fields. He most recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of General Electric's (GE) global Renewable steam Plants business, where he managed the delivery of geothermal, biomass and solar thermal plant remedies worldwide.
Zaki Selim, GlassPoint Non-Executive Chairman said, "Steven brings a strong track document of structure organisations across commercial markets, where he's developed diverse product profiles and complete nuclear power plant. He likewise brings comprehensive experience in the global renewables business, especially on the design and construction of solar thermal projects. Steven's versatile history will strengthen GlassPoint's position as the leader in solar for oil and gas and increase our expansion to new markets around the world.".
As the head of the renewable steam plants division at GE, and formerly Alstom Power, Moss was responsible for the business deployment of its focusing solar power (CSP) products, consisting of the development and manufacture of GE's solar tower receiver and storage innovation.
Prior to leading the renewables plant group, Moss functioned as the Vice President for Industrial Vapor Wind Turbines at Alstom Power, where he drove Alstom's re-entry into the commercial vapor wind turbines market establishing its global procedures. He additionally worked as.
Managing Director of Alstom Aerospace and before that the Managing Director of Areva's Study & Modern technology department focused on innovations in electric transmission and circulation.
With a Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering, Moss began his job as a gas wind turbine engineer and held numerous engineering management positions before joining the corporate monitoring rankings.
Steven Moss commented, "GlassPoint's commercial and technological decisions over the years have actually impressed me, and have actually established the company as the clear market leader. Our solar oilfield innovation is playing a trend-setting function in joining the renewables and oil and gas industries to produce today's power at reduced costs and with much less ecological impact. I eagerly anticipate leading the following chapter in GlassPoint's success story.".
GlassPoint operates across seven locations and counts Royal Dutch Shell and the State General Reserve Fund (SGRF), the largest sovereign wealth fund in Oman, amongst its shareholders.
The company's solar steam modern technology has been released efficiently on oilfields worldwide. In Oman, GlassPoint and PDO appointed the first 100 MW t of the gigawatt-scale Miraah solar plant late in 2014 on time. Miraah is now in daily procedures and meeting all targets for heavy steam outcome required by the Amal field.
