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Mark Burger

Mark Burger, Principal, Kestrel Development CompanyPrincipal
Kestrel Development Company
Member of the Natural Resources Council

Mark Burger is a Principal at Kestrel Development Company, a firm providing consulting services on renewable energy policy and market development. Mr. Burger has more than 20 years of experience in renewable energy and building energy applications. Previously, he was a sales and marketing manager for Spire Solar, a firm manufacturing solar electric panels and designing systems. Prior to that, Mr. Burger worked for the US Department of Energy, last heading the Strategic Assistance Team for the Chicago Regional Office. He is also the President of the Illinois Solar Energy Association, a Life Member of the American Solar Energy Society, a member of the Illinois Governor Advisory Council on Global Climate Change, and the Illinois Wind Working Group. Mr. Burger holds a BS in Alternative Energy from Jordan College of Cedar Springs, Michigan and an MS in Environmental Studies and Urban Geography from the University of Illinois at Chicago. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History
2006 - present Principal
Kestrel Development Company
2000 - 2006 Sales Manager
Spire Corporation

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There Is No "Best Way" When It Comes to Renewable Energy | 06-17-2008
Author: Mark Burger, Principal, Kestrel Development Company

There is still a tremendous bias to find "the" answer to the challenge of providing cleanly, affordable and secure energy that is also profitable to investors.  Our centralized, command-and-control way of extracting and delivering non-renewable energy blinds us to the fact that even there, different...

From Starved Kitten to Overstuffed Goose | 06-09-2008
Analysis of: $45 trillion 'revolution' against warming urged | www.msnbc.msn.com
Author: Mark Burger, Principal, Kestrel Development Company

A call for a revolution in how we use energy is overdue.  But the "real" revolution will come when we learn as a society how to harvest it, not mine it.  That means going with renewables and efficiency, not traditional nuclear and fossil fuel systems that are just more of the same, and more...

Culture, Not Conspiracy | 06-05-2008
Analysis of: Oil Companies eschew renewable energy | www.iht.com
Author: Mark Burger, Principal, Kestrel Development Company

The reasons why Big Oil does not invest significantly (say, 10% or more of their revenues) in solar and wind power is not conspiratorial.  It is more in the cultural makeup of an organization that is used to doing business largely one way (selling a consumable item) versus one that lasts a long...

US Wind Power industry Continues to Show Growth and Maturation | 06-05-2008
Analysis of: DOE Releases Annual Report On Wind Installation | www.nawindpower.com
Author: Mark Burger, Principal, Kestrel Development Company

The annual US Department of Energy report on wind power spells out details on the American achievement of 5,329 megawatts (MW) of capacity in 2007, the largest increase of any one country, and placing the US ahead of Spain and behind Germany in the Number 2 slot.  The report, issued by Lawrence...

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