Donald Trump nominates Assistant Secretary of Energy
Published by Louise Mulhall,
Editorial Assistant
World Coal,
Following a string of nominations from President Trump for key positions in his Administration, Steven E. Winberg of Pennsylvania is to be appointed as Assistant Secretary of Energy.
He is a recognised expert in fossil energy R&D, advanced clean coal technology, and natural gas production and use. As Vice President for R&D for CONSOL Energy, Inc., and more recently as a Senior Program Manager with the Battelle Memorial Institute, he has demonstrated leadership on energy policy issues including addressing emissions legislation/regulation and electricity/natural gas deregulation. Mr. Winberg was the board chair for the FutureGen Industrial Alliance, a coalition of power producers, coal producers and equipment manufacturers, established to pursue a public/private partnership to build the world’s first near-zero emissions coal-fuelled power plant. Mr. Winberg holds two patents related to NOx emissions reduction using coal and natural gas. He has a bachelor’s degree in nuclear science from SUNY Maritime College and an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh.
Read the article online at: https://www.worldcoal.com/power/06092017/donald-trump-nominates-assistant-secretary-of-energy/
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