• ReCon Associates

    Energy Consulting and Project Development Services

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  • Making your business grow…

    ReCon Associates is a multi-disciplinary consortium of seasoned business, financial, technical and scientific professionals with global reach and prospective.

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    ReCon Associates delivers strategic and tactical consulting services to executives of renewable energy and clean tech firms.

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About us

ReCon Associates members include seasoned energy executives, managers, academics, scientists and researchers. Collectively, ReCon’s principals have over 300 years in the energy industry. ReCon maintains “of counsel” relationships with world-class engineering and legal firms. All members have boardroom and senior management experience in their respective fields. Members collaborate on a project-by-project basis, focused on the specific needs and circumstances of the client.
Key members include:

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Key members include:

Timothy M. Baye

Timothy M. Baye

Coordinating member and a founder

Tim Baye is ReCon’s coordinating member and a founder. Since 1984, Baye’s career has focused on renewable energy business development and finance through executive, academic and advisory capacities. His project portfolios include U.S., Latin America/Caribbean, Australia, North Africa and West/Central European. Baye’s core competencies include, project/corporate strategy/planning, financial and investment analysis, contracting (offtake and supply) and, project evaluation, planning and development; bioenergy (primary), solar (secondary).

Bill Johnson

Bill Johnson

ReCon’s principal biomass supply analysis and advisor

Bill Johnson is ReCon’s principal biomass supply analyst and advisor. Johnson’s extensive industry experience and reach comes from his 21 years in the utility and consultancy business, along with over 22 years in research and education. He has been responsible for numerous biomass supply-chain projects, biomass fuel contracting and brokering. Johnson’s core competencies include biomass (primary) supply development and sourcing, contracting, electrical generation/combustion, public relations, energy efficiency and education, biogas (secondary).

Kim Zuhlke

Kim Zuhlke

Principal wind energy and utility system advisor

Kim Zuhlke is ReCon’s principal wind energy and utility system advisor. Zuhlke has over 35 years industry experience, with 7 years as a senior new generation system executive in a large Midwestern U.S. utility. He advises many of the world’s largest wind energy firms and associations Zuhlke’s core competencies include strategy, financial, off-take and supply agreements, wind energy purchases, electrical generation, wind (primary) all other electrical platforms (secondary).

Jeff Bedard

Jeff Bedard

Founder and managing partner of Providence Partners

Jeff Bedard is founder and managing partner of Providence Partners a mixed-use builder developer focused on developing resource efficient, sustainable, residential, retail, hotel and office projects in high-density urban locations. He is also managing partner of Resort Energy Ventures , providing international clients guidance for distributed energy generation projects. Bedard has over 25 years experience in both real estate and U.S. Federal government agencies. Bedard is ReCon’s principal resort energy systems advisor.

Poul Ejner Rasmussen

Poul Ejner Rasmussen

Founder and CEO of Renew Energy A/S

Poul Ejner Rasmussen is founder and CEO of Renew Energy A/S, a world leading anaerobic digestion engineering firm headquartered in Denmark. With over 27 years in the industry, Rasmussen’s systems operate globally, representing cutting edge biological conversion platforms, reliability and performance. Renew Energy A/S has tackled the most challenging feedstock issues and is a global leader in nutrient conversion. Rasmussen, and his team’s core competencies include energy strategy, project development, management and contracting, engineering and technology, biogas (primary).

Bill Johnson, Jr.

Bill Johnson, Jr.

Principal of Timberian

Bill Johnson Jr. is a principal of Timberian, a full-service forestry, woody feedstock bio-energy and, wood manufacturing optimization firm based in Northwest, Wisconsin. Johnson, Jr. brings over 25 years of experience in the forest industry. Johnson also holds executive positions with Futurewood Corporation, Flambeau River Papers, and Johnson Timber Corporation. Timberian, one of ReCon’s newest associates, provides turn-key, woody biomass supply-chain development services.

ReCon Associates is a multi-disciplinary consortium of seasoned energy and clean tech business, financial, technical and scientific professionals with global reach and perspective.

ReCon Associates delivers strategic and executional consulting services to Energy, Renewable Energy & Clean Tech companies, developers and investors.

We provide value by enhancing, streamlining and accelerating the client’s ability to achieve their objectives in the energy project space.

ReCon Associates differs from many other consulting firms in our approach. Our services are specifically targeted to build the client’s internal capacity, through advisory services, partnering and training.

Our firm serves the client’s executive management consultation needs, while drawing upon our teams’ extensive knowledge and experience, both in the trenches and in the boardroom. While familiarity with many engineering, technology, finance and legal vendors is a trait our team shares with the larger firms, retaining a high degree of objectivity allows us to focus on meeting the client’s  specific needs.

ReCon Associates’ competitive advantage is excellence in understanding the business, legal and technical requirements for successful execution of the energy project.

Our mission and vision is to assist the customer in translating the organizational goals, the technical options and the financial objectives into a realistic and actionable energy project.