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Carlos Vicente Pineda, Senior Development Officer Carlos Vicente Pineda brings over ten years of experience in the project finance and clean energy sectors, and sixteen years working in international development and the environment. In 2007 Carlos was co-founder and Partner of Biofuels Capital Partners, LLC (BCP), a target $300 million private equity fund focused on clean fuels and renewable power. Carlos was involved in all aspects of firm concept and design, fundraising, and prospective portfolio company due diligence. He currently sits on the Advisory Board of BCP. As Director of Development for Orion Energy (now wholly owned by BP Alternative Energy), Mr. Pineda managed the development of approximately 550 MW of wind energy projects in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest. One of Mr. Pineda's key achievements includes completing development of Oregon's 450 MW Biglow Canyon Wind Farm. Prior to that, he was Project Director at the AES Corporation and President of AES Honduras, where he led the development of the pioneering "El Faro" Project - a $650 million facility, including a liquefied natural gas receiving terminal and a 580 MW combined cycle gas turbine plant, designed to introduce natural gas and supply clean power to Honduras, El Salvador, and across Central America. Also at AES, Mr. Pineda also led proforma modeling on the $728 million project financing of a large clean coal project in Puerto Rico. Mr. Pineda began his career in energy as an Associate in the Environment Department of the World Bank and in the Energy and Natural Resources Project Finance Group at Paribas (now BNP Paribas), after completing two years as a high school biology teacher with Teach For America. Mr. Pineda received a BA in Human Biology and a minor with Honors in Latin American Studies from Stanford University, a MBA in Finance from the Yale School of Management and a Masters Degree in Environmental Management (MEM) in Development from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. | 