Michael Rucker

Michael Rucker is the Founder and CEO of Scout Clean Energy, a renewable energy owner-operator with 1,200 MW of operating projects and a 19 GW development pipeline of wind, solar and storage projects spanning 24 US states. Scout has been a portfolio company of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners since 2017.

Michael was co-founder and formerly President of Harvest Energy Services, Inc. (sold to Takkion) which specialized in O&M and asset management services. Michael previously served as CEO of juwi Wind North America, a German wind developer, and as VP of Business Development at Clipper Windpower Development. Prior to that, he was a Commercial Director at GE Energy for west region wind, hydro, and natural gas turbine sales. Other positions included Director at APX for renewable energy certificate trading, power scheduling, and settlements. He also supported the UN Climate Change negotiations at the International Energy Agency in Paris as manager of the Climate Technology Initiative program. Michael was also a Manager at the Edison Electric Institute, the trade association for the US investor-owned utilities.