As a geologist, Kirk Barrell has studied what lies below ground for decades on the hunt for oil and gas pockets across Louisiana. But now he's searching for land to build solar farms that won't be a wetland in 50 years along the Gulf Coast.
Barrell is co-founder of NuQuest Energy, a renewable energy developer looking to build large solar farms in Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi then sell the electricity manufactured from the sun's rays to utility companies.
NuQuest Energy is based in New Orleans and was created by a group of fossil fuel industry service executives looking to hedge their oil and gas bets by jumping into the renewable energy business. NuQuest Energy co-founders include Denis Taylor and Bob Rosamond, partners at Houston-based engineering firm Audubon Companies, alongside Alex Guitart, president of New Orleans Land & Title Company LLC. Barrell also runs Amelia Resources which secures oil and gas leases from private landowners for sale to drillers interested in the Louisiana shale plays.
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