Al Rudeck
Al Rudeck has been named president of ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALLETE Inc. Rudeck will replace Eric Norberg, who retired July 1, 2016, after 38 years with ALLETE.
“Eric leaves behind a legacy of innovation and creative entrepreneurship. Under his leadership, ALLETE Clean Energy has grown in scale, scope and reputation as a trusted partner who can get the deal done with some of the most well-known wind players in the industry. Eric and the ACE team established a 500-megawatt wind portfolio in just five years with operations that span the nation,” said Al Hodnik, ALLETE chairman, president and CEO. “Eric has done a tremendous job of growing ALLETE Clean Energy in the clean energy space, and I have full confidence Al Rudeck will continue that growth with the support of a talented team.”
Rudeck began his career at Minnesota Power, ALLETE’s utility division, in 1996 as a chemical engineer. In 2006, he was promoted to vice president of Generation and was responsible for Minnesota Power’s thermal and renewable assets in Minnesota and North Dakota, as well as fuel services, production planning and corporate engineering. He has been involved in some of the company’s largest initiatives, including power plant environmental retrofits and the growth of Minnesota Power’s wind portfolio to over 500 megawatts, including the $800 million Bison investment in North Dakota and a $50 million dollar investment at Taconite Ridge in Minnesota.
In 2013 Rudeck was named Minnesota Power’s vice president of strategy and planning, which also included Fuels and Asset Optimization. In that role he was instrumental in the formation and execution of components of the company’s Energy Forward strategy including Bison 4, the Manitoba Hydro-Great Northern vision with a 133-megawatt renewable enhancement, a 10-megawatt solar farm at the Minnesota National Guard base at Camp Ripley, the largest solar farm on a National Guard base in the U.S., and competitive rail agreements.
“I feel privileged and humbled to join the ACE team which has, in partnership with ALLETE, demonstrated keen abilities ranging from creative and sophisticated deal negotiations to acquisitions and build-own-transfer of large scale energy projects to honing expertise in operating wind farms,” Rudeck said. “These are exciting and dynamic times in the energy industry as our nation’s energy landscape changes.”
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