Renewable biomass developer Active Energy announced the appointment of Steve Schaar as its chief operating officer on Wednesday.
The AIM-traded company said Schaar would focus on the development of ‘CoalSwitch’ production in the United States, initially in a non-board capacity.
It said Schaar would bring more than 25 years of experience in operations, project development, programme management, and new product launches from a broad range of industries.
Active Energy Group plc (LON:AEG) is a biomass based renewable energy business focussed on using its proprietary technology to transform low-cost or waste biomass material into renewable biomass fuels, thus creating next generation biomass products. AEG’S CoalSwitch® is a second generation biomass fuel that has been tested, and proven, to replace the traditional coal fired-power industry and existing renewable biomass industry without requiring plant modification.