Who We Are - Blue Delta

Ken Nelson, President and Co-Founder

Ken Nelson brings a uniquely broad perspective to the REC market. He has traded the North American energy markets since 1989 in biofuels, propane, natural gas and power and has been active in RECs as a supplier, aggregator and compliance buyer. Ken has experience in a number of compliance and voluntary environmental credit markets, including Energy Efficiency Credits, RINs and LCFS Credits, Greenhouse Gas Credits and Offsets, and Federal Emission Reduction Credits.

During more than 20 years in physical and financial energy markets, Ken has managed regional power desks (where he traded the term, spot, speculative, and asset books); and traded natural gas, power, transmission congestion, capacity, emissions, and renewable energy credits. His experience spans every NERC power region and North American gas region, including Canada and Mexico. Prior to co-founding Blue Delta, Ken led the renewables desk at Element Markets.

Ken also has worked at Sempra Energy Solutions, where he was a regional pricing director, and at Citigroup, TransAlta, Dynegy, PG&E Energy Trading, Enron, and Texaco. He holds a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana and an MBA in Finance and Business from the University of Houston.

Thomas Jacobsen, Co-Founder

Prior to establishing Blue Delta with Ken Nelson, Thomas Jacobsen led origination strategies and management of client environmental commodity portfolios at Element Markets. Applying his analytical skills and knowledge of market and legislative dynamics, Thomas has represented renewable energy project owners; voluntary and compliance entities; utilities and electric cooperatives; and commercial, industrial and municipal entities across the U.S. He previously marketed and sold renewable energy for Green Mountain Energy and Florida Power & Light. He also has led numerous projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America involving environmental policy, international biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. Thomas holds an M.A. in Environmental Anthropology from the University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K. and a B.A. in Environmental Science and Anthropology from Connecticut College.

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