About Us

Learn About NextVolt’s Vision and Commitment to Improving Grid Reliability.

Overview

NextVolt develops, owns, and operates battery energy storage and renewable energy projects.

Our analytical approach to development helps us originate, site, develop, construct, and operate projects that are improving grid reliability by providing rapid, dispatchable capacity.

Our Mission

To accelerate the transition to clean and sustainable energy by deploying battery energy storage and renewable energy projects.

Development

From real estate, permitting, engineering, safety, and stakeholder management – we have a diverse team of experts ensuring project success.

Interconnection

Our high-voltage engineers are able to identify the right locations to connect projects improving system reliability and creating value for all stakeholders.

Market Analysis

Every project has a commercial thesis behind it, driven by experts that understand power markets, capacity auctions, and energy trading.

Manish Kumar

CEO

NextVolt CEO Manish Kumar is an energy industry veteran with 20+ years’ experience in renewable energy, natural gas, and electricity.

Prior to NextVolt, Manish was Managing Director, Energy Storage at The AES Corporation where he led development and commercial for standalone utility scale battery energy storage. In this capacity, he led a development pipeline of 2.0GW+ and won/contracted ~500MW (2000MWh) of 20-year tolling PPAs in the US, leading all aspects of the development lifecycle from siting, permitting, contract negotiations, finance, and construction. He brings deep techno-commercial insights and expertise to NextVolt.

Before joining AES, Manish spent over 12 years with WGL Energy, initially in retail electricity & natural gas and later leading strategy for distributed solar and natural gas based distributed generation.

He holds an Engineering Degree in Electronics from the University of Mumbai and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Manish Kumar