PNNL

Jed Jorgensen joined the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in August 2022 as an advisor within the Electricity Infrastructure and Buildings Division. Jorgensen’s work largely focuses on irrigation modernization, conduit hydropower, and technical assistance program design and deployment.

Prior to PNNL, Jorgensen worked with both Farmers Conservation Alliance and Energy Trust of Oregon, supporting the founding and development of the organizations’ irrigation modernization work and leading the creation of strategies to support the planning, design, and installation of large-scale irrigation water delivery infrastructure projects with benefits that support agriculture, the environment, and rural communities. That included work to optimize and integrate renewable energy and energy efficiency opportunities into irrigation infrastructure upgrades to reduce costs and create revenue streams that can accelerate modernization. 

Since 2008, Jorgensen also supported the successful planning, development, and installation of dozens of different distributed renewable energy projects at community scales across a variety of technologies (biogas, geothermal, hydropower, solar, and wind). Through this work, he developed deep expertise with in-conduit hydroelectric projects and energy policy. Prior to shifting his focus to renewable energy and irrigation modernization, Jorgensen cut his teeth with six years of work in electoral politics, supporting local, state, and federal candidates in Oregon and Arizona.

• Irrigation modernization opportunities in the western U.S.
• Conduit hydropower and solar in agricultural settings
• Efficient and effective technical assistance and project development funding program design

• Conduit hydropower
• Irrigation and water management
• Renewable energy project development and policy

• BA in environmental science, Willamette University