Stephen Cookson

Background

About Stephen Cookson

Stephen has worked in renewable energy for over 17 years. Originally focused on project development, he led the management and closing of several utility-scale wind projects for RES across Canada, overseeing land acquisition, EA permitting, interconnection processes, stakeholder engagement, and project-level financial screening. Stephen then spent 3 years in Santiago Chile, opening RES’ first office in South America while building a partnership portfolio, before returning to Canada to lead RES’ involvement in the Wataynikaneyap project, a $1.9B remote transmission line project, in partnership with 22 First Nation communities. Now dedicated to origination and project finance, Stephen is focused on the emerging C&I markets across Canada and leads RES Canada's power marketing, financial forecasting, and corporate PPA contracting efforts. Stephen also plays a key commercial role in RES’ investor relations, partnership, and M&A activities, leading wind and solar asset sale and financing transactions. Stephen is a registered Professional Mechanical Engineer, holds a Project Management Professional certification, speaks English, French and Spanish, and lives in Montreal, Canada.