The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management said this week it is hiring an executive to help industrial redevelopment at DOE nuclear sites.
In a Monday post on LinkedIn, Environmental Management head Tim Walsh said the nuclear cleanup office has appointed Jim Kahler, who Walsh described as a “seasoned adviser and strategist.”
Kahler will “drive reindustrialization efforts – transforming legacy infrastructure into affordable American energy solutions,” Walsh said. “His nearly two decades of experience across the full energy value chain will be invaluable to EM’s strategic initiatives.”
The LinkedIn post did not share any additional details on Kahler’s background.
But an Internet search turned up what appeared to be a LinkedIn page for Kahler, listing him as a senior adviser for DOE, “Integrating reindustrialization with federal stewardship. Focused on critical infrastructure development.” According to the online bio, the senior adviser has worked in a variety of energy and investor consulting roles over the years. Most recently he was vice president and content manager for FactSet, a software solutions provider for investors. He has also been a senior research analyst for Wood Mackenzie and a senior energy analyst focusing on natural gas for S&P Global.
DOE is increasingly looking to provide underutilized land at its sprawling nuclear weapons and research sites for artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, power generation and related projects.
Walsh, who is serving as something of a DOE point person for “hype-scalers” like Amazon and Google, Cold War and Manhattan Project property could become home to “energy dominance parks,” Walsh said recently.