Chase Whitney ’02

Chase Whitney ’02, Denver, Colo., had his “aha” moment when he discovered the link between energy and the environment. “Energy is the basis for our economy, and I don’t think people appreciate where it comes from and the impact it has,” said Whitney, now a business developer for Iberdrola Renewables, a Spain-based company that is the world’s largest owner and operator of renewable energy assets. Whitney sees wind power, the kind that covers much of northern Iowa and large parts of the Midwest, as one day being able to fulfill around a fifth of the United State’s total electric energy needs.