Amy McCrae Kessler

About Amy McCrae Kessler

Climate is a System: Solve It Like One. Integrating energy, finance, and business with…

Experience

1. Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer

   Facet Power

   Mar 2022 — Present

   Welcome to the EcoSystems Era—where climate, energy, and finance solutions are built like nature builds resilience: as interconnected systems, not isolated projects.Facet Power partners with entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa and emerging markets to transform complex climate challenges into investment-grade, scalable assets and local enterprises. We amplify cross-sector synergies, modernize project finance, and blend institutional development & finance expertise with hyper-local knowledge and execution to unlock outcomes that single-project approaches can’t—creating uniquely powerful value for communities, entrepreneurs, investors, and the planet.Our EcoSystems:+ Bundle de-risked distributed generational scale projects into institutional scale $100M+ investment portfolios+ Span 13 climate investment themes across 8 market sectors+ Integrate solutions across food, water, waste, energy, industrial decarbonization, community resilience, and economic securityOur PRISM Investor Platform offers investors+ A range of risk, return, impact, exit, and follow on opportunities + A turnkey destination for simplified, streamlined, institutional grade access to the Net Zero transition+ Innovative liquidity, intelligence, and risk mitigation tools+ Automatic dividend reinvestment enabling initial equity investment to fund dozens of projects over the traditional hold period - not just oneEcoSystem Network Effect generates:• 10X the impact of isolated projects• 5X the speed to scale• 3X the capital efficiency• Exceptional risk-adjusted returnsWe\'re disrupting antiquated models to accelerate local climate action at planetary scale because “you can’t solve problems with the same thinking that created them.” — Albert EinsteinJoin us in thinking differently. Climate is a system. Solve it like one.

Skills

• Administrative Law
• Wetlands
• Closed Loop
• Renewable Energy
• Food Policy
• Food Waste
• Biomass
• Cleantech
• Anaerobic Digestion
• Conservation Issues
• Energy
• Legislative Affairs
• Environmental Policy
• Social Impact
• Food Waste Reduction & Recycling
• Solid Waste
• Organics
• Sustainable Energy
• Sustainability Consulting
• Compost
• Patents
• Interconnection
• Sustainable Materials Management
• Organics Recycling
• Environmental Compliance
• Waste Management
• Land Use Planning
• Sustainable Business
• Environmental Permitting
• International Environmental Law
• Sustainable Agriculture
• Climate Change Mitigation
• Federal Government Relations
• Nutrient Management
• Distributed Generation
• Zoning
• Regulatory Affairs
• Air Permitting
• Sustainable Development
• Carbon