Fred Gallagher
CEO and Managing Director- Adelante Energy
Frederick (Fred) M. Gallagher, MBA
Current Activity:
Adelante Energy Inc.
• Managing Director and CEO
• Solar, Geothermal and Wind
development
Canadian Vitality Pathway (CVP)
• Managing Director, CEO
• Transportation Corridor Development
Mr. Gallagher develops and markets nascent clean
energy facilities and technologies that are on the
cusp of being commercially mainstream. The CVP is
a natural extension, developing access to markets
for transportation and all energy forms. Mr.
Gallagher has developed ventures in petroleum,
wind energy, geo-exchange, storage and solar
resulting in over 1000MW of installed power.
Previous Energy Endeavors:
• President and Principal of Innovitas, Inc. (2012-15) an electrical energy storage
technology company developing a low-cost large-scale heat based battery.
• Chairman of Clean Energy Developments Corp. a full service geo-exchange developer
offering commercial and residential heating and cooling solutions across Canada.
• Executive VP of TransAlta Corporation (2002-07) – responsible for expansion of wind
generation in TransAlta’s portfolio and the development of coal gasification and
investigating hydrogen as a future fuel in TransAlta’s Clean Fuels Strategy.
• Managing Director, CEO of Vision Quest Windelectric Inc. (1992-2002) Vision Quest
developed, built, owned and operated utility wind facilities across Canada. Vision Quest
was acquired by TransAlta in 2002 (TransAlta’s current wind assets, 1548MW installed,
1711MW in development, greater than 40% of net assets).
• Exploration Geologist, Geophysicist & Senior Management Advisor, petroleum
exploration & development, Amoco Production Company, Calgary, Australia, Houston &
Chicago (Head Office) (1980-91).
Mr. Gallagher has a B.Sc. in Geology (1978) from the University of Calgary and a MBA with
Honours distinction, 1991) from IMD Lausanne, Switzerland.
Mr. Gallagher has participated in several pivotal government and industry forums, associations
and committees such as the Alberta Energy Minister’s Steering Committee on Electrical Industry
Restructuring (1994-2002), the AESO Market Design Committee, the AESO Transmission
Planning Committee, the Alberta Advisory Council on Electricity, the Alberta Growth Summit,
the National Climate Change Issues Tables, the Nova Scotia Energy Strategy and the Alberta
Environment Minister’s Advisory Committee. Mr. Gallagher is a Past President and CEO of
CanWEA (now Canadian Renewable Energy Association). In 2004, Mr Gallagher was presented
by CanWEA with the Individual Leadership Award, in recognition of exceptional achievements in
furthering the wind energy industry and the deployment of wind energy technology in Canada.