John Bergerud
John is a Power Plant Manager for Engie North America who oversees the two power plants on the University of Iowa campuses as well as campus chilled water production. He leads a team of almost 50 who operate and maintain the two complex power plant facilities and four chilled water production facilities.
John has over 20 years of Power Plant and utility experience in operations, project coordination and commissioning, and management. He has extensive experience in fuel conversions (successfully transitioning a Stoker boiler from coal to energy pellets in 2017) and biomass. He served as the technical expert and commissioning lead for the University of Iowa Power Plant on several major capital projects including the installation of natural gas burners on a Stoker boiler and the installation of a Backup Generation Plant with four Natural Gas Engine Generators with a combined 8MW of generating capacity.