Jake Edie to Head Cleantech Marketing Agency RenewComm

Jake Edie moves this week from VP of Marketing for Clean Energy Associates (now Intertek CEA), to take the helm of RenewComm LLC, the leading cleantech marketing and PR agency founded in 2004 and known for its industry expertise.

Edie joins founder Peter Kelley and both will use the title Managing Partner, with Edie filling the CEO role and leading the company’s growth and client strategies, and Kelley moving to the COO role and continuing to oversee client services.

“I’m thrilled to be joining a team with such deep expertise in our industry,” said Edie.  “As AI makes it easier and easier to generate mediocre content, exceptional messaging and thought leadership will increasingly become the primary way to break through in today’s attention economy. The RenewComm team has the experience and industry understanding to help clients do just that.”

Edie spent nearly five years running marketing and inside sales for Clean Energy Associates, which rebranded last week as Intertek CEA following its 2022 acquisition by the global leader in quality assurance. His Marketing, Insides Sales, and Sales Operations teams helped dramatically grow sales from his arrival in 2021 until his departure in 2025.

He previously served as Business Development Director and Energy Storage Solutions Architect for S&C Electric Company, a leading ESS integrator and EPC. He negotiated supply agreements with key lithium-ion battery and PCS suppliers, and oversaw  cost-estimating, proposal development, contract negotiation, and construction licensing for energy storage, substation, microgrid, and grid-scale solar projects. 

As VP of Business Development for AllCell Technologies, a lithium-ion battery integrator, he helped develop some of the industry's first energy storage systems for PJM’s RegD market. He led their transition from R&D to product sales, signing Google, Bombardier, Solar Grid Storage, and Mahindra, among others. AllCell was acquired by Beam Global.

For the past three years he has taught courses in clean energy and the electric grid for University of Illinois, Chicago, and he guest-lectures at University of Chicago. He holds an MS in Environmental Science and Policy from University of Chicago, and a BA in Economics from Northwestern.

“Jake is thoughtful, incisive, and really knows the business,” said Kelley. “He builds high-performing teams and supports quality work while never losing his cool. And his ability to bring technical clarity to the market, inspire teams, and turn marketing expertise into client results aligns perfectly with RenewComm’s values and ambitions.”

“Two decades into our journey as a leading marketing and PR agency for climate solutions and American energy, Jake’s arrival is a major milestone for our company. I can’t wait to see where he will take us and our clients.”

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