David Brown Kinloch

Role: Panelist, Speaker

David Brown Kinloch received two Bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Philosophy and two Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering and in Science, Technology and Values from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After leaving college he served two years in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Brooklyn and Philadelphia, before returning to Kentucky to work on developing renewable energy projects. Dave has worked in hydroelectric development in Kentucky for the last 40 years. He has worked primarily on small hydroelectric projects. In 1989, he and his partner Bob Fairchild installed Kentucky’s first small hydroelectric project. Dave is President of both Appalachian Hydro Associated and Shaker Landing Hydro Associates. These companies have two small hydro plants in operation, one currently under construction, and four others in development, all on the Kentucky River.