McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. announced the promotion of Nayan Bhakta to President of the firm’s National Renewable Energy group. As President of McCarthy’s National Renewable Energy group, Nayan will lead business operations and the firm’s national strategy for renewable energy, which serves solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects nationwide.
His technical expertise and strategic vision have been instrumental in delivering innovative solutions for large-scale utility solar projects and energy storage facilities from coast-to-coast, while positioning the firm as a top EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) partner to vendors, utilities and developers in the industry, and within the communities served by McCarthy.
In his previous role as Chief Operating Officer of the Renewable Energy group, Nayan helped scale McCarthy’s renewable energy portfolio, more than quadrupling the firm’s solar and battery energy storage footprint in under two years, while strengthening the operational foundation needed to support the group’s national growth.
He joined McCarthy in December 2014 and assumed various roles within the National Renewable Energy group, beginning in preconstruction and focusing on improving the firm’s design strategies in renewable energy development. He also led the development of the group’s model for onboarding to provide team members with smooth transitions to building solar and battery energy storage projects, which are often in remote and rural locations.
Before joining McCarthy, Nayan held several roles in the renewable energy sector as well as worked domestically and internationally designing and constructing large petrochemical projects. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona.
Nayan succeeds Dhruv Patel, who was recently promoted to Chief Operating Officer of McCarthy Holdings, the parent company of McCarthy Building Companies.
Since its launch in 2010, McCarthy’s National Renewable Energy group has constructed more than 115 utility scale solar and battery energy storage projects across the nation, contributing more than 18 GW of energy and over 10 GWh of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). The group currently has over 4,600 employees and skilled craft workers building energy projects to support communities around the United States.
