Daniel Fipke

Dan is the Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer of Kanin Energy, a North American developer and owner of waste heat to power and industrial energy infrastructure projects. Dan leads project origination, commercial structuring, permitting, development, and strategic partnerships across Kanin’s portfolio. With extensive experience in energy infrastructure development, he has led the advancement of complex power generation projects from concept through financial close and construction. His work focuses on delivering energy solutions that create economic and decarbonization value for industrial operators.

Dan spent a decade between the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) and Alberta Energy. At the AESO, Dan held various roles including commercial operations (ancillary services procurement), energy storage integration, distributed energy resource review committee, and generation forecasting. At Alberta Energy, Dan was seconded to provide technical and regulatory expertise in market design restructuring, and agency regulatory governance.

Dan earned his Master’s in Environmental Management from Royal Roads University and an undergraduate degree in Political Science and Economics from the University of Calgary.