Signal Energy is creating a Dallas-based wind division to focus on wind energy opportunities throughout the U.S. and Canada and further grow the company’s wind project portfolio.
Signal Energy provides engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)/balance-of-plant services for renewable energy and infrastructure projects globally. Part of EMJ Corp.’s family of companies, Signal Energy is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tenn., with offices in Dallas; Sacramento, Calif.; Albany, N.Y.; and Sydney, Australia.
Lance Gopffarth has been tapped to lead the new wind division. He will be located in Dallas and serve as vice president, reporting to Julian Bell, executive vice president of Signal Energy. Over the coming months, Signal plans to increase staff.
According to the company, Gopffarth has nearly 30 years of construction experience in a range of sectors. He began his construction career with EMJ Construction in Dallas as a project manager, and most recently, he led the construction operations of RedStone Construction in Tulsa, Okla.