# Janice Tran

> Janice Tran is the CEO and co-founder of Kanin Energy, a clean-energy project developer that captures industrial waste heat and converts it into reliable electricity. A Canadian CPA with experience at NRG and Generate Capital, she has built her career around the less glamorous but decisive work of deployment: structuring capital, aligning industrial partners and moving proven technology from proposal to operating infrastructure.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at Kanin Energy
- **Organizations:** Kanin Energy, Student Energy, Generate Capital, NRG, M-RETS
- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Education:** Master of Science in Sustainability Management; Earth Institute Fellow, Columbia University, Master's in Accounting, University of Saskatchewan, Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting, University of Calgary
- **Known for:** Built a major North American portfolio of anaerobic-digestion assets while at Generate Capital., Co-founded Student Energy, which has engaged young people across more than 120 countries., Co-founded Kanin Energy and advanced a third-party-financed model for industrial waste-heat projects.

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Co-founded the initiative that became Student Energy while studying at the University of Calgary.
- **2013** — Became a licensed Chartered Professional Accountant in Canada.
- **2015** — Completed an MS in Sustainability Management at Columbia University after researching sustainable investing and pension funds.
- **Before 2020** — Helped implement NRG's renewable microgrids business line, then became an early employee and Director at Generate Capital.
- **2020** — Co-founded Kanin Energy with Dan Fipke and Jake Bainbridge.
- **2022** — Kanin announced a four-site waste-heat-to-power collaboration with Tallgrass Energy.
- **2023** — Named to Hart Energy's Oil and Gas Investor Forty Under 40 and nominated for UCLA's Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award.
- **2025** — Kanin secured a committed credit facility from PaceZero to support North American project development; Tran joined the Unreasonable Impact Americas program.
- **2026** — Kanin's 9.2 MW Washington Court House project became operational, supplying electricity for the University of Dayton.

## Achievements

- Built a major North American portfolio of anaerobic-digestion assets while at Generate Capital.
- Co-founded Student Energy, which has engaged young people across more than 120 countries.
- Co-founded Kanin Energy and advanced a third-party-financed model for industrial waste-heat projects.
- Brought Kanin's 9.2 MW Washington Court House waste-heat-to-power project to operational status in 2026.
- Selected for Hart Energy's 2023 Oil and Gas Investor Forty Under 40.
- Nominated for UCLA's 2023 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Kanin's 9.2 MW Washington Court House Power Project entered operation, with 78,000 MWh of annual delivery listed for the University of Dayton.
- **2025-10** — Tran participated in the Unreasonable Impact Americas 2025 program.
- **2025-08** — Kanin secured a committed credit facility from PaceZero Capital Partners for waste-heat-to-power development across North America.

## Links

- Website: https://kaninenergy.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janicetran
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kaninenergy
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVJwr-EDWaQ
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/kaninenergy

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Last updated: 2026-08-26