Press release

Tue, 09/03/2024 - 12:45pm

Peregrine Turbine Technologies announced Tuesday, Sept. 3, recently retired Rear Admiral Larry LeGree has joined the leadership team at Peregrine Turbine Technologies of Wiscasset. LeGree will lead PTT’s Nuclear Energy Systems (PTT NES) subsidiary as its chief executive officer, while also serving in the parent organization (PTT) as EVP Strategy for Subsidiary Development.

He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a degree in systems engineering. He has 33 years of commissioned service as a qualified nuclear

surface warfare officer; was a National Security Fellow at Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and holds a master of international public policy from Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University, and master’s degrees in both public administration and political science from North Carolina State University.

Rear Admiral LeGree has an extensive and storied career in the U.S. Navy, including four command tours and over 14 years at sea. At-sea assignments include multiple tours aboard the USS Enterprise culminating in serving as the final chief engineer of the Big E.

Deployments abroad include United Nations Operations in Kosovo, Maritime Interception Operations in the Northern Arabian Gulf, and Afghanistan. Ashore he served as the Principal Military Assistant to the 26th Secretary of Defense and as the Senior Nuclear Advisor to the Secretary of Energy. He recently also served as the Director of Operations for the NATO Joint Forces Command in Naples, Italy. His final Navy assignment was commanding the counternarcotics task group responsible for drug interdiction in the southern hemisphere.

LeGree brings extensive nuclear, technical and leadership experience and capabilities to Peregrine as it prepares to bring its transformational sCO2 technologies to the global energy markets. David Stapp, Peregrine’s chief executive officer/chief technology officer, commented: “We are very excited to have Admiral LeGree join us at this important inflection in our company’s history. His outstanding leadership and organizational skills will help Peregrine bring breakthrough solutions to longstanding challenges in cleaning up the energy and transportation sectors, while bringing energy equity to underserved populations. He is joining PTT as it prepares to bring the first of its disruptive super critical carbon dioxide (sCO2) energy conversion, storage, and propulsion technologies to the commercial and military markets.”