Steven E. Winberg

Vice President

Steve Winberg is CONSOL Energy’s Vice President for Research & Development, and Coal Conversion & Power Development. 

Winberg has over 30 years of experience in the energy industry, ranging from power generation equipment design and installation, to use of innovative fuels and holds two patents related to NOx emissions reduction using coal and natural gas.  Winberg has worked on a variety of emerging energy initiatives including carbon capture and sequestration, coal-to-liquids, greenhouse gas reduction technology, fluidized bed combustion, emulsified fuels, fuel cells and coal-water slurry applications. 

Winberg’s external activities include:

• Chairman of the FutureGen Industrial Alliance board of directors
• Pennsylvania Nanomaterials Commercialization Center board
• Carnegie Science Center Board
• West Virginia University Advanced Energy Initiative board
• Coal Utilization Research Council Steering Committee

Winberg has a bachelor’s degree in nuclear science from the State University of New York Maritime College and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh.

Winberg began his career with Foster Wheeler as a start-up engineer on coal-fired utility boilers, spent 14 years in the natural gas industry working on various power development projects and environmental and regulatory issues.  He represented the gas industry on EPA’s Acid Rain Advisory Committee and participated in various regulatory rulemaking initiatives involving end-use application of natural gas. 

CONSOL Energy is a multi-energy producer of coal, gas and electricity. CONSOL produces both high-Btu coal and gas from reserves located mainly east of the Mississippi River.  CONSOL Energy is a major fuel supplier to the electric power industry in the northeast quadrant of the United States.  CONSOL. is the largest producer of high-Btu bituminous coal in the United States and the largest natural gas producer in the Appalachian Basin.