Knowledge Murphy is the owner & CEO of BMGP Energy, a solar development company & multimedia brand which focuses on residential/commercial solar, microgrids, agrivoltaics, and consulting.

He is the co-founder of the Northwest Xcelerator, a climate-tech accelerator for Black and underserved entrepreneurs. The NWXcelerator has won 3 of NREL's American Made Challenges; two Inclusive Energy Innovation prizes, and one EPIC Prize.

Knowledge is also co-founder of the Kijani Collective, a group of Black environmentalists focused on representation in Oregon's environmental legislation, policy and rulemaking.

Mr. Murphy is currently working on agrivoltaics and community solar projects around the U.S. and internationally.

Finally, he is working on completing a documentary on the lack of diversity in the green jobs sector. Please reach out if interested in providing funding and/or film services. Below is a link to a trailer for the documentary:

“Diversity in the Green Jobs Sector”:

The First Annual California-Germany Agrivoltaics Conference:

NCAT's Harvesting the Sun Agrivoltaics video:

Here are links to the Inclusive Energy Innovation prize announcements:

https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/doe-announces-inclusive-energy-innovation-prize-winners

https://www.nrel.gov/news/program/2022/inclusive-energy-innovation-prize-phase-one-winners.html

Here is a link to the EPIC prize announcement:

https://www.energy.gov/technologytransitions/articles/us-department-energy-awards-13-million-incubators-and-accelerators

He was a guest for an interview from the KOWA Black Environmentalists Podcast:

He was a guest panelist on a climate justice panel discussion with Oregon MESA in 2020.

In 2018, he was part of an NPR Marketplace interview, entitled "It's Not Easy Being Green When You're Poor"