City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
My vision is to run South Africa's entire economy on 100% renewable energy by 2050. To achieve this target I aim to be at the forefront of renewable energy and hybrid development to 2030 and beyond. Together with increasing penetration of solar PV, battery storage and electric motor vehicles, this will ensure that not only the electricity but also the transport sector can operate without fossil fuel inputs.
Managing development of a portfolio of wind farm developments in South Africa, planning RfP bids, managing staff & finances
I perform various consulting work in the wind power industry in South Africa, mostly as part of the Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA) project, a 4 year multi-institutional effort consisting of SANERI, Risoe/DTU, CSIR, SAWS and UCT/CSAG which will build on my work in the field over the past five years
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I worked on various aspects of wind power development ranging from power curves, microscale modelling (WAsP, Windsim) and site measurements in Spain, including drawing up complete reports for customers. Actual internship ended in April but I continued to conduct part-time consulting for Windtest from Cape Town throughout 2004 and again in 2007/8 for the Darling Wind Farm Fuhrlander power curve measurement
Ski convener for 2 successive years, successful rebuilding of ski lift in the Hex River mountains after ~15 years of inaction (includes organisation and carrying of 265kg 700m 10mm steel rope up to 1800m altitude) Hut convener for 1 year in charge of rebuilding the roof of a 1930's hut including full bolting of the panels onto the roof structure Only committee member this decade given two distinct service awards Winner of two successive Boland 90 Hiking Challenges with UCT team