Part of our Orkney team since August 2019, Alexandre uses his technical knowledge of the renewable energy sector, and his project engineering and data analysis experience to support Community Energy Scotland activities. 

He is currently part of the technical team and in parallel involved in supporting the Cowal Community Energy project. As part of the project, he helps the Cowal Community Energy group with their approach to reach shared ownership agreements with two commercial wind developers and identifying other opportunities for community owned project in the Cowal Peninsula. Within the technical team, he helps support the CARES Launchpad and Framework projects conducting options appraisal and technical feasibility studies work often looking at the integration of REGs in constrained grid networks.

Alexandre has worked on the integration of renewable generators into the electricity grid. In the past, he has modelled Orkney generators’ load data, and curtailment based on the SCADA control system. He has an in-depth knowledge of sustainable heat projects, and expertise in electrical load analysis having developed this work during his support of the SMILE project and leading on the Heat Pump Plus programme.

Really keen on outdoor adventure, he spends most of his free time in the ocean and surfs Orkney cold waters all year round. You might occasionally see him escape for a quick surf session in his lunchbreak!