Indran Govender

Background

About Indran Govender

Indran is a Senior Environmental Specialist with more than twenty years experience in the environmental management field. His experience includes: research on alternate and renewable energy technologies, including life cycle assessments and climate change implications for Eskom; identification and description of applicable environmental standards and regulatory information including the nature and range of environmental approvals required for large scale energy and infrastructure projects; environmental site screening and fatal flaw assessments for potential new build generation options, project management of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) undertaken and compiling Environmental Management Plans (EMPs) for various projects. He has also carried out strategic planning for future generation activities; conducted externality assessments of hypothetical wind power, open cycle gas turbines and imported hydroelectric electricity generation projects; provided general environmental management and compliance reporting for all construction activities during the construction phase of large-scale infrastructure projects; provided environmental and sustainability input to the Pre-Feasibility Assessment of a zinc mine in Nunavut; and undertaken due diligence reviews on behalf of financing institutions for various proposed solar projects in South Africa and hydro-electric and wind projects in Canada. Indran’s recent projects include the Port Mann / Highway 1 Upgrade Project and the Kemano T2 Project in British Columbia, Canada. Specialties: Integrated Environmental Management, Climate Change, Electricity Generation and the Environment, Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuel Electricity Generation.