Wayne Smith

Background

About Wayne Smith

Wayne is an electrical engineer with 18 years experience in both renewables and fossil fuel generation. His expertise are focused on the electrical aspects of Wind Farm and Solar PV design, wind turbine technology, integration into distribution networks.In Engineering, Procurement & Construction Management, Wayne has been Project Electrical Engineer + 500 MW Wind Farms in South Africa & 400 MW ( Wind & Solar PV ) in the Project Development and Owners Engineer Space ( SA and Southern Africa )He is an active member of the South African Wind Energy Association ( SAWEA ) Technical Working Groups and the deputy chair of the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association ( SAPVIA ) Grid Access Working Group. He obtained both his BSc in 2003 and MSc in 2009 in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He is a member of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers and a candidate electrical engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA).Skills-Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy in Mining, Business Development, Project Development, Sector Coupling, Power Systems, Grid Code Compliance, Protection & Excitation Systems, Load Flows and Fault Studies, Wind Turbines, Solar PV, Digsilent, PVSyst, Aircraft Power Supplies, Project & Process Engineering.