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City Of Bristol, England, United Kingdom

- GPM Horizon innovation- Development of wind turbine SCADA analytics algorithms- Software development (Python)

City Of Bristol, England, United Kingdom

- Development of wind turbine SCADA analytics algorithms- Software development (Python)

Bristol, United Kingdom

- Devised and implemented bespoke diagnostics services through staged analysis programs, resulting in actionable recommendations for increased energy capture.- Assisted customers in liquidated damages claims against wind turbine manufacturers, successfully winning ~€400k in damages in the last case.- Provided training to wind farm owners and operators on performance analysis techniques.- Supported customers in improving their wind farm performance monitoring capabilities through short secondments into their businesses as part of their asset management activities.- Spearheaded the digitalisation of services through the management of innovation projects, with a focus on SCADA analysis workflow, automated reporting for energy yield assessments, and due diligence.- Conducted multiple series of interviews, surveys and workshops with customers and colleagues to gain insights into their challenges and needs.- Managed the development of a new tool that significantly streamlines the ingest of SCADA data from solar and wind assets, standardises the data into a common schema, and prepares it for data mining.- Created a data mining tool using DataBricks in Azure that utilises distributed computing technology (Apache Spark) to mine data from 650 wind farms and 22000 wind turbines.- Collaborated with data scientists to develop a machine learning tool using convolutional neural networks to identify performance issues in wind turbine SCADA data.- Designed and developed an Azure web app, utilizing Python code in Azure Functions that automates the generation of energy yield assessment reports, saving each analyst significant time per project.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

- Wind farm energy yield assessment- Wind turbine performance analysis and reliability- Wind farm monitoring and optimisation- Development of software tools for wind farm analysis

Bristol, United Kingdom

Industry placement as part of final year of MEng Renewable Energy Engineering degree.Project focused on wind turbine reliability analysis: - Designed and wrote algorithms to identify wind turbine failures - Developed database application to handle reliability data - Comparative study of Reliawind results with other reliability data

Exeter, United Kingdom

Summer industry placement including:- Biomass energy consultancy- Traffic emissions modelling