Senior Renewable Energy Engineer and Consultant
My work is my purpose, my driving force.
It's the reason I get up every day and do what I do.
Highly experienced professional engineer with 18+ years of outstanding international work experience as Project Manager and Consultant overseeing multidisciplinary teams and managing a diverse range of engineering, construction and infrastructure projects, including building rehabilitation and interior fit out, technical operations, water supply and sanitation installations, renewable energy systems, and overall project management.
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I am an EU National with permanent resident visa in Australia.
Elisabete Belaunde
EDUCATION
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​Master´s Degree in Engineering with Energy Specialization, University of Engineering of Bilbao, Spain (1999)
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Postgraduate Certificate in “Water and Environmental Management”, University of Loughborough, UK (2006)
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Postgraduate Course “Rehabilitation of Buildings”, STRUCTURALIA with “UPM Technical University of Madrid”, Spain (2010)
IT SKILLS
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Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, FrontPage, Microsoft Project
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Mapping/GIS: GPS systems, Mapsource, Autocad 3D Map, Mapinfo, ArcInfo, Surfer
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Construction/Design: Sketch Up, Floorplanner, Autocad, BIM, Presto, Neo Foyr
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Wind Farm Analysis: Windographer, WASP, WindFarmer, WindMap, WindPro, WindSim, Openwind, WASP Engineering
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Solar PV System: PVSYST, Helioscope, RatedPower, PVcase
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BESS and Hybrid Systems: Homer Pro
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Sustainability Reporting tools: GHG Protocol, GRI, CDP, ESG
Work Experience
Senior Renewable Energy Engineer & Consultant
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Responsible for providing engineering expertise and consultancy services within the field of renewable energy systems including site prospecting, system design, resource and energy yield assessment, development, construction, and operation of large-scale renewable energy projects:
✅Onshore Wind Farm Projects:
• GIS Design Constraints Analysis / Site Selection / Prospecting
• Early-stage Concept Layout & Indicative Capacity Estimation
• Wind Measurement Campaign Design and Optimisation (Met Mast & RSD: Lidar and Sodar)
• Wind Farm Energy Yield Assessment (Preliminary & Bank-Grade)
• Wind Farm Layout Design and Optimisation (AEP, NPV, LCOE)
• Site Conditions and Wind Regime Assessment
• Wind Farm Noise Assessment (and Background Noise Assessment) & Shadow Flicker Assessment
• Technical Due Diligence
• Wind Farm Operational Energy Yield Assessment & Reporting
• Independent Power Performance Testing (PPT)
• Technical Advisor as Owner’s and Lender’s Engineers
✅Offshore Wind Farm Projects:
• Offshore Wind Farm Feasibility Studies
• Floating Lidar and Metocean Measurement Campaign Design & Procurement Support
• Offshore Wind Farm Layout Design/Energy Yield Assessment Report (Preliminary & Bank-grade)
• Technical Due Diligence
• Offshore Wind Farm Operational Energy Yield Assessment
✅Utility-Scale Ground-Mounted Solar PV Systems and Floating Solar PV Systems:
• Early-stage Design / Conceptual Design / Pre and Feasibility Studies
• Solar Resource Assessment, Energy Yield and LCOE Optimization
• System Layout & Design Configuration Optimization
• Combined Battery Storage and Hybrid Solutions
• Technical Advisor as Lender’s or Owner’s Engineer
• Solar PV System Operational Energy Yield Assessment & Reporting
✅Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and Hybrid Energy Systems
✅Renewables Power Generation for Green H2 Production
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
Renewable Energy and Sustainability, Project Manager & Consultant.
Project Manager and Consultant in the fields of construction management, renewable energy, energy access, energy efficiency, climate change and sustainable development (2017-2023).
+ Project management of clean energy and sustainability consultancy projects for IFIs (ex. UNDP, WB, ADB, ICRC...)
+ Management of various consulting assignments related to the assessment, design and development of clean energy projects: ex. solar PV power plants (rooftop, ground mounted and solar floating PV systems), mini-grids, BESS, e-mobility, Green Hydrogen, Hybrid Systems and Wind Power Projects.
+ Management and participation in project identification, demand assessment, techno-economic analysis and socio-environmental studies, conceptual design studies, feasibility studies, engineering studies, Owner’s engineering services and technical due diligence assessments for renewable energy projects
+ Energy and carbon impact assessment, GHG emissions inventory, identification and simulation of emission reduction and energy saving opportunities and scenarios.
+ Prepare and deliver trainings, workshops and presentations for public and private stakeholders.
+ Drafting of Technical Papers & Guidelines on Renewable Energy Systems, Sustainable Energy and Climate Change.
+ Business Development: Identify new business opportunities, prepare new energy and climate change proposals and detailed bids for tenders.
+ Solar PV System Design, Implementation, Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation.
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SENIOR WIND FARM DESIGN ENGINEER.
Responsible for the new sites identification, wind data analysis, wind turbines layout preparation and energy assessment, planning and design of wind farms in Spain and Australia (2001-2007):
+ Site Identification, Met Mast Installation, Wind Data Analysis, Energy Assessment, WTG Layout, EIA support: Portland Wind Farms (Cape Bridgewater WF, Cape Nelson WF and Cape Sir William Grant WF), Yaloak Wind Farm, Crowlands Wind Farm, Clements Gap Wind Farm, Freemantle Wind Farm, Port Vincent Wind Farm, Cambrai Wind Farm, Keyneton Wind Farm, Gladstone Wind Farm, Tenterfield Wind Farm, Robbins Island (TAS)
+ Micrositing and Follow up of Wind Farm Construction Activities: Yambuk Wind Farm (30MW), Challicum Hills (52.5MW), Clements Gap (67.5MW) and Portland Wind Farms (+180MW)
+ Participation in the Environmental Impact Assessment of Wind Farms: Calculation of noise emissions, shadow flicker effect and interference of wind farms with microwave links, creation of realistic photomontages.
+ Power Curve Verification and assessment of the energy performance of operating wind farms.
+ Follow up of construction activities of the Wind Farms: Liaison with electrical engineers, grid engineers, construction managers, environmental managers, land owners, wind turbines suppliers, external consultants and subcontractors.
+ Due Diligence of External Wind Farms in Fiji and Brazil
WIND FARM PROJECTS
PUBLICATIONS
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"The 2000 oil crisis and its consequences in the EU energy sector" European Parliament no 303.109-May 2001
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Technical Guideline on "Best Practice for Sustainable Energy in the Armed Forces” for UNDP, Feb 2022
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"Regional e-Mobility Policy Framework and Technical Guidelines in the Pacific Island Countries" World Bank, 2022
