ANNETTE ANDERSEN – Engineering Director – BP Wind Energy 

Annette is currently the Engineering Director for bp Wind Energy and oversees the technical teams supporting bp’s operational wind fleet including discipline & performance engineering, SCADA, maintenance optimization, and data analytics.  She brings a background of hands-on field experience in engineering & maintenance in both wind and oil & gas industries coupled with a role in leading bp Wind Energy’s data analytics journey over the past six years.  She holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and master’s in energy systems engineering from the University of Michigan. 

BERND HOERING – General Manager / Senior CMS Expert – 8.2 Monitoring

1982 – 1987: Study at University of Wuppertal –  Graduate Engineer in Safety Technology 

1986-1991:Product Manager CMS at SMS GmbH, Erkrath 

1991-1997:DMT GmbH, Bochum – Expert Vibration & Acoustic department 

1997-2004:DMT GmbH, Essen – Establishment of CMS department, Senior CMS Expert 

2004 Flender Service GmbH – Gearbox manufacturer Key Account Manager CMS 

2004 – today: Foundation of IBH – Ing.-Büro Bernd Höring Condition Monitoring & Consulting 

2010 – Foundation of 8.2 Monitoring GmbH, Hamburg –Software development, Establishment of a Monitoring Centre, CMS Cosultant 

Appointed Expert for CMS on Wind Turbines by German Association of Free Experts (BVFS e.V.) and Expert for CMS at Germain Wind Energy Association (BWE e.V.) 

BHARATH KUMAR – Vice President – Wind O&M – Greenko

Mr. Bharath Kumar N is a seasoned energy professional with 30 years of experience in Coal, Oil, Gas and Wind energy sectors. His core expertise is in power plant operations and maintenance management. Mr. Kumar is associated with Captive and IPP segments working with firms like Thapars Group, Caterpillar, Suzlon, KVK Energy and at his current role with Greenko. Mr. Kumar belives in developing self-reliant systems  for operation and maintenance of power plants for improving over all efficiency.  

CHRISTIAN KORTE – Wind Engineering Manager – Meridian Energy 

I have a mechanical engineering background and have been working in the wind energy industry for 20 years. During that time, I was involved in wind farm development but predominantly and more recently in wind farm O&M.

At Meridian Energy we have in-housed the maintenance of most of our wind fleet and introduced a wide-ranging condition monitoring programme. 

DUSHYANT TANK – Reliability Engineering Manager – Ops Engineering  – Pattern Energy

Over 15 years of experience in wind energy with exposure to various technical position starting from commissioning of wind turbine, R&D support, Design engineering support, performance engineering, Reliability engineering. Engineering Management position experience since last two years leading reliability engineering team for Pattern Energy Group Services LP. 

EDUARDO GARCIA – Asset Operations Director for Spain – EDP Renewables 

• 23 years working in wind sector, participating in wind turbine desing, technical advisor, O&M and asset management 
• Industrial engineer
• DESA 1997-2004: Designer of mechanical and hydraulic systems of WTG for DESA. 
• EDPR 2004-2017: Head of Central Maintenance. 
• EDPR 2017-2019: Head of O&M for Europe and Brazil. 
• EDPR 2019-Nowa

J.J. DAVIS – General Manager Ontario & Western Canada – Kruger Energy

An accomplished manager with varied experience in production, project & people management over 25yrs in the Pulp & Paper and Renewable Energy business sectors.   

Managing a dynamic team with hydro, wind, energy storage and solar assets in Canada. 

Known for his values of hard work, openness, fairness & passion to make a contribution in whatever endeavour he is involved. 

Focused on maintaining assets for the long haul with a goal to extend their life well beyond the original design. 

DR JORIS PEETERS – Head of Digitalization – ZF Wind Power

Dr. Joris Peeters holds a Msc and PhD in Mechanical Engineering and is since 2001 active in wind industry. He is currently Head of Digitalization at ZF Wind Power (Belgium), a leading global designer, manufacturer and service provider of wind turbine drive trains. He is leading the development of new digital solutions related to drive trains for wind turbines, including predictive methods for improved O&M. 

JAVIER JOSE RIPA – Business Development Director Europe, Middle East and LATAM – UL

Jose Javier Ripa, Director of Business Development for UL Renewables in Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Latin America. Industrial Engineer specialized in Mechanics with more than 12 years of experience in the Wind Industry, heading engineering teams, on testing, consulting, certification and inspection fields. For 10 years Jose Javier has combined his work at UL with that of professor of Wind Energy at the Public University of Navarra, training hundreds of engineers in the specialty of Wind Energy. Jose Javier is a reference in the sector for the numerous articles published in specialized magazines as well as his membership in various committees and for his countless performances as a speaker at international events and key conferences like WindEurope, AWEA, AEE, EoLIS, Mexico Windpower, DEWEK,  etc.

JOSH ALVARADO – Plant Manager – CMI Energy

Has worked in the in the wind industry for 15 years in Construction and Operations of wind plants in USA and Central America.  In the USA, worked for an ISP which provided QA and Technical support to Owners of GE, Vestas and Siemens-Gamesa wind turbines.   

Has managed the construction and operation of 7 wind plants for CMI Energy, totalling 300MW of generation in Central America. Currently, serving as Plant Manager of 90MW of Siemens-Gamesa G9X turbines and has been in self-performance for over a year.   

Advanced knowledge in OEM vs Owner predictive maintenance procedures in Siemens-Gamesa turbines, transitioning from OEM agreements to self-performance of wind plants, and overall management of O&M activities and best practices. 

LOUISE TREWARNE – Asset Services, Manager – Acciona Energy 

Over eight years of renewable energy experience working in the Operations and Maintenance team at Acciona Energy.

With the past two years of Managing the Asset Service team, who support the wind farms operation ensuring reliability of the turbines, and provide maintenance planning.  

LUCAS SANCHEZ – Engineering and O&M Manager – Rio Energy

Electrical engineer with more than 14 years of experience in the wind sector. Lucas has started his carrer at Garrad Hassan, moved to Gamesa and has been at Rio Energy since 2013 being initially responsible for the business development area and for the past 2 years has led both engineering and O&M areas, responding for a portfolio of more than 800 MW of either under construction or operation wind farms. 

MATTHEW HENDERSON – Lead Asset Integrity Engineer – SSE Renewables

Matthew is part of the Greater Gabbard Engineering Team based in Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Since joining SSE 3 years ago, Matthew has led a range of major component replacement/repair interventions on-site, from jack-up campaigns through to high voltage outage management. 

MATTHEW STEAD – CEO – Ping Services

Matthew is the CEO and Co-founder of Ping Services, an intelligent listening company. He has a Bachelor of Engineering and Masters of Engineering Science qualifications with nearly 30 year’s experience in acoustics including research in environmental noise wind farms acoustics. In 2018 he founded Ping Services to help wind farms reduce blade maintenance costs by detecting damage using sound.  

ROBERT GOMEZ – Director, Asset Performance – Ørsted

Robert Gomez graduated from the University of Florida with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. After a stint in the traditional power generation field focusing on rotating equipment health, he started his career within the renewables sector in 2013.  He is currently the Director of Asset Performance at Ørsted Onshore where his team is responsible for understanding, and improving the performance of over 2 GW of Wind, Solar, and Battery Storage assets. 

STANTON PETERSON – Discipline Engineering Team Lead – BP Wind

Stanton has 13+ years in the wind industry having held various technical positions and is currently the Team Lead for BP Wind’s Discipline Engineering Team.  The team is responsible for providing technical and reliability support for BP Wind’s operating assets for both the wind turbines and the balance of plant.  Stanton has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wyoming and when he isn’t working he enjoys spending time in the outdoors with his wife and 3 young daughters. 

STEVEN HEATH – Lead Mechanical Engineer – Ventient 

– Lead Mechanical Engineer for Ventient Energy. Previously worked for Senvion and BP in Mechanical Engineering roles. 

– Specialist in Life Extension and Performance Improvement of wind turbines. 

– Part of the Project Team writing the new IEC 61400-28 standard for Life Extension.