Grid Manager, EDF Renewables
Tshepo is a Professional Engineer and holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Johannesburg. In his 10 years of experience, Tshepo has been directly involved in the integration of more than 1GW of Renewable Power Plants into the South African grid, both Solar PV and Wind. He has worked for Eskom Grid Planning, Enel Green Power, Juwi Renewables, and EDF Renewables. His roles in these organisations have all been centred around grid topics.
As the Grid Manager at EDF Renewables, he leads all grid related issues for projects during the Development, Execution and Commercial Operation phases. He is responsible for leading in issues such as Grid Code Compliance, Substation development and construction, liaising with Utilities(Eskom, Municipalities) with matters related to the interconnection, monitoring project implementation progress, and providing support on the resolution of all grid related issues. He is also responsible for the development of a process road map for the execution of the Grid interconnection portion of the RPPs (In South Africa and the sub-Saharan region), including required deliverables, expected timeframes, and expected roles and responsibilities of stakeholders.
The main objective as a Grid Manager is to ensure that plants are connected into the National Grid (within budget and expected timeframe) and remain complaint to all the network requirements outlined by the Utility (Eskom, municipalities, network owners).