BrightWind is led by leading wind analysts with over 30 years’ experience working in wind resource assessment. Our experience stems from working for international wind development companies and so as consultants we know exactly what our clients need.
Shane Martin is a qualified Mechanical Engineer from University College Dublin, Ireland and has worked in the renewable energy industry since 2005. Shane Martin is a co-founder of BrightWind. He previously founded, invested and raised external capital for a wind energy development company called Torbellino in Chile which developed 4 wind energy projects totalling 75MW. This business was sold to Patagonia Wings aka Sealand in March 2016.
Prior to Torbellino he worked within the Chilean wind market for Mainstream Renewable Power. During his time with Mainstream he developed a 1000 MW pipeline of wind energy assets over a 2 year period and was a member of the senior management team in Chile.
Before Mainstream, Shane worked with Airtricity (now SSE renewables / www.sse.com) for 5 years on a large development and construction wind energy pipeline across several countries. Key areas of expertise lies in capital fundraising and sales, commercial and technical evaluation of wind projects, wind project site identification and evaluation, wind analysis & technical feasibility analysis, wind energy development and project implementation.
Stephen started his career in renewable energy joining Airtricity in 2003. He was a senior wind analyst responsible primarily for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland markets. He delivered bankable resource assessments for a portfolio of over 550 MW of wind farms both onshore and offshore. Other responsibilities were early site identification and due diligence for acquisition projects in the Irish, Chinese, Italian, Swedish and US markets.
After the sale of Airtricity, Stephen joined the newly formed Mainstream Renewable Power where he headed up the Energy Analysis Group. He was an integral part of the many teams breaking into new markets around the world. He and his team executed site selections, layout designs, due diligence, measurement installations, wind and solar resource analyses on over 6.5 GW of wind and solar projects across Canada, Chile, South Africa and the US and also 5.5 GW of offshore wind off the Scottish, English and German coasts.
In 2011, Stephen founded Renovare Renewables which has performed wind and solar resource analyses on more than 2,400 MW of projects over four continents. In partnership with Shane Martin, Stephen has now co-founded BrightWind.
Andrew Good is a chartered engineer with 10 years of experience in data analysis within the renewable energy sector.
Prior to working with BrightWind, Andrew worked for 6 years as a technical manager and principal energy analyst for the tidal turbine developer, Openhydro Technology. During this time, he delivered energy resource and uncertainty assessments in support of a pre-construction project portfolio which extended across Europe, the Americas and East Asia. He was also responsible for the specification of turbine design loads considering relevant environmental conditions, and real-time monitoring and analysis of sensor data from operational test turbines. In recent years, Andrew has also been an active contributor to the development of three IEC technical specifications (draft standards) which aim to harmonise best practice across the field of marine renewable energy.
Before joining OpenHydro, Andrew studied at Queens University Belfast, completing both a masters in Civil Engineering and a PhD investigation of turbine fluid dynamics, based on both tank tests and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations.
Steve has worked in the renewable energy industry since 2013 when he graduated with an MEng in Mechanical Engineering with Sustainability from the University of Warwick.
Before joining BrightWind in 2021 Steve spent 8 years working for DNV, where he was a senior engineer in the renewable energy analytics department. During this time he was working primarily in pre-construction wind resource measurements and wind farm energy production assessments. In addition he also gained experience in operational energy production assessments based on SCADA data, and wind turbine inspections. He has worked on both onshore and offshore wind energy projects totalling over 8,000 MW of capacity in Europe, Africa, America and Asia including offshore projects in Europe, America and Asia.
Ilir McGill is a qualified Electrical Engineer and a recent graduate with an ME in Electrical Engineering from University College Dublin, where he specialised in Renewable Energy integration and Smart Grid technology, writing his thesis on Microgrid Modelling for System Stability Studies.
During his studies, Ilir completed an internship at Brightwind, in which he gained experience in pre-construction resource assessments, focused on developing Brightwind’s analysis capability through tool development and conducted research to assess the uncertainty in wind resource measurement based on the duration of the measurement campaign.
After the internship Ilir joined Brightwind full-time, and continues to work in wind and solar analysis, as well as developing Brightwind’s analysis capability in various ways, including automation and CFD.
Rachel is a qualified Electrical Engineer with 2 years experience in the renewable energy industry.
Rachel graduated with an ME in Energy Systems Engineering from University College Dublin in 2021, where she specialised in Renewable Energy, writing her thesis on correlation methods for wind resource assessment with machine learning. During her studies, Rachel worked for Mainstream Renewable Power and EnergyPro giving her experience in both pre-construction resource assessments and operational performance analysis.
Since 2021, Rachel has worked for BrightWind on resource and energy yield assessments, for onshore and offshore wind, and solar projects, involving over 3 GW of renewable capacity in Europe and North America.
Shweta is a Software Engineer with 3 years of work experience in the software industry.
Shweta has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Pune in India. She started her career with a service-based software company – Persistent Systems Ltd. in Pune, India. During her tenure at Persistent, she mainly worked on full-stack applications that involved API development and web application development. She has also worked on projects around the IBM Watson machine learning services and Amazon Web Services.
She did an internship at Brightwind as a part of her MSc. in Computer Science from University College Dublin after which she joined full-time. She works on the development of the Data Monitoring Platform.
Bianca Morandi is a qualified Renewable Energy Engineer with over 6 years of experience in data analysis within the renewable energy sector.
Prior to working with BrightWind, Bianca worked as site characterisation engineer for a French tidal turbine developer, Sabella. She was responsible for turbine environmental sensors integration and monitoring and for ADCP measurement campaigns. She also delivered energy resource and environmental load assessments in support of pre-construction projects in the French, Canadian and Asian markets. Prior to Sabella, Bianca worked for another Irish tidal turbine developer, Openhydro Technology. She was responsible for the real-time monitoring and analysis of sensor data from operational test turbines, for the French and Canadian markets.
Before joining OpenHydro, Bianca studied at La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, completing a masters in Renewable Energy Engineering. As part of her internships she worked as sensor technician at the experimental aerodynamics laboratory of the university and as research assistant at CNR-INSEAN Rome.
Dan has worked as both an electrical and software engineer, combining a degree in Energy Engineering and a diploma in Full Stack Software Development.
Dan graduated in the first class of energy engineers from University College Cork (UCC) in 2012. He started his career within the power systems team at Cork based electrical automation company NeoDyne, designing and and commissioning PLC and SCADA control systems, primarily for gas and biomass fired combined heat and power (CHP) plants. Dan later worked with Irish tidal energy company OpenHydro, testing automation hardware and software for their submersible turbine control center.
In 2019, Dan transitioned into software development by completing a diploma in Full Stack Software Development with the Code Institute. Prior to joining Brightwind, Dan worked at the MaREI Centre for Climate, Energy and the Marine, UCC, supporting the Climate Ireland adaptation project – migrating applications to AWS, developing data visualisation and operating an e-learning platform for the Irish local authority sector.
Emma brings over 20 years of administrative expertise to BrightWind, drawn from her previous roles in office management within the medical industry across Dublin and Boston, MA. Her educational journey includes an associate’s degree in business and a diploma in management. Beyond her professional pursuits, Emma is an avid advocate for sustainability, aligning her personal values with BrightWind’s commitment to environmental responsibility.
Hanna Torrens-Spence has over 6 years of experience in data analysis within the renewable energy sector.
Prior to working with BrightWind, Hanna worked as Site Developer/ Oceanographer for a Swedish tidal energy developer, Minesto, from 2018 to 2023. She was responsible for coordinating site assessment activities including ADCP measurements and for analysis of site data to inform project design and operations. She also worked on collaborative environmental monitoring projects studying the interactions with marine wildlife, and delivered site identification studies.
Prior to Minesto, Hanna worked for Irish tidal turbine developer, OpenHydro Technology, as part of the Site Characterisation and Turbine Monitoring team.
Before joining OpenHydro, Hanna studied at Queen’s University Belfast, completing a Masters in Environmental and Civil Engineering and continuing in Postgraduate research on the characterisation of tidal currents for the application of tidal energy devices.
Hannah graduated from the University of Bristol with an MSci in Physics, followed by an MRes in Aerosol Science, focusing on atmospheric ice formation. During her studies, she collaborated with the Met Office’s Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre to research the impact of atmospheric ice on ash dispersion after volcanic eruptions. Hannah is now excited to apply the analytical skills she’s developed within BrightWind and the renewable energy sector.
Jamie is a recent graduate with an MEng in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bristol.
During his studies, Jamie specialised in net-zero technologies, writing his thesis on domestic applications of carbon capture, and completing a group research project surrounding hydrogen fuel cells. He is excited to be a part of the BrightWind team and helping to contribute towards a more sustainable future.
Conor Coady has worked in the wind industry since 2003 and has experience in a wide range of roles and perspectives from within the industry. He now specialises in wind resource assessment.
Conor became involved with the industry when he joined GE in 2003, to assist in the construction of Irelands first Offshore wind project, Arklow Bank. Among other project engineering duties, Conor ran a successful lessons-learned project.
Conor then went on to complete an MSc. In Renewable Energy systems at DKIT before emigrating to New Zealand, to work for a small wind farm developer. From here he first joined DNV GL (formerly Garrad Hassan) providing a range of consultancy services, for both prospective and operational projects. Work also included engagement with Pacific Island countries to help advance renewable energy development.
On returning to Ireland Conor joined ESB to work in wind farm acquisition and project development, before returning to work for DNVGL. Here he focussed on resource assessment for the Irish market. Conor now works with Brightwind as a senior analyst.
Tomas Blodau qualified as a Mechanical Engineer in Ireland (NUIG) in 1999, and then moved to Germany to work for a wind and solar project developer where he played a key role in the development and construction of one of Europes (then) largest PV installations.
In 2002, Tomas joined Repower / Senvion, at first in project development and sales, but soon moved to set up the International Wind and Site Department which he led until early 2018. Tomas has been in the organisational committee for many Wind Europe Technical Workshops and also in the IEC where he is active in the -15 (Site assessment) and -12-4 (numerical site calibration).
Having left Senvion after 15 years, Tomas has set up as an independent wind energy consultant and works with Brightwind on a number of specific projects.
