Johan Enslin, Ph.D.
(Tel: 919-334-3037)

He managed renewable energy groups and executed multiple projects for US and international customers in System Planning, Power Electronics and Renewable Energy integration. Previously he has been a Vice President for the Alpha Technologies group where he was the General Manager for Alpha’s Renewable Energy division. He was also Vice President of System Planning at KEMA Inc. and a director at power electronics manufacturing companies. Throughout his career he has performed work for more than 80 US, European, Asian and African utilities, governments and industries. Dr. Enslin previously also worked at the Universities of Pretoria and Stellenbosch as full professor and at the utility ESKOM as Technical Manager. He started his carrier as an electrical engineer at the railway company SPOORNET.

He is a seasoned leader in transmission and distribution planning, wind and solar renewable integration, FACTS, HVDC, Distributed Power and Energy Storage. He is very experienced in R&D, planning, commercialization and integration of small and large-scale renewable wind and solar power plants in Africa, Europe and the USA. He was for example involved in planning 6000 MW off-shore wind farms in Europe, installation of several off-grid hybrid power systems in Africa and planning 1000 MW wind farms in southern California. He was also the principal in establishing a new medium voltage, SmartGrid and power electronics research, development and testing laboratory in Arnhem, The Netherlands.