Roland Clarke PhD

In private practice as Clarke Energy Associates, Barbados. • Seeking openings in development banking, consulting, asset management or project development. Experience • Advised the International Renewable Energy Agency, IRENA on the their scope of work for assisting Barbados with a Roadmap for Renewable Energy. Authored the terms of reference for benefit costs analysis of economy wide impacts of renewable energy scenarios using LEAP, as well as bottoms-up engineeering production cost simulation using PLEXOS. • Advised a Barbados land owner on negotiations on the lease of land for a solar photovoltaic (PV) farm. • Advised the Govt of Barbados on the reform of the 1899 Electric Light and Power Act to facilitate IPP's using renewable energy, Dec 2013 • Sub-contractor to Econoler, Quebec to conduct energy audits 8at the Barbados Water Authority - pumps and sewage plants • Consultant - Govt of Barbados on the supply of solar electricity under a power purchase agreement, PPA • Member of the Negotiating Team for the importation of natural gas by an undersea pipeline from Trinidad and Tobago to Barbados • Senior Trainer, World Bank, ESMAP - Presented workshops on the use of RETScreen for the financial analysis of renewable energy projects in Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, and China • Intervenor - Rate case of the Barbados Light and Power Company to the Fair Trading Commission. Proposed an alternative method for computing the utility’s weighted cost of capital based on expected returns on equities in Barbados • Specified and supplied 8KWp of photovoltaics, Barbados • Consultant - RETScreen International, Canada. Co-authored a training manual on the legal aspects of clean energy projects • Project Manager - Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. GEF/UNDP funding, US $4.7 million • Senior Analyst, Northeast Utilities, CT - DSM and energy efficiency program planning and economics, including production cost simulation of NEPOOL using UPLAN. (Assigned by Navigant Consulting). US $70 million • Lead Research Analyst - Conservation and Load Management, NSTAR, MA USA. US$60 million