Job Title: Head of asset management and innovation
Company: SSE
Stewart leads SSE’s team dedicated to developing the company’s electricity networks and their operation to support a low-carbon future. Stewart has worked in the electricity industry since 1983 and has been involved in managing electricity networks in many parts of Scotland, in a range of roles including operations manager, planner, policy engineer and project manager (IT and engineering). A key part of Stewart’s role is as project director for SSE’s New Thames Valley Vision (NTVV) and Northern Isles New Energy Solutions project (NINES). These projects include monitoring, active network management, analytics and modelling, frequency responsive demand and some of Europe’s largest embedded energy storage facilities, including a 1MW battery and a 150MwHrs distributed energy storage portfolio.
Speaking at the following:
Challenges and opportunities as we move away from tradition Is there opportunity for greater visibility and control of our assets? Flexible innovation