Aurélien Etié

Eolfi develops its own wind and solar solutions, on behalf of third party investors or in partnership with local communities. The company provides a guarantee of success in managing all stages of development: site search, feasibility studies, technical analysis, authorizations, network connection, regulated feed-in tariffs or agreements to purchase energy.

In charge of wind energy assessment/technical expertise for projects in France:
- Coordination of external studies and measurement campaigns
- Collection and use of data measurement
- Organization of mast erection and monitoring
- Optimization of projects layouts and energy production assessment
- Verification of turbulence/noise constraints leading to curtailment
- Proposal of technical choices
- Operational data processing

Dealing with:
- Mast installers and contractors
- Masts/Instuments/Lidars suppliers
- Projects managers
- Turbine manufacturers
- Wind energy and acoustic experts

2EV develops projects for investors from 1500 m² areas and design solar panels integrated solutions for new buildings, renovation of farming buildings and solar plants.

Responsible of a solar energy design office:
- Project management
- Solar resource assessment
- Projects technical optimization
- Cost negotiation and reduction
- Technical review
- Creation of dimensioning tools and processes

Dealing with:
- Suppliers and competitors
- Architects
- ERDF
- Roofers and Electricians

Travelled in South Africa, Dubai, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Greece.
Volunteering for the Kraal Toddlers NPO and the Kraal Backpackers (Nov-Dec 2008, Wild Coast, South Africa), I helped assess the renewable energy resources, prospects and the potential impact on the environment. My results included suggestions for achieving higher levels of sustainability for the organisation.
Backpacking, I met many people of differing cultural background and was able to adapt quickly to new situations, which enhanced my communication skills and broadened my mind.

I was optimising inverter configuration and settings for PROVEN ENERGY 6kW and 15kW wind turbines for the industrial partner PHOTONENERGY. I created a MATLAB program linked to a graphical user interface that calculates the energy yield and costs for different inverter(s) configurations and wind resources. I established a systematic procedure to configure the inverters parameters according to specific wind resource and turbine parameters. This project has strengthened my knowledge about wind turbines theory and wind resource assessment, my skills in programming and working in autonomy within objectives and short deadlines. Result: 79%

I was programming software to ease product design (design and simulation of asynchronous machines, stress concentration, thermal shocks, fluidic losses, harmonic analysis for rotating machines). I validated my models with different experimentation results. This internship developed strong programming and experimental skills. I also gained skills in engineering design, teamwork and project management.

I updated the online database for NAUTICEXPO website on products related to marine and water sport engineering. I had to find relevant information about products on datasheets from different manufacturers. This trainee period improved my database, organisation and information handling skills

Member of a 8 people-team, we managed to lead 200 students to build up 5 events gathering each up to 5000 people where I experienced budget management (150keuros), canvassing of sponsors, medias and artists relations, advertising display, design of leaflets and finally I was responsible for the creation of the Internet site.

Worked on the test and assembly line for Dolphin helicopters, helped assemble and test products. I experienced the industrial aspects related to quality in aeronautics, deadlines, costs and teamwork.

For 5 summers, I was responsible for training and safety of my trainees and also had to deal with practical issues relating to equipment and maintenance of the vessel.