Kyle Owens, PMP

Experience

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  DNV GL

  Dec 2006 - Oct 2008

  Project Coordinator

  I served as a wind resource consultant specializing in met tower construction, meteorological instrumentation, contractor management, and data quality assurance and control:• Provided technical wind resource support to utility-scale wind farm developers• Oversaw met tower configuration, instrumentation, and procurement while maintaining individual client budgets• Provided clients with onsite technical support, training, and remote assistance• Managed met tower logistics and construction by working closely with subcontractors • Ensured optimal met tower data recovery through system monitoring, data validation, and maintenance crew deployment• Provided technical development support for custom software application that specialized in remote data acquisition, data storage and retrieval, time-series analysis, and logistics support. Show less

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  BP Wind Energy North America

  Oct 2008 - Mar 2017

  As a member of the Performance Services team, I provide technical project management proficiency for BP Wind Energy’s fleet of 1200+ turbines and 31 meteorological evaluation towers:• Provide technical analysis and performance assessment support for GE, Vestas, Clipper, and Nordex machines across 14 operating wind farms• Support commercial negotiations by providing technical perspective for turbine upgrades and enhancement validation• Manage met tower data recovery and contractual/regulatory compliance through data analysis, SCADA monitoring, and maintenance crew deployment• Oversee operational deployment of remote sensing devices including ground-based SoDAR and nacelle-mounted LiDAR• Analyze nacelle-mounted LiDAR data to detect and correct turbine yaw misalignment• Served as interim team lead for approximately 8 months from 2015 to 2016 Show less While serving as a project manager for the Wind Resource group, I managed a national fleet of meteorological evaluation towers and remote sensing units on over 50 wind farm projects in various stages of development:• Helped grow and manage the development pipeline by working closely with cross-functional teams on greenfield site selection/control, permitting, EPC and operations• Managed construction, maintenance, and removal of development met tower fleet consisting of more than 300 tubular and lattice met masts• Performed quality assurance and control on met tower sensor data• Sited and deployed fleet of SoDAR (Triton) and LiDAR (ZephIR, Windcube) remote sensing units across wind farm development portfolio• Installed and maintained solar resource assessment stations as part of successful acquisition and subsequent divestment of 220MW PV solar portfolio• Managed the configuration, construction, and instrumentation of self-supporting permanent met towers during active construction of wind farms• Developed technical and HSE (Health, Safety, and Environment) standards for met tower and remote sensing field work Show less

  • Senior Project Manager, Performance Services

    Jan 2013 - Mar 2017

  • Project Manager, Wind Resource

    Oct 2008 - Jan 2013
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  TrendLine Insights LLC

  Mar 2017 - now

  Founder & CEO

  Trendline Insights provides reliable data analysis based on 60+ years of wind, solar, and energy storage systems experience. Trendline provides the following services to wind and solar developers, IPPs, regulated utilities, and equity/tax equity investors: • Measurement campaign design (e.g., siting, installation, and maintenance)• Onsite resource data monitoring, collection, and validation• Data analysis and modeling - Wind: QA/QC, long-term adjustment, shear, data reconstruction, uncertainties, losses, 8760/12x24 - Solar: Met file selection, topology, terrain/environmental & electrical losses, sub-hourly error correction, uncertainty• Technology selection (e.g., turbine, PV module, inverter, racking)• Facility design (e.g., layout, electrical, civil/terrain/wetlands) and optimization (LCOE)• Energy yield assessment (PVSyst, PlantPredict, NREL SAM, Openwind)• Technical due diligence and M&A support• Financial modeling & iteration optimization• Expert testimony• Operational performance assessment• Energy storage systems• Offshore wind Show less