Michael Comninos

Head of Engineering & Commissioning

Michael Comninos is Head of the Engineering and Commissioning team at Red Rocket, responsible for managing all technical and engineering-related aspects of our wind, solar and hydro projects from development, up to operational phase.

As a professional Civil Engineer with a wealth of experience in multidisciplinary infrastructure projects, Michael brings a wealth of experience in design, construction and project management gained over two decades. He thrives in the execution of big projects and is instrumental in the full life cycle of each of our projects.

In his role, he leads the E&C workflow from conceptual layouts, energy forecast reports and permit assistance in the Development phase, to providing energy yield forecasts in the Transaction phase, and procuring and evaluating contractors for the execution of the projects, right up to assisting in the performance monitoring of the facilities for the Asset Management and O&M teams.

Michael has a Bachelor of Science and Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Engineering. He is a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in the UK, and is registered as a professional Engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa.

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