Steve Quade
Senior Associate
Licensed professional engineer with 35 years of electrical engineering, project management and technical expertise in the energy industry, including more than 12 years in the renewable sector
As former principal engineer with Blattner Energy, engineered, procured and constructed large-scale, utility-connected electrical systems for wind, solar and battery storage projects up to 1,000 MW (total output of projects – 50,000 MW
Skilled in leading and implementing supply chain solutions for electrical material standards for EHV, HV and MV electrical equipment
Highly experienced in specifying and QA testing main power transformers, medium voltage cable and other high voltage and medium voltage equipment
Additional work experience includes Xcel Energy and ABB
Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, Iowa State University; MBA, University of St. Thomas
Patent holder: Expanded Reactive Following for Distributed Generation and Loads of other Reactive Controller(s)