Frederic Pouyot - President, Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc.

Frederic Pouyot has been involved with renewable energy since the eighties. As early as 1984, Frederic was already conducting solar feasibility studies for public pools for the "Conseil d'Architecture, d'Urbanisme et d'Environnement” and then worked for the leading national Manufacturer of Solar Energy in France. Frederic was contracted by the "Agence Francaise pour la Maitrise de l'Energie" as a solar energy auditor. In the late eighties, Frederic was president of Solar Service International and then became president of The Green Power Network at the turn of the century. Frederic started GPEKS in the fall of 2002. Since then, Frederic initiated and managed dozens of renewable energy feasibility projects, and has been active on projects in developing countries, especially Africa. Frederic has worked extensively with the Canadian Solar Industry Association (CanSIA) on various outreach and technical education projects. Frederic was commissioned by CanSIA to co-develop the Canadian Certification curriculum for Installers of Solar Water Heating equipment, developed the first set of exams for that certification, and wrote 45 technical articles for CanSIA. Frederic has led RE project analyses for many clients. Frederic led the development and delivery of over a dozen courses and 3 project feasibility analysis programs covering 9 different clean energy technologies. These courses have been delivered across Canada, the US, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Frederic is an authorized RETScreen trainer, and a trainer of trainers in RETScreen. Under his leadership, the Clean Energy Institute offers Clean Energy Project Feasibility Analysis certificate courses which expand on the curriculum initially developed by RETScreen.  Frederic obtained an Undergraduate degree in solar from the Université de Perpigan, a Business Administration degree from Université de Limoges, an International Trade degree from the Université de Nice, a Degree in International Policies from the Brussels based European Institute of High International Studies, the Project Management Masters Certificate from Université du Québec en Outaouais and the Professional Project Management Certificate from Learning Tree International.

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Bruce Donovan

- Webmaster of sesci.ca
- Newsletter Editor

Bruce has been involved with renewable and solar energy since the 80s. In 1982 he had a solar house built near Nipawin, Saskatchewan. Since then he has been lobbying the Saskatchewan Government to have Net Metering and finally it has happened. He was an Environmental Education Consultant in the Saskatoon Catholic School system in his early years of teaching. He was a teacher in the Nipawin School Division and promoted Environmental Education in his Science classes.

Since Bruce has moved to Sherwood Park he is on the executive of the SESCI-NAC (Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc. – Northern Alberta Chapter. He has been on the executive of SESCI (Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc.) and is the webmaster for that organization. He helped set up the Solar Energy Society in Calgary. Bruce ran the reception desk at the SESCI conference in Calgary last June and the conference in Fredericton in Ausgust, 2008.  He has been working closely with SESCI-NAC and the TWS (Telus World of Science) in Edmonton to help put on Solar seminars at the TWS.

Bruce has worked as a Solar Consultant for Sally Rice of Edmonton when she was retrofitting her house to include. He has helped a farmer in the Sherwood Park area set up some PV modules tied in with his diesel generator so he could power his farm using electricity from the sun.
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