President, RER Renewable Energy Research
Michael Ross has been a consultant, researcher, and teacher in the fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency for more than 30 years. His clients include governments, companies, public utilities, engineering consultancies, universities, and international development banks and aid organizations.
Michael completed a Bachelor of Applied Sciences degree (Systems Design Engineering) from the University of Waterloo in 1994. He has since worked at Natural Resources Canada’s photovoltaic research laboratory, a wind energy consulting firm, and the Helsinki University of Technology in Finland. In 2003 he established his own consulting firm, RER Renewable Energy Research.
Michael has been teaching courses related to clean energy and software tools like RETScreen, INTEGRATION, and EXPLORE since 2001. He has provided courses, in both English and French, across Canada and in the USA, France, Ecuador, Mali, Morocco, Somaliland, and Zambia.