Welcome Your New Expert Interview Series: Alex Boyd, New Expert in the Grid Professionals Group - [an Energy Central Power Perspectives™ Expert Interview]

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The technology that’s driving the power grid today is not the same as it was in decades past. In many areas where modernization has recently taken, in fact, the technology making up the grid makes up some of the most advanced and exciting technologies across any industry sector. This transformation taking place across the grid creates unprecedented opportunities, especially when guided by the expert voices who are watching and implementing on the front line. One such organization is PSC Consulting, an Energy Central partner who is empowering sustainable solutions across the utility sector, and PSC is led by the latest addition to the Energy Central Network of Experts, Alex Boyd.

Alex, PSC’s President and CEO, has spent several decades in the power sector and been a part of numerous key technologies and deployments that have guided the evolution of the grid that we’re still witnessing today. Based on his leadership and expertise living and driving grid modernization, he made for a more than suitable Expert to add to our Grid Professionals Group.

In this insightful interview, as a part of the  New Expert Member Interview series, Alex highlights the technologies today that have him most excited, the ongoing challenges, and advice for the sector as regulation, market forces, and a drive for a modern and sustainable future are creating a new-look power sector:

Matt Chester: Thanks for agreeing to be one of our experts, Alex. Can you give your background in the industry so our community better understands what went into you being established as an expert?

Alex Boyd: I’ve spent over 25 years in the electricity industry, covering a whole range of responsibilities from hands-on engineering work at power stations through to the transmission grid and on to project management of various electricity industry technology projects around the world. It allows me to bring an important breadth of experience to my role as the leader of the corporate management team for a specialist engineering consultancy focused on the electricity sector.


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