Bob Parkins Renewable Energy Consultants

www.bobparkinsconsultants.com

bparkins@comcast.net

bob@bobparkinsconsultants.com

916-806-6580 (cell)

Education and Professional Registration

• BS Civil Engineering, Stanford University
• MS Civil Engineering, Stanford University
• Registered Professional Engineer, State of California (Current)
• Certified Energy Manager (Previous)
• C-46 Solar Contractor License, State of California (Previous)

Past and Present Professional Activities

• Board of Directors, Solar Electric Power Association (now called the Smart Electric Power Alliance or SEPA)
• Board of Directors, Solar Cookers International
• Board of Directors, Association for Efficient Environmental Energy Systems
• Numerous positions in utility and energy oriented organizations
• Solar PV workshop instructor
• Solar energy consultant for public and private clients
• PV product designer and design/construction Project Manager
• Expert Witness
• Commissioned Officer in the United States Air Force and Air Force Reserve

Professional Experience

Mr. Parkins has over 40 years of engineering experience as a licensed professional engineer. He has extensive experience as a project manager and supervisor in building design and construction with the Army Corps of Engineers in the U.S., Germany, and Turkey. In this capacity, Mr. Parkins was the senior manager of a design team responsible for a $600 million facility design program (1988 dollars), which included complex hospitals and clinics, the Space Shuttle Program at Vandenberg AFB, advanced research and testing facilities at Edwards AFB, advanced energy management systems, and other Military Construction Program projects at 15 U.S. Air Force bases in the western U.S. These assignments required accomplishing complex engineering projects under changing conditions, tight schedules and budgets, and delicate diplomatic situations (overseas). He subsequently served as the senior manager responsible for the Engineering and Construction Program in California for the U.S. Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration (Western). The highlight of this effort was the construction of a $400 million (1990 dollars), 500 kV transmission line with three substations and switching stations linking Oregon to California (California-Oregon Transmission Project). He also managed the design and construction of a 230-kV transmission tie line and supporting switching station which linked a new 550 MW combined cycle, combustion turbine generating plant to the California power grid (Sutter Power Plant) and a new 230 kV transmission line to the City of Roseville (Roseville-Elverta Transmission Line).

Mr. Parkins also served as the Energy Services Manager for Western, during which he became the solar photovoltaic (PV) expert for all of Western and a PV technical consultant to the U. S. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Management Program. In a 30+ year solar oriented career, both in and out of government, he instructed many solar workshops throughout the United States and assisted numerous public agencies (Federal and state government agencies, municipalities, water districts, school districts, and Indian reservations) as well as numerous private clients by analyzing potential PV projects, designing solar systems, writing technical RFP specifications, evaluating bids, performing construction inspections, managing the construction and commissioning of systems, consulting on municipal solar programs and corporate marketing strategies, analyzing PV Power Purchase Agreements and Operating Lease proposals for public and private clients, and evaluating new PV components and products for PV industry clients,

Mr. Parkins currently is a solar energy consultant and owner of Bob Parkins Renewable Energy Consultants. Besides providing general solar consulting support for clients, he provided design guidance on three new PV products: a small, user friendly, village level PV system for use in the third world as well as conventional ground mount applications; a residential PV tile; and a PV carport, which emphasized aesthetics and ease of installation. He also provided design review and technical guidance to two start-up solar companies which were developing a new PV module and a double-axis roof mounted solar tracker. Drawing on his extensive engineering and construction experience in the utility industry, Mr. Parkins also consulted on and helped develop proposals for numerous utility sized PV systems and their interconnections with local utilities in the U.S. Overseas consulting included projects in Chile, Japan, southern and eastern Africa, Australia, Guatemala, Saipan, American Samoa, and the Philippines. These projects involved a wide range of activities. In the last seven years or more, he has provided design guidance for over seventy large commercial solar projects, the majority of which were 1-MW each in size, as well as managed the construction of large commercial sized roof mounted PV and solar carports. Mr. Parkins also is an Expert Witness with 21 litigations to his credit. The Expert Witness cases included patent infringement, improper appropriation of intellectual property rights, faulty design and construction, as well as other disputes.