Chris Coates
Origination & Engineering Lead
Renewable Energy
Chris joined the Downing Renewable Energy Project Development Business as a project engineer in the Energy & Infrastructure team in July 2021. Since joining Downing, Chris has been instrumental in establishing the development consent order projects across the UK. Leading the engineering team, Chris overseeas the business' design and grid connection process, working closely with the Nordic development teams as well as the UK business.
Prior to Downing, Chris worked as a graduate engineer at Scottish Power Renewables, where he worked on delivering the company's first battery storage and solar PV Projects as well as gaining invaluable experience working in grid and policy, electrical engineering and construction project management. Chris holds a master’s degree in Aero-Mechanical Engineering from Strathclyde University, having also spent time studying at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Turku University of Applied Sciences in Finland.
Origination & Engineering Lead
Chris joined the Downing Renewable Energy Project Development Business as a project engineer in the Energy & Infrastructure team in July 2021. Since joining Downing, Chris has been instrumental in establishing the development consent order projects across the UK. Leading the engineering team, Chris overseeas the business' design and grid connection process, working closely with the Nordic development teams as well as the UK business.
Prior to Downing, Chris worked as a graduate engineer at Scottish Power Renewables, where he worked on delivering the company's first battery storage and solar PV Projects as well as gaining invaluable experience working in grid and policy, electrical engineering and construction project management. Chris holds a master’s degree in Aero-Mechanical Engineering from Strathclyde University, having also spent time studying at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Turku University of Applied Sciences in Finland.
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