Marc Lopata

Marc is a licensed, Professional Engineer and NABCEP-certified photovoltaic Installer and Inspector. He is the Engineer-of-record, at-risk Constructor, or Independent Engineer for over 700 solar projects, including 20 utility PV and battery projects and 80 microgrid and energy storage projects. 

 

Marc’s specialty is quality assurance and control related to the engineering and construction of PV systems and microgrids in coastal and hurricane regions. He has been a technical advisor to the World Bank, contributing author to both “Solar Under Storm” manuals, and a peer reviewer on hurricane survivability for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. He provides annual training to other solar-energy professionals at the NABCEP Continuing Education conference.  

 

Marc also is an industrial user and trainer for HOMER Energy software. He has modeled and provided financial analysis for hundreds of solar-energy microgrids using HOMER software.