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Catherine Cleary – Specialist Connections Engineer
“One of the UK’s leading grid experts and brightest engineering minds”
Catherine is one of the UK’s leading grid connection specialists, with a deep understanding of the technical, commercial and regulatory considerations involved in connecting energy projects at both distribution and transmission level. She has analysed grid connection options for more than 500 schemes and supports clients through her thorough knowledge of grid codes, constraints, independent connection provision, project delivery, and changing connection processes. Catherine joined Roadnight Taylor in 2019, is a member of the National Energy System Operator’s (NESO) Connections Process Advisory Group (CPAG) and contributes to the industry’s Connections Reform programme.
Track Record
Before joining Roadnight Taylor, Catherine headed up the grid connections team at TNEI Services, where she was a Principal Consultant. She delivered a wide range of connection projects throughout Northern Europe and provided expert technical advice to Ofgem across several years. Catherine holds a Master of Engineering degree from the University of Oxford and completed a research project on energy storage at Princeton University.
Off the Clock
Outside work, Catherine enjoys sailing and cycling, so you’ll usually find her on the water or on two wheels!
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As the UK’s leading team focussed on achieving timely grid connections at least cost and risk, our engineers and consultants bring together over 70 years of stellar network experience to deploy an unrivalled combination of technical, commercial, and regulatory grid expertise – wielded with the emotional intelligence and soft skills necessary to bring the very best out of our clients and our network operator colleagues.
