Khalid Grant is an experienced renewable energy professional whose career has spanned across 10 years between Canada and Barbados. He has designed and project managed over 200 distributed solar PV projects ranging from grid tied to SLA battery backup, lithium ion energy storage and off grid. Khalid has consulted with businesses, utilities, municipalities, schools, universities and social housing organizations on how to develop and connect their projects to create a more sustainable future.
Having the desire to create an even larger solar impact, he invests in community solar projects in Canada, crowdfunds micro solar projects in Africa, and owns solar cells in South Africa through a buy-to-lease program. Khalid serves on the Board of Directors of SolarShare, North America’s largest renewable energy cooperative; is a past member of the Photovoltaic Installation Advisory Committee of the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic; and operates SolarBarbados as a public awareness initiative. He holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
Khalid Grant’s professional profile can be found at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/khalidgrant