Afonso Lugo
Energy Engineer, Parental Leave
Profile
Afonso works as an Energy Engineer in Technical Engineering team at Etha.
Afonso enjoys challenges and loves exploring large datasets to find solutions to complex problems. The combination of energy engineering with data science is one of his favorite skills. During his free time, he reads about geopolitics and thinks about where he can find data about energy related topics.
Diversified experience in the renewable energy industry is something unique to Afonso. He has worked at a wind turbine manufacturer company, as a project developer, in consulting, and in the academia. On top of that, he has worked and studied in different countries and continents. Afonso has performed work related to site assessment, layout optimization, grid connection studies, energy market research, database management, regulation analysis, and dashboard development.
Afonso´s first language is Portuguese, and he is fluent in Spanish and English. Now he is trying to learn German.
Education
2020 M.Sc. Energy Technology, Bioenergy Systems
LUT University Technology, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
2018 B.Sc. Eng Energy Engineering
Universidade Federal do ABC
Key References
Energy Tariffs Forecasting, Regulatory Analysis, Grid Connection Process in many countries,
VaasaETT Oy, 2021 – 2023
Energy Market Research, Cross-border partnerships.
ePowerBay, 2018 – 2023
Site Assessment and Layout Optimization for numerous wind farms,
Servtec Energia, 2016 – 2018
Work Experience
2025-
Energy Engineer, Etha Oy
2022–2025
Wind Analyst, Wind and Site, Etha Oy
2018–2022
Business Intelligence Manager, ePowerBay
2016–2018
Project Analyst, Servtec Energia
2013–2014
Micrositing Analyst, Gamesa Eólica