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Ward Bower
Mission Statement & Workshop Overview
Solar Technologies Department
Sandia National Laboratories
Ward has been with Sandia National Laboratories for 45 years and has participated in PV inverter, controller and balance-of-system development work since 1978. He has led inverter, controller and other balance-of-systems development/evaluations, system development, and evaluation protocol development. He currently is technical lead of the Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS) Program with twelve contractors selected for Stage 1 of the 3-stage program. He has provided PV applications assessments in remote areas including the South Pole, Alaskan villages, the Marshall Islands and India many others. He is a voting member of Code Making Panel #4 for the National Electrical Code. He serves as Chairman of the PV Industry Forum for Article 690, "Solar Photovoltaic Systems", to propose changes to Articles 690 and 705 for PV system installations. That forum has organized over 160 volunteer members of the PV industry, universities and utilities that provide their expertise to code issues. He is a member of the IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee SCC21 for PV standards. He also serves as the USA Technical Expert (alternate) on the Executive Committee and Task 1, "Grid Interconnection of Building integrated and Dispersed PV Systems", for the International Energy Agency (IEA) implementing agreement on Photovoltaic Power Systems. Ward currently serves as chair of the exam committee for the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners national certification program for PV installers. He has participated in the US DOE Photovoltaic Manufacturing R&D (PVMan R&D) program with NREL. He has provided technical support and more than 70 papers as a balance-of-system, PV-safety, and National Electrical Code expert to organizations including the Solar Energy Industries (SEIA), Solar Electric Power Association, NEC training classes, NJATC, IEEE Standards groups, American Solar Energy Society, and the International Electrotechnical Commission.
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