Welcome to the Future of Energy

Aurora’s team combines the skills and mindset to deliver on our offering. Our team has international experience building plants in Spain and California as well as an 18 month track record in South Africa where we have delivered work for major industrial clients.

Contact Aurora Power Solutions

  • Telephone: +27 21 421 9764
  • FAX: +27 (0) 865 138 648
  • Email: info@apsolutions.co.za
  • Address: Nautica Building
  • Cape Town, South Africa

Contact details in full

The Aurora Team is made up of the following core members.

Simon Haw Qualifications B.Sc. Civil Engineering (University of Cape Town - UCT)
M.Sc. Civil and Environmental Engineering (Stanford University, USA)
  Experience SolFocus - Market Development Manager, SolFocus Inc., California, USA (2006-2008)
Design, installation and project management of large scale PV systems in California and Spain.
  Skills & Focus Water & Energy engineering - Dynamic Environment
Renewable Energy Project Manager
Management of Solutions - understanding the technical detail but keeping an overview of the solution
Chris Haw Qualifications B.Sc. Electrical Engineering - Mechatronics (UCT)
PhD - Engineering Science, 2008 (Oxford University)
Rhodes Scholar
  Skills & Focus The integration of hardware and software for measurement and control systems. R & D experience in data gathering instruments, sensor design and intelligent systems design. Information processing and statistical forecasting tools development.
Tonderai Munthumbira Qualifications MSc. - Project Management, 2008 (UCT)
BSc (HONS) -Mechanical Engineering, 2001 (University of Harare)
  Experience 6 years project experience, Alstom Zimbabwe. Project coordination, preparing quotations, budgeting, client liason, resource management. 1 year MSA mining group assistant project manager, project accounting and reporting, conducting audits and diagnosing problems on approximately 200 projects
  Skills & Focus Project development and management activities
Dom Wills Qualifications B.Sc. Electrical Engineering - Mechatronics (Hons) (UCT)
M.Sc. Electrical Engineering (UCT)
PhD Electrical Engineering (University of Stellenbosch)
  Experience Loher GMBH, Germany (2008)
Electromagnetic Design of Permanent Magnet Machines for direct drive applications in wind and tidal applications.
SA National Antarctic Programme (2007-2009)
Research Engineer and Programme Manager for the design, construction and delivery of 30kW of wind generators for the SA National Antarctic Base.
Optimal Energy (2010)
Project Engineer for an entirely South African designed and built Electric Vehicle aiming to compete in international markets.
  Skills & Focus Electrical Machine design using rare earth permanent magnet technology for direct drive wind generators and integration of renewable energies into microgrids. Focus areas with APS include integration of renewable energy conversion technologies with the national grid, aspects of the electrical and mechanical design of solar farms and rollout of an energy efficiency programme.
Richard Short Qualifications B.Bus.Sc. (Finance Hons)
CA(SA)
  Experience Grant Thornton
Articles and Audit Manager focussed on owner-managed businesses.
1Tap Capital (2008-2010)
Financial Manager of boutique private equity business that focussed on partnering with business owners of small and medium enterprises.
  Skills & Focus Financial management of APS, review of financial models used to determine project feasibility and strategic input for the business.