About

Specialist engineers, not a sales team

Aurora Power Consulting is an independent UK power systems consultancy. We’re a team of chartered engineers and specialists focused on getting complex grid-connected projects modelled correctly and connected — across renewables, storage, data centres, T&D and heavy industry.

The team

The engineers behind the studies

A deep bench of chartered power-systems specialists, earthing experts and graduate engineers.

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Stephen Sommerville
Managing Director
BA, BSc, MA, MEng, CEng, MIET

Stephen is the Director of Aurora Power Consulting and has 20+ years of experience in power system analysis and design, gained from working in a number of different industries including Cons…

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Craig McGlone
Head of Operations
MEng, MIET

Craig is an experienced power systems engineer with 12+ years experience and a proven track record of management and project delivery within the electricity supply industry.

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Ross Falconer
Head of Power Systems
BE, BSc, MSc, CEng, MIET

Ross is a chartered electrical engineer with over 15 years’ experience working in the electrical power systems industry for DNO’s, an ICP, and consultancy companies both in the United Kingdo…

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Dr Yingxun Zhou
Principal Consultant
BSc, MSc, PhD MIET, CEng

Dr Yingxun Zhou is a Principal Consultant Electrical Design Engineer and has over 15+ years experience in power system modelling and analysis, gained from work at NG ESO (now NESO), with res…

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Jesus de Albornoz Alvarez
Power System Studies Team Leader
BSc, MSc, MIET

Jesus is a highly skilled Power System Studies engineer with over 13 years’ experience in power system analysis and HV design, gained from working on a variety of large-scale industrial plan…

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David Reed
Lead Earthing Engineer
HNC, HND, MIET

David Reed is a Senior Consultant, who specializes in power system earthing analysis and design, as well as lightning protection.

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Callum Brown
Senior System Studies Engineer
BSc, MEng, MIET

Callum is an experienced Power System Studies engineer with over 5 years’ experience in power system analysis and HV electrical design, gained through both renewable development and consulta…

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Dylan Charles
Senior System Studies Engineer
MEng, MIET

Dylan is an Electrical Studies engineer, with a strong background in HV / EHV design and power system protection systems, with 4+ years experience gained from one of the leading UK ICPs.

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Hesam Maleki
Senior System Studies Engineer
BSc, MSc, MIET

Hesam Maleki is an Electrical Design Engineer and System Studies engineer with over 13 years’ experience in designing ancillary electrical systems for hydro-power plants, combined cycle powe…

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Alan Philip Binu
Senior System Studies Engineer
BTech, MSc, MIET

Alan Philip Binu joined Aurora in 2022 as part of our graduate recruitment program, and has quickly developed a strong set of skills in power system analysis and modelling techniques in DIgS…

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Sarath Shaji
System Studies Engineer
BTech, MSc. MIET

Sarath Shaji joined Aurora in 2023 as part of our graduate electrical engineer intake, and has quickly started learning how to use DIgSILENT Powerfactory, and has been impressing everyone…

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Sanaz Khorshid
System Studies Engineer
BSc, MSc, MIET

Sanaz joined Aurora in 2024 as part of our graduate electrical engineer intake, after completing an internship.

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Zoe Hayward
Accounts Manager
AAT Level 2

Zoe is responsible for the most important part of the business - making sure the accounts and up to date and ensuring everything is running smoothly behind the scenes for the day-to-day admi…

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Clifford Perera
Graduate Engineer
BTech, MSc. MIET

Clifford joined Aurora in 2026 as part of our graduate electrical engineer intake and is building his skills in DIgSILENT PowerFactory while supporting the delivery of power system studies across the team.

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