PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since 02.2014 OWS Off-Shore Wind Solutions GmbH
• Division Manager Technology / Operational Management Offshore windfarm BARD Offshore 1 & Riffgat
• Management of 4 departments with around 45 engineers and technicians
• Person in control of a plant acc. DIN VDE 0105-100 for the offshore windfarm BARD Offshore 1
• Technical responsible for the Management of ideas
• Lead authorized electrical person (LEAP / VEFK) for a WTG manufacturer Jan. to June 2018
• Lead authorized electrical person (LEAP / VEFK) of OWS since 12.2020
• Lead authorized electrical person (LEAP / VEFK) for all EDF Renewables Germany entities since 2019
06.2009 – 01.2014 BARD Service GmbH (Offshore WTG’s)
• Manager Grid department Jun ’11 – Jan ‘14
• Coworker Betrieb & Engineering Nov ’09 – Mai ‘11
• Coworker Research & Development Jun ’09 – Nov ‘09
Areas of responsibility
• Generators and Converters for WTG‘s
• MV Transformers, MV/HV GIS
• Grid management / switching operations at 33 kV and 155 kV
• Inner array cabling
06.2004 – 05.2009 Scientific assistant at the Chair of Electrical Power Engineering and Power Electronics, Ruhr-University Bochum
Research and development / Projects
• Development of software components for converter-controlled induction machines
• further development of a power electronic testbench: control algorithms for a multilevel converter as Active Front End (AFE) and as a feed for induction machines
• Converter for a grid connection of an speed variable CHP generator in cooperation with the University of Dortmund, ef.Ruhr Forschungs-GmbH (in cooperation with the European Union and the federal state NRW)
Teaching areas
• Preparation and supervision of lectures, exercises, practical courses in the field of power engineering, electrical machines and power electronics
• Supervision of student research projects, diploma and master theses
Richard Schmidt Obermöller richard.schmidt.o@gmx.net
ACADEMIC EDUCATION & TRAINING
03.2000 – 05.2004 Electrical Engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Valparaíso,
(PUCV) Valparaíso, Chile
Degree: Electrical Engineer (Dipl.-Ing. Univ) PUCV Grading: 6,0 (very good)
03.2003 – 04.2003 Professional internalship at the Emscher – Lippe Energie GmbH (ELE), Gelsenkirchen, Germany
03.1994 – 07.1999 Electrical Engineering at the Technical University Federico Santa María (UTFSM), Valparaíso, Chile
STAYS ABROAD
08.2002 – 07.2003 Scholarship holder of the Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes (DAAD) at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, WS 02/03 and SS 03