Costa, Wagner

Grounding & Lightning Mitigation Strategies for Renewable Energy Plants: Protection & Resilience (in English & Portuguese)

Mr. Costa is an electrical engineer with over 14 years of experience in the electrical sector, specializing in projects and studies, electrical grounding, electromagnetic transients in grounding systems, insulation coordination, impulsive grounding, large grounding systems, current division in grounding systems, electromagnetic interference, electromagnetic fields, and lightning protection. He is an expert in computational modeling and simulation of electromagnetic software. He holds a PhD and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), a specialization in Maintenance Management from Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE).