McGowan, Brian

Wildlife Mitigation for Substations: A Systematic Approach (in English)

Mr. McGowan is Founder and Managing Director of Scientias-Energy, an independent engineering consultancy supporting power utilities, policymakers and solution providers. He brings 30 years of international power-industry experience spanning R&D, standards development, project management, operations, business development in insulator, arrester and wildlife and asset protection segments. He specialises in wildlife mitigation, wildfire ignition-risk reduction, outdoor polymeric insulation, composite materials, insulators, surge arresters, wood-pole integrity and durable asset-protection systems. He is active in CIGRE and IEEE technical working groups, including work relating to bird electrocution mitigation and qualification of wildlife-protection devices. Brian holds BE, MSc Engineering, MBA and Corporate Diploma in Applied Finance qualifications and regularly contributes to international conferences, technical training and industry knowledge-sharing across the global power sector.