Patrick McCarthy

Patrick McCarthy is a Renewables Project Engineer at Consumers Energy since May 2017, specializing in Clean Energy Project Development and Distributed Energy Resources. Responsibilities include serving as a primary advisor for energy storage initiatives, managing research projects, and applying systems engineering principles to enhance operational efficiency. Notable achievements involve developing valuation methods for DC-coupled solar and storage, aiding the Integrated Resource Planning team, and facilitating the operation of the company’s first DC-coupled solar plus storage asset. Patrick has a comprehensive background in electrical engineering, having worked on various generating assets, and holds a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, along with dual Bachelor's degrees in Physics and Mathematics from Grand Valley State University.