Edgar Madrigal

Edgar Madrigal grew up in Tijuana Baja California, Mexico, and is a graduate of the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC) with a degree in Renewable Energy Engineering. He participated as a volunteer for several years in an environmental group in Tijuana, and carried out a student exchange to Chile, at the University of La Serena where he participated with the Intikallpa team in the construction of the IK3 solar car, for the solar race of Atacama in 2014. In 2015 he participated in the scientific and technological research summer of the Pacific at the Polytechnic University of Chiapas developing a study about desalination with a solar parabolic dish. In that same year, he joined the solar company Gecko Logic Mexico as an intern and later became a project manager. He met Grid Alternatives during the installation of solar systems at a school in the off-grid Kumiai community of Juntas de Neji in Baja California. Fascinated by the experience and the mission of GRID he decided to join Grid when a position became available in the summer of 2021.