Ryan Dela
Principal Systems Engineer · Renewable Energy
A practical operations engineering leader in the renewable energy industry with significant hands-on experience across wind, solar, and battery energy storage. My career began in the early 2000s building the technology behind the modern electric vehicle industry, shifted to wind in 2005, and progressed through site operations, construction management, owners engineering, independent engineering, warranty management, asset management, and engineering leadership at a top independent power producer.
Education
Experience
2025 – Present
Senior Reliability Engineer
BluEarth Renewables
Serving as a Senior Reliability Engineer at BluEarth Renewables, providing hands-on reliability engineering support across a diversified fleet of operating wind, solar, and battery storage assets, driving root cause analysis and performance improvement initiatives.
2023 – Present
Principal Systems Engineer
Sigma Renewable Energy, LLC
Freelance technical expertise for clients in wind, solar, and energy storage, specializing in Root Cause Analysis (RCA), technical leadership, operations engineering, and technical due diligence.
2021 – 2022
Director – Operations Engineering
Ørsted
Established and led an operations engineering team supporting the Onshore Asset Management team across operational wind, solar, and energy storage projects, building a diverse technical staff to maintain onshore utility-scale power plants across the US.
2018 – 2021
Team Leader / Principal Engineer
Wood PLC
Supported the Renewable Energy Operational Technical Services team in the Americas, providing consulting and engineering services from Canada to Chile, including Galion scanning lidar systems and oil-and-gas transition support.
2015 – 2018
Technical Account Manager
Siemens Gamesa
Provided dedicated engineering, technical, and commercial support to strategic customers, led wind turbine drivetrain and reliability improvement projects, deployed fleet-wide LiDAR wind measurement systems, and managed warranty claims resolution.
2010 – 2014
Senior Engineer – Turbine Assessment
Garrad Hassan / DNV GL
Performed wind turbine and solar technical due diligence, operational assessments, field audits, and independent and owner engineering, specializing in failure and Root Cause Analysis investigations for insurers, investors, banks, and OEMs.
2007 – 2009
Wind Operations Manager — 101 MW Elkhorn Valley Wind Farm
Horizon Wind Energy / EDPR
Managed day-to-day operations at the 101MW Elkhorn Valley Wind Farm's sixty-one Vestas V82 turbines, transitioning the project from construction to operations and resolving early serial defect and punch-list issues.
2004 – 2005
Mechanical Engineer — Roadster Prototype
AC Propulsion / Tesla Motors
One of the earliest employees of Tesla Motors, building the first Tesla Roadster prototype and integrating lithium-ion batteries, AC Propulsion power electronics, and drivetrain technology into a converted Lotus Elise.