Frank Spencer is a well-known Renewable Energy personality in the South African Renewable Energy Space. He currently heads up Cainmani’s South Africa business, where he leads on the development of Greenfield Utility-Scale Renewables Power Projects for Private Sector offtake. With a Master’s Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering and a Philosophy degree in Sustainable development, he is passionate about addressing the multi-faceted challenges of Climate Change, Electrification and SED in Africa, as well as the electricity challenges closer to home in South Africa. He built his first solar project while still at school, his first commercial grid-tied solar project in 2002, and his first off-grid community solar-wind-battery plant in 2003. Since then, he has been active across all aspects of Renewables projects, from manufacturing, to project EPC, to finance and business development, across the African continent. He has been involved with SAPVIA since her formation, where he has: regularly been a commissioner on the Governing Committee; led various working groups; helped to establish the Green Card programme; worked on codes and standards; and currently supports the work being done on various grid related matters by the Energy Council of South Africa.