Former president and chief executive of GE Grid Solutions Reinaldo Garcia has joined British battery storage firm Smart Power Systems (SPS) as a director.
Garcia joins after the completion of an investment round with a consortium of funders including Mark Hutchinson, former GE president of Europe and China.
SPS, a niche energy storage and power systems business, has been led by founder Dr Ian Chilvers since 2013.
The company is currently delivering on contracts for its resGRID (residential battery), comGRID (commercial-scale battery) and evGRID products alongside project-specific engineering work that it is undertaking for renewable power sector clients.
All of its initiatives build on Dr Chilvers’ background as a power systems engineer designing and building microgrids and battery storage systems within energy intensive industries including critical oil and gas installations since the 1990s.