Ernie Leaf, PE | Burns Engineering

Ernie Leaf, PE

Power & Utilities Project Manager

Ernie leads specialized engineering teams for ambitious microgrid, district energy, and utility projects. Accomplishments include integration and interconnection of large-scale distributed energy resources for mission-critical military, higher education, transportation, and utility clients. Ernie offers proven expertise in state-of-the-art battery energy storage solutions (BESS), microgrid controls, solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, and stationary reciprocating internal combustion engine (RICE) technologies, among other next-generation energy technologies.

Professional Highlights

Managed 60 Megawatts (MW) of microgrid design projects under U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Energy Resilience & Conservation Investment Program (ERCIP), reducing Department of Defense energy costs, improving energy resilience, and contributing to mission assurance
Served as in-country project manager for Abu Dhabi International Airport’s $1.6-billion Terminal A Complex’s infrastructure design
Led design for 120 MW of new higher education campus substations across Texas

Ernie has collaborated on the following projects

U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Base San Antonio, Energy Resilience Microgrid
Texas A&M University, 138-kV Substation and 12.5-kV Distribution Center
Central Florida Expressway Authority, Sustainability Program and Floating Solar PV Farm
United Arab Emirates Air Force, Al Dhafra Air Base, Operations Facilities Infrastructure Design

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