Ignitis Renewables is growing its team with the hiring of Gary Bills to lead its wind and solar projects.
Bills (pictured), from the UK, has more than 15 years of experience in renewables across various global regions.
At Ignitis Renewables, Bills will take up the position of chief operating officer for wind and solar development from 30 May and will be responsible for the preparation of a Lithuanian offshore wind project in the Baltic Sea, which will start next year, with a maximum capacity of 700MW.
He will also identify and develop other wind and solar projects.
“The Baltic countries have a significant untapped potential for additional renewable projects at scale. My role will be to ensure Ignitis is ready to take on the challenge of developing these projects and recruiting the potential.
“I believe that my team we will achieve success and to build a good track record that we can be proud of,” said Bills.
Ignitis Renewables chief executive Thierry Aelens said: “We are delighted that more and more renewable energy professionals from all over Europe are attracted to joining our international team.
“Gary Bills’ expertise is essential to achieve Ignitis Group’s key strategic goal of reaching 4GW of installed green generation capacity by 2030.
“We are expanding further and continuing our search for international professionals who will contribute to the historic transformation of the energy sector.”
Over the last few years, Bills has worked as project director in Morocco, Ghana, Japan, Asia, the UK as well as Ireland, Sweden, the Balkans, the USA, Ukraine, Argentina and Mexico.
He spent six years in renewable energy consulting and has worked for Nordex.
In March, Aelens was appointed as CEO of Ignitis Renewables.