Who We Are
About Us
Buffalo Renewables, Inc. is a preeminent Distributed Generation (DG) installation company in NY. We specialize in providing turnkey distributed wind and solar PV systems ranging in size from 1 kW to 5 MW, and electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to our clients. Our vertically integrated team not only helps customers identify an ideal clean energy system for their immediate and future needs, but also manages the design, permitting and grant writing for projects. We work with our residential, agricultural, and commercial customers to generate clean energy and manage their usage efficiently to minimize their carbon footprint.
Our Team
Padma Kasthurirangan
Padma Kasthurirangan is the Chief Engineer and President of Buffalo Renewables. She is a UB grad with a MS degree in Electrical Engineering, a NYSERDA eligible small wind installer and a NABCEP certified PV Installation Professional, She is a recognized National expert in Distributed Generation (DG) permitting, installation and interconnection and is the most successful USDA REAP grant writer for distributed wind in the country. She serves on the board of directors of the Distributed Wind Energy Association (DWEA) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Buffalo Section and is an IEEE Senior Member. When not climbing paperwork mountains or battling utilities, she enjoys climbing towers, kickboxing, biking, traveling, reading and jumping out of planes.
Thomas Fleckenstein
Armed with about 800 years of experience in everything from farming to rail car engineering, Thom initiated this fearless team in the renewable energy industry. Recently retired, he continues to be available to impart his wisdom and quiet(not really that quiet) judgement on our ventures when not travelling, biking and playing with his grandchildren!!
Team Buffalo
Our team is composed of not just us, but also our dear funding agencies, trusted local partners, and most of all, our extended family of happy customers!! Our award winning team will lead you thru the labyrinthine permitting and design process to reach your clean energy goals!! When not wielding the wrench, we are also a bunch of fun WNY lovers!!
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