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Presented RE Zones study in Sept 2022 to the Mangystau DISCOM.

The Mangystau province has very high wind resource and fair solar resource.

Participated in a roundtable in Aktau with the stakeholders in the power sector of Mangystau on the topic of Renewable Energy Zones

Moderated panel on The Digital Utility, Sept 14, 2022.

Moderator: Pramod Jain, Energy Advisor, The USAID Power Central Asia Activity.

Panelists:

1. Hector Altuve, Dean, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc. (SEL) University

2. Ruslan Barba, Regional Senior Sales Manager – Eurasia, General Electric (GE)

3. Aydar Makhambet, Chairman of the Board, Mangistau Regional Electricity Network Company

4. Natalya Lapshina, Head of Telecommunications Department, Alatau Zharyk Company

5. Alibek Ilyassov, Chief Manager, Department of Technological Development and Research and Development, Kazakhstan Electricity Grid Operation Company (KEGOC)

Moderated panel on Role of Energy Storage and H2 in the New Energy System

Moderator: Pramod Jain, Energy Advisor, The USAID Power Central Asia Activity

Panelists:

1. Constance McAninch, U.S. Department of Energy Office Director, U.S. Embassy in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

2. Naim El Chami, Senior Analyst - Energy Storage and Hydrogen, Clean Horizon

3. Ilya Chernyakhovskiy, Grid integration Specialist, NREL

4. Sandeep Kohli, Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank

Honored to have moderated two panels in 9/2022 at the USAID's Central Asia Clean Energy Forum in Almaty, Kazakhstan from Sept 13-15, 2022.

Authored a whitepaper for USAID Power Central Asia project.  It was translated into Russian and published as booklet.

Presented on Tajikistan RE Zones: Methodology and Results at the RE Conference in Dushanbe on June 2.

IWE participated in 3 sessions

1.  RE Zones Methodology: Case studies in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

2.  Grid integration of renewable energy

3.  Deep dive workshop on RE Zones

Participated in USAID-BADGE (Bangladesh Advancing Development and Growth through Energy) workshop on DE-RISKING RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENTS.  Topics covered included:

• Pre-Feasibility and Feasibility Study

• Technology (Utility-Scale Solar, Wind & Hybrid Project)

• Generation Forecasting

• Maintenance and Monitoring Systems

USAID’s Power the Future (PtF) Activity organized a site visit to Kerbulak-2 wind power plant (WPP) in Kapshagay, Almaty region for 30 faculty members of Almaty University for Power Engineering and Telecommunications (AUPET). The goal of the event was to share practical knowledge and experience about wind turbine components, installation, operations, maintenance, and grid connection. During the visit, participants had the opportunity to closely observe how the WPP is operated and maintained and ask questions about the plant’s needs and grid impacts from plant operators. Additionally, USAID’s PtF team presented current trends in generators, gearbox, foundation, controls, braking mechanisms, and costs of wind turbines and installation as well as research opportunities related to wind power.

RenPower Uzbekistan 2021 Conference.  Dec 2-3, 2021.

Presenting Managing grid integration of renewable energy in Uzbekistan: Challenges and Opportunities

Presenting at InnoWeek 2021, Nov '21, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.  https://www.innoweek.uz/

The future of green hydrogen for seasonal energy storage in grids with high penetration of VRE/net-zero emissions