News

IWE kicked off the Power the Future project in Kazakhstan.

IWE is doing a renewable energy and load forecasting project in India with the Mittals Group.

Visit to Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.  Picture with the ICED team.

Wind Energy Engineering book ceremony with Cletus Bertin, Exec Dir of CARILEC, and Dan Potash of Deloitte and USAID CARIBBEAN CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM (CARCEP).

The CARILEC Smart Grid Symposium in Port of Spain Trinidad hosted a book signing event for Wind Energy Engineering.

Delivered keynote address on Future of the Grid with Renewables, Energy Storage and IoT

Pramod will deliver a keynote on October 23, 2017 at the Smart Grid Symposium of the CARILEC (association of electic utilities) in Port of Spain, Trinidad.  The theme is "Digital Transformation: The Modern Utility."

AsianPower magazine published "IoT in the power sector: Opportunities in Asia and the Pacific" on September 15, 2017.  It is authored by Pramod Jain and Arun Ramamurthy.  For details see http://asian-power.com/project/commentary/iot-in-power-sector-opportunities-in-asia-and-pacific.

The ADB Sustainable Development Working Paper Series has released “The Internet of Things in the Power Sector: Opportunities in Asia and the Pacific,” authored by Arun Ramamurthy and Pramod Jain.

Presented "Future of Renewable Energy Integration" during the Engineering Conference, Reengineering Our Energy Future: Utility in a Disruptive Age.  The panel included:

• Mr. Ricardo Case, Head of Systems Operations, JPS
• Dr. Pramod Jain, President, Innovative Wind Energy Inc
• Mr. Billy Yancey, VP of Product Management Electric Power Engineers
• Dr. John Zack, Vice President of Grid Solutions, AWS True Power

The Green Energy Finance deep dive workshop was attended by more than 50 participants.  There were three main conclusions of the session.  One, bankable wind resource assessment is key to project financing of wind project.  Second, project financiers closely examine the uncertainty of energy production and the associated financial risk.  Third, tariffs for wind energy are on a downward slide around the world, and several countries in Asia are considering reverse auction for wind projects.  The outcomes may be of interest to participants interested in developing and financing wind projects. For more information participants can contact Pramod Jain of Innovative Wind Energy or Vic Abainza of RENAC.

For more details, https://i-windenergy.com/content/green-energy-finance-deep-dive-workshop-asia-clean-energy-forum-2017

The IoT and smart grid deep dive workshop was attended by more than 50 participants.  There were two main conclusions of the session.  One, IoT promises to have a big impact in the power sector because it has the potential to significantly reduce cost, increase efficiency and increase customer service in the face of large penetration of distributed generation and customer focus on reducing energy use.  Second, successful deployment of IoT cannot be technology centric, it needs to be holistic with a solution design that takes into account local context, process changes and financing models.  The outcomes may be of interest to participants interested in high penetration of RE, energy efficiency and microgrids. In this session two ideas were pitched: Mesh grid for remote locations and blockchain for trading of renewable energy. For more information participants can contact Arun Ramamurthy of ADB or Pramod Jain of Innovative Wind Energy.

More details are at: https://i-windenergy.com/content/iot-and-smart-grid-deep-dive-workshop-asia-clean-energy-forum-2017