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Role of Energy Storage and H2 in the New Energy System, Central Asia Clean Energy Forum

Submitted by Pramod Jain on Sat, 09/17/2022 - 01:58
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2022-09-15

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

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Digital Utility, Central Asia Clean Energy Forum

Submitted by Pramod Jain on Sat, 09/17/2022 - 01:55
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2022-09-15

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

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Due Diligence of Renewable Energy Projects

Submitted by Pramod Jain on Thu, 03/24/2022 - 11:00
Date of post: 
2022-03-24

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

 

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Site Visit of Wind Farm in Kapshagay, Almaty

Submitted by Pramod Jain on Tue, 03/15/2022 - 10:41
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2022-03-15

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.

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Future of Green H2 for seasonal energy storage in grids with high penetration of VRE/net-zero emissions

Submitted by Pramod Jain on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 02:49
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2021-11-24

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

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