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Ricardo Abboud

Job Title: 
Principal Engineer
Organization: 
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL)

Ricardo Abboud received his B.S.E.E. degree in electrical engineering from Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil, in 1992. In 1993, he joined CPFL Energia as a protection engineer. In 2000, he joined Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) as a field application engineer in Brazil, assisting customers in substation protection, automation, and control systems. In 2005, he became the field engineering manager, leading and mentoring the application engineering group, and in 2014, he became the engineering services manager. In 2016, he transferred to SEL headquarter in Pullman as an international technical manager, providing advanced technical support and consultancy about new technologies to the international field offices. In 2019 he joined SEL University as a Professor. Currently he is a principal engineer with SEL Engineering Services.

Profile Type: 
Speaker

Substation Protective Relay Conversion from Analog to Digital Technology

June 10th, 2021

This is the third in the series of Grid Modernization webinars hosted by USAID's Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation (DDI).

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL – Business Process Facilitator

The United States Energy Association (USEA) seeks a consultant to assist United States Agency for International Development (USAID) utility partners with the knowledge to keep their utility abreast of industry transformation by equipping them with new and improved technological skills to help them navigate the challenges of the rapidly evolving industry. This assistance will be provided within the framework of the Business Innovation Partnership (BIP).

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL – Change Management Facilitator

The United States Energy Association (USEA) seeks a consultant to assist United States Agency for International Development (USAID) utility partners with the knowledge to keep their utility abreast of industry transformation by equipping them with new and improved technological skills to help them navigate the challenges of the rapidly evolving industry. This assistance will be provided within the framework of the Business Innovation Partnership (BIP).

Advancing Women in Energy

June 29th, 2021

Advancing Women in Energy will feature a panel of women from the U.S. and Southeast Asia who have risen to leadership roles in the energy sector. The discussion will focus on the panelists’ professional journeys and reflections on the challenges they faced, the programs or policies that facilitated their professional development and the role that mentors/ corporate leaders played in supporting them in the workplace.

Regional Critical Minerals Sustainability Workshop Summary Report

April 9th, 2021
USDOE Reports
External Reports
Beginning in November 2020, USEA, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy (DOE-FE), and Carpenter Global organized a series of monthly Regional Workshops on Critical Minerals Sustainability. The objective of the workshops was to assist DOE-FE in its stakeholder information gathering efforts regarding the building out of a Domestic and Sustainable Critical Minerals Supply Chain. Held virtually, the workshops focused on the following regions: Western U.S. (November), Appalachia and Eastern U.S.

Kristine Wiley

Job Title: 
Director of Hydrogen Technology Center
Organization: 
Gas Technology Institute

Kristine Wiley is the Director of the Hydrogen Technology Center at the Gas Technology Institute, which encompasses top-tier subject matter experts, thought leadership, recently upgraded labs and facilities, and decades of experience. GTI has successfully executed dozens of hydrogen projects at facilities across the nation and around the world, and has established the Hydrogen Technology Center to facilitate increased use of hydrogen in an integrated energy system to meet the challenges of decarbonization. In this role, Kristine serves as the leader for the Hydrogen Technology Center and related business activities, working across GTI to synchronize deep industry knowledge and technical expertise to serve our customers and stakeholders. The Hydrogen Technology Center brings together public-private partnerships to determine how to best use this low-carbon energy carrier for storing and “time shifting” renewable energy and leveraging the existing robust natural gas storage and delivery infrastructure to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon future. Kristine’s career spans nearly two decades at GTI, where most recently she served as an R&D Director responsible for GTI’s Environmental, Risk, and Integrity Management R&D programs, leading industry collaborative research focused on developing solutions for the detection and mitigation of methane emissions from the natural gas industry. Previously, she held positions of increasing responsibility working closely with the energy industry on issues ranging from utility operations and environmental compliance to exploring the use of low-carbon fuels. She has also led industry initiatives on the introduction, impacts, and use of renewable natural gas (RNG), working closely with utilities, pipeline operators, regulators, and other stakeholders to provide technologies and guidance for the integration of RNG into the existing gas infrastructure. Kristine holds a BA in Biological Sciences from the University of Chicago as well as an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Kim Carnahan

Job Title: 
Director, Disruption Technologies
Organization: 
ENGIE

 Kim Carnahan is Director of Disruption Technologies at ENGIE Impact, where she leads the firms advisory work on alternative fuels, including green hydrogen and alternative aviation and maritime fuels. Kim also leads ENGIE Group’s hydrogen business development in the United States. Previous to joining ENGIE Impact, Kim served as the United States Chief Negotiator for climate change. Over nearly a decade at the State Department, she managed the teams that negotiated the Paris Agreement and the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Agreement for International Aviation (CORSIA) and served as lead U.S. negotiator on energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions at the International Maritime Organization.

Peter Sherk

Job Title: 
Board Member
Organization: 
Wabash Valley Resources
Peter Sherk currently serves on the board of Wabash Valley Resources, a development company in which he has personally invested and is actively involved. The Wabash project involves the repurposing of an existing Gasifier complex, which formerly operated as a IGCC, into a large scale producer of Carbon Free Hydrogen, achieved by becoming the country’s largest CO2 sequestration project, sequestering 1.6 million tons of CO2 per year into permanent geological storage. While still in the development stage, this innovative project has attracted attention from major oil companies, environmental organizations, the international clean hydrogen industry as well as green energy investors. Prior to focusing his efforts on this project, Peter was CEO Americas for Mercuria Energy Trading, a global physical commodity trading and investments house, based in Geneva, with offices in Greenwich, Houston, Denver, Calgary, and Mexico City. Before joining Mercuria, Peter spent 17 years at Morgan Stanley in the Commodities Division, as a natural gas derivatives trader, Managing Director and Head of North American Natural Gas trading, then Head of the Natural Gas and Power group and ultimately served as Global Cohead of the Commodities Division and Senior Managing Director on the Global Institutional Securities Management Team.

Dr. Joe Hoagland

Job Title: 
Vice President for Innovation & Research
Organization: 
Tennessee Valley Authority

Dr. Joe Hoagland is vice president of Innovation and Research responsible for strategic engagement of stakeholders around various issues regarding TVA’s power system and natural resources as well as other issues associated with TVA’s mission. Dr. Hoagland is responsible for TVA’s strategy on technological innovation research, development, and implementation to improve the efficiency, reliability, and resiliency of the TVA power system. He currently leads TVA’s latest IRP effort, and is leading a cross organizational team to evaluate the implications of the changing utility paradigm and developing potential strategies for TVA to meet those changing paradigms. He has extensive experience in utility research and development including generation, technologies, energy efficiency, distributed energy resources, storage, and environmental regulations. Some of Hoagland’s key responsibilities have included environmental policy, R&D strategy, and retail regulation, while serving in numerous TVA organizations including River Operations, Customer Relations, and Office of CEO. Hoagland has served on boards and committees for several industry related organizations including Electric Power Research Institute, Smart Electric Power Association, Electricity Storage Association, Department of Energy, and The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors. In addition, he has served on numerous committees for Department of Energy, Department of Defense, and the Electric Utility Cost Group.

He is currently a member of the Board of Directors Smart Electric Power Association. He also serves as the Chair on Electric Power Research Institute‘s Executive Resource Advisory Committee and of the newly formed Tennessee Energy Council. He is also a Fellow for Energy Policy at the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy.

Hoagland serves as TVA's Vice President of Enterprise Relations and Innovation.

Hoagland joined TVA in 1993. He holds a B.S. in chemistry from Southern Utah University, a M.S. and Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Washington State University.

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