ESE Fall Seminar Series: The Changing Energy Landscape
Register today for the first seminar of Energy Systems Engineering Fall 2024 Seminar Series: The Janak Raj Lectures. This seminar is available only online via Zoom.
Presented by: Rudy Shankar, Ph.D., Director of Energy Systems Engineering, Lehigh University
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TIME: 12:00 PM Eastern Time
LOCATION - ZOOM MEETING link to be sent prior to the seminar date
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“The Changing Energy Landscape”
Abstract: Energy stakeholders have inarguably reached a consensus that the future of electricity and manufacturing industries will have a “net zero” value of their emissions, i.e. carbon-free or carbon-neutral to arrest climate change. Western nations are aspiring to reach this goal in the next 2 or 3 decades, while the developing nations in Asia are targeting the seventh or eighth decade. The period between today and when we achieve net-zero emissions is called the Energy Transition period. This presentation-- the first in the seminar series for fall 2024-- underlines the characteristics of the modern grid as it transitions to greener grid. The transition could be bumpy and wrenching for some nations with the constant struggle of balancing decarbonization efforts with assuring traditional grid reliability remains high, sometimes referred to as in the “triple 9” regime. And as expected the transition period will be accompanied with geopolitical tensions.
The Lehigh University Energy Systems Engineering under the ESE Seminar series in fall 2024 will host several talks that address Energy Transition. Two talks in September will address the efforts in Uruguay in transmission planning with high penetration of renewable and the early attempts in India which has set its net zero goals to latter part of this century. Uruguay has achieved 95+% of renewables on the grid in the last two decades. India a rapidly developing country has to balance the increasing demand with high reliability thus requiring continued use of central, fossil-fueled generation. Three talks in October and November will discuss progress in Europe and Australia, as well as the needs for full electrification of all sectors (i.e., net zero).
Come join us for this seminar!
Bio: Ramesh ("Rudy") Shankar is the Director of the Energy Systems Engineering program at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA,. The program supports the 10-month, 30-credit Master of Engineering (M. Eng.) in Energy. In this capacity, his responsibilities include development of course curriculum and industry projects.
He was previously the Vice President and Chief Technology Advisor for the Tennessee Valley Authority which managed more than 11 million customers in seven States. His duties included managing renewable energy technology, developing electric transportation & infrastructure, consumer innovation, technologies for power generation and power delivery. His previous appointments included: President/CEO of Signatech Systems and led the efforts to develop requirements for asset management and fleet-wide monitoring for a large Asian utility (30 GW capacity); consulted with the U.N. IAEA on nuclear power requirements for developing countries. He was a Program Manager for fossil- and nuclear-generation sectors for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI),
Dr. Shankar completed his undergraduate work at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi; Ph.D. in Applied Sciences from the University of Delaware, and an MBA at Queens University in an Executive-sponsored Program. Dr Shankar has attended Leadership Development course at Eckerd College and project management training. He has conducted power industry-related training courses & workshops around the globe in Europe, Asia and the Americas.