Arshad Arshad Email & Phone Number

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

As a Grid Connections Manager, I oversee the end-to-end process of securing, managing, and optimizing grid connections for renewable energy projects. My key responsibilities include:Project Planning & Feasibility: Assessing connection requirements and providing strategic input during the early stages of renewable energy projects, ensuring alignment with technical, regulatory, and commercial considerations.Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborating with national grid operators, Distribution Network Operators (DNOs), regulatory bodies, and project developers to secure grid connection agreements and ensure compliance with all regulatory standards.Connection Agreement Management: Negotiating and managing contracts such as BEGA (Bilateral Embedded Generation Agreement) offers, coordinating connection applications, and ensuring that all technical conditions, such as intertrips and grid code compliance, are met.Technical Oversight: Providing expert guidance on grid connection designs, intertrip schemes, protection systems, and network studies to ensure reliable integration of renewable energy projects into the grid.Risk Mitigation: Identifying and managing risks related to grid capacity, connection delays, and costs, while proactively resolving issues in collaboration with internal teams and external stakeholders.Project Delivery: Leading cross-functional teams to successfully deliver grid connections within budget and timelines, supporting the commissioning of renewable energy assets like wind and solar farms.

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

At Scottish Power, I played a critical role in advancing grid technologies and renewable energy integration through innovative system solutions. My key responsibilities included:Flexible Connection Design: Led the design and implementation of flexible connection schemes, facilitating the integration of renewable energy projects while addressing network constraints and enhancing overall grid efficiency.Active Network Management (ANM): Spearheaded the deployment of ANM systems to optimize real-time management of generation and demand, increasing network flexibility and maximizing capacity utilization.Operational Inter-tripping: Managed inter-tripping schemes to ensure secure and stable grid operations during contingencies, aligning with operational standards and enhancing network performance.Technical Limits Deployment: Collaborated with NGESO on deploying Technical Limits within the SPEN network, ensuring compliance with grid requirements and optimizing system performance across the region.Mega Watt Dispatch Project: Worked closely with NGESO on the Mega Watt Dispatch Project, leading efforts to improve the accuracy and efficiency of renewable energy dispatch while minimizing curtailment.Cross-functional Collaboration & Leadership: Engaged with network operators, project developers, and regulators to deliver innovative grid solutions, supporting the transition to a decarbonized energy system.Project Leadership: Provided technical leadership on key projects, from design through implementation, driving renewable integration, reducing curtailment, and enhancing grid resilience.

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Program development lead for BEng/MEng in Sustainable Energy and Power Systems.• Developing course materials for undergraduate and postgraduate students• Module leader for Energy Resources, Generation and Utilisation module andElectrical systems.• Assessing students coursework and exams.• Supervising undergraduate, MSc and PhD students.• Year tutor for level 1 undergraduate students.• Personal tutor for undergraduate and MSc students.• Conducting labs and tutorials to Graduate Apprentice students.• Write up research work for publication, individually and in collaboration withcolleagues, and disseminate results as appropriate by, peer reviewed journalpublications, presentation at international conferences and presentation to industrialpartners and stakeholders.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

I worked on an EPSRC funded project looking at the power quality issues in HVDC networks. The project involves the development of a fast and efficient data acquisition and instrumentation system for measuring transients, partial discharges and harmonics along the whole HVDC chain.• Development of fast data acquisition and instrumentation system for HVDCnetworks• Measurement of power quality and transients in HVDC network• Modelling and simulation of harmonic propagation in HVDC networks• Collaborate with academic and industrial partners.• Supervising MSc and PhD students• Support academic staff in delivering lecturers and tutorials.• Identify sources of funding and contribute to the securing of funds for research,including drafting grant proposals and planning for future proposals.• Write up research work for publication, individually or in collaboration withcolleagues, and disseminate results as appropriate by, peer reviewed journalpublications, presentation at international conferences and presentation to industrialpartners and stakeholders.

Stonehaven

I have worked as Smart Grid Development Engineer (consultant) with Whittaker Engineering Limited on the development of an innovative heat pump/engine for the provision of ancillary services to GB electricity system. My main responsibilities include the understanding of GB grid code requirements, balancing services market and exploring the market entry routes for the asset owners. I am also actively involved in the development of control and instrumentation system for the heat pump/engine.• Advise project team on grid code compliance and interaction of the system withpower network.• Develop control and integration strategy for the proposed system.• Develop instrumentation and control system• Advising project team on DNO/DSO transition, Ancillary services and UKaggregation rules and regulations• Develop knowledge exchange objectives and proposals for own or joint knowledgeexchange activities• Conduct individual and/or collaborative knowledge exchange projects• Identify sources of funding and contribute to securing funding for knowledgeexchange• Attend and contribute to relevant meetings• Analyse and interpret results of findings and research, making decisions on relevance of findings and what findings should be reported

Quebec, Canada

Superhydrophobic and Icephobic Coatings for Power Network Equipment

Msc Electronic And Eelctrical Engineering, Power Systems, Distinction

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical Power Engineering, A

Fellow (Fhea), Education

Bs, Electronic Engineering