Justin Sharp Email & Phone Number

Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon, United States

Dr. Sharp joined EPRI the Transmission and Operations Planning team at EPRI in May 2024, with a view to leverage his subject matter experience at the intersection of meteorology and energy, to forward the research and development programs of EPRI and its members. Justin's new role at EPRI will allow him to expand on the work performed by Sharply Focused (for whom EPRI was a client) and add his energy meteorology knowledge to the collective range of diverse electric system knowledge and skills of the other brilliant people working at EPRI, and its member organizations.Looking forward to working together to make a difference in the energy transition!

Portland, Oregon Area

[To avoid any conflicts of interest with Dr. Sharp's EPRI position, Sharply Focused is no longer accepting work related to energy meteorology. However, please all previous services and more can now be provided from within his role at EPRI so please get in touch. Sharply Focused has limited bandwidth to provide occasional non-energy meteorology SME consulting services, such as forensic meteorology. Please drop a line to check potential availability.]Sharply Focused LLC brings subject matter expertise in both the energy and meteorology disciplines to bridge these often poorly integrated fields. A proper understanding of the impact of the atmospheric sciences discipline, especially weather forecasting, climatology and climate change, can have a profound effect in the bottom line of energy companies. Similarly, understanding the energy business is crucial to weather services vendors who want to sell to this industry. Sharply Focused is a consultancy that bridges this gap.The company is run by Dr. Justin Sharp who has a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences and has been working in the energy business since 2004, including 6.5 with Iberdrola Renewables (formally PPM Energy) the world's largest renewable energy company. Sharply Focused' core discipline is the use of meteorology to optimize renewable energy and improve grid integration of renewables. However, these same skills are pertinent to the entire energy business and this synergy will only increase as society transitions to weather driven renewable energy.

Portland, Oregon Area

Built and directed operational meteorology program at Iberdrola Renewables (formally PPM energy) from the ground up. This included implementing and directing a numerical resource assessment program, a performance analysis program and the first 24/7 wind energy forecasting desk in the USA.

Portland, Oregon Area

Provided temperature and quantitative precipitation forecasts to support stream flow prediction, load forecasting and power trading operations for the Pacific Northwest’s largest producer of hydropower. Managed weather data reception, archive and analysis systems. Developed automation methods that improved efficiency and product accuracy. Key Tools: Perl, F77, Matlab script, Shell scripts / Linux / Gempak Suite, LDM, Matlab, MS Office.

Independent research using Numerical Weather Prediction models and observations to better understand the structure and dynamics of Columbia Gorge gap flow.Highly commended teaching assistant and web master for 100 and 200 level Atmospheric Sciences classes.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Atmospheric Sciences And Meteorology

Master Of Science (Ms), Meteorology