Nikhil Kumar Email & Phone Number

Berkeley, California, Us

GridLab is a leading non-profit driving the clean energy revolution. We empower policymakers with technical expertise to decarbonize our grid while ensuring reliability and resilience. Our work spans from groundbreaking research and policy development to practical solutions that accelerate the energy transition.As Program Director at GridLab, I lead the development of innovative solutions for a sustainable energy future. Our Clean Energy Futures program is at the forefront of shaping the future of the grid through cutting-edge research, policy development, and technical expertise.I oversee high-impact projects, including the 2035 Report series and open-source modeling frameworks, which inform policy and accelerate grid modernization. By leveraging technical expertise and policy influence, I am committed to shaping the future of the energy industry, ensuring grid reliability and resilience while advancing decarbonization efforts.

London, Gb

London, Gb

Intertek is a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide. Through our global network of state-of-the-art facilities and industry-leading technical expertise we provide innovative and bespoke Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification services to customers. I lead the Global Strategy for Power Generation Solutions for Intertek's Global Resources business line. My portfolio includes the Energy Consulting Services and Aware™ - Asset Performance Management suite of software and service solutions. I have full P/L accountability and growth strategy responsibilities for these service areas.As a Principal, I support electric utilities, government agencies, merchant power plants, legal firms, national laboratories, system operators and government agencies on - Grid Integration & Flexible Generation, Integrity Management, Risk & Asset Management and Due Diligence.Aware™ helps asset owners, worth over $100B+ to improve the reliability and safety of equipment by organizing every aspect of integrity and inspection activity. Our analytics platform utilizes the latest in data manipulation technology to support some of the largest power generation companies to minimize their asset risk.

London, Gb

Business unit leader at Intertek's Asset Integrity Management (AIM) - Engineering Consulting Practice (previously APTECH Engineering, acquired by Intertek in 2009).• Full P/L accountability and growth responsibility for engineering consulting business unit and failure analysis laboratory. • Responsible for strategy for power generation sector activity for Intertek's Industry Services.• Director of Product Management - Data Analytics • Established Data Science Group• Principal Consultant - Cost of Cycling of Fossil, Nuclear and Hydro Power GenerationThe Engineering Consulting practice is a full-service US-based company specializing in the life management of infrastructure, facilities and equipment. A wide range of blue-chip companies in the power generation, oil and gas, petrochemical, nuclear power, and renewable energy industries are our customers.

London, Gb

Provide strategic direction to Intertek AIM's Utilities Risk Analytics and Cost of Cycling practice. • Principal Consultant for Cost of Cycling Studies of fossil (coal, gas and oil), nuclear and hydro generating power plants.• Litigation support in large utility power plant legal cases.• Renewable integration and impact of cycling on power plant operations and maintenance. Co-author on the NREL/WECC sponsored Western Wind & Solar Integration Phase 2 Study. • Review and inspection of power plant construction projects• Power plant emissions analysis. Impact of plant cycling on emissions.Expertise: • Power Plant Cycling Cost and Damage• Renewable Integration • Engineering economics applied to power plant operations and maintenance• Real Time Data Analytics and Performance Optimization for Conventional Power Plant Operations• Asset Integrity Management, Power Plant Cycling Analysis• Energy Portfolio - Modeling and Optimization (Hydro, Thermal, Renewable, Nuclear)

London, Gb

Strategic Consulting for power plant asset owners and operators.Product Manager - COSTCOM Real Time Analytics for Power Plant OperationsLitigation support analyst. Responsible for pre-sales, sales and proposals. Investigated power plant operating cost for all types of conventional generation including nuclear, coal and gas - simple and combined cycle power plants.

London, Gb

• Developed & established Intertek's Smart Grid Strategy and Services as part of the leadership team• Instrumental in developing Intertek's Smart Grid brand and marketing strategy• Successfully identified sales opportunities and lead negotiations on new contracts• Lead Intertek's participation in several Smart Grid committees • Part of the global team setting up Intertek's Smart Grid Testing and Certification Laboratory

London, Gb

• Developed utility portfolio models (thermal, hydro – pump storage, renewable and nuclear) using unit commitment and dispatch models• Developed statistical modeling tools to analyze power plant emissions analysis

Global Energy Decisions - Ventyx™, the leading Service Delivery Management (SDM) solution provider, acquired Global Energy Decisions LLC (Global Energy), in 2007.ABB acquired Ventyx in 2010.Implemented operations and analytics solutions for energy utility clients throughout North America (PROSYM and Resource Optimizer); Project implementation in most North American energy markets (PJM, CAISO, NYISO, NEISO);

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Worked with Dr. Robert Handfield

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Industrial Engineering Analyst

Mumbai , Maharashtra, In

Mumbai, Maharastra, In

• Design & Development of Low Cost Automation Systems

Management Science & Engineering

Ms, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Be, Industrial Engineering

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