Howard Gartland of Mesa Technical Associates

1. Energy Storage Use Cases:
   1. Review of Use Cases and the problems they address
   2. Design Considerations
2. Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Architecture
   1. Interconnection Scheme
   2. Power and Energy
   3. Battery Chemistry, Performance Characteristics, Management Systems, Supply Chain
   4. BESS Controls, Communications and Reporting
   5. Power Conversion System (PCS) design and controls
   6. Balance of Plant Equipment
   7. Engineering and Construction
   8. Codes and regulations
3. Operations, Maintenance and Decommissioning
   1. Installed, Commissioned, Accepted – now what !?
   2. Decommissioning planning and execution
   3. Safety Considerations
4. Financial Modeling
   1. Battery Plant Optimization
   2. Integration with other energy sources
   3. Monetizing models.

Biography:

Howard Gartland, President and Principal Owner of Mesa Technical Associates, Inc. and Mesa Veterans Power, LLC; premier providers of Specialty DC Power and Critical Power Systems to the Utility and Telecommunications Industries with special emphasis on Engineering, Furnishing and Installation Services of Power Systems for Electric Grid  and Telecommunications reliability and safety. Mesa was awarded as “2019 AvanGrid Supplier of the Year for Innovation” for Mesa’s Design, Construction and Delivery of a combined Energy Storage and “Fast” EV charging project to Rochester Gas and Electric, and have extensive experience in the design of Battery Energy Storage Systems for utilities and industrial customers.

Address:New Jersey, United States

Ms. Nisha Thirumurthy of Vybe Energy

1. Energy Storage Use Cases:
   1. Review of Use Cases and the problems they address
   2. Design Considerations
2. Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Architecture
   1. Interconnection Scheme
   2. Power and Energy
   3. Battery Chemistry, Performance Characteristics, Management Systems, Supply Chain
   4. BESS Controls, Communications and Reporting
   5. Power Conversion System (PCS) design and controls
   6. Balance of Plant Equipment
   7. Engineering and Construction
   8. Codes and regulations
3. Operations, Maintenance and Decommissioning
   1. Installed, Commissioned, Accepted – now what !?
   2. Decommissioning planning and execution
   3. Safety Considerations
4. Financial Modeling
   1. Battery Plant Optimization
   2. Integration with other energy sources
   3. Monetizing models.

Biography:

Managing Partner

Vybe Energy is led by Nisha who has two decades of international and domestic work experience in energy technology deployment, renewable energy project development and strategic planning.  She specializes in the techno-commercial analysis and optimization of various microgrid systems and impact of different policies on the overall project returns.  She has a broad understanding of energy storage systems and components, net metering opportunities and integration with the electric grid.  Nisha holds and MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a Masters in Energy and Economics from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.  Nisha lives in the Washington, DC metropolitan area with her husband and two boys.

Address:New Jersey, United States