ASU Laboratory for Energy And Power Solutions (LEAPS)

📣 Please see full-time job opening in our team for a Power Systems Analyst! The posting closes on October 11, 2024. The Power Systems Analyst will provide technical expertise, project management, personnel management, and partner engagement in support of the Laboratory for Energy And Power Solutions (LEAPS) to accelerate low-carbon energy transitions domestically and in emerging markets globally https://leaps.asu.edu. LEAPS is within Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and located at the Polytechnic campus, with collaborators and partnerships across the US and globally. The 40-person team is led by Dr. Nathan Johnson with a focus on translating use-inspired research into practical solutions for technology deployment, new policy and business models, and workforce development. The team has a broad set of subject matter expertise and life experiences, and thrives on finding creative solutions to challenging problems that often involves finding synergies across partners, perspectives, and goals. We’re excited to meet new people and share ideas, so if you don’t feel the position is a perfect fit for you, that’s ok, we encourage you to apply and open a conversation with us. Under general direction, this role will perform detailed analysis in the areas of grid modernization, microgrids, mini-grids, distributed generation, smart grid, energy storage, and operational optimization for multiple public and private sector energy projects. Typical sponsoring organizations include the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, U.S. Department of Interior Tribal Electrification Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Solar for All Program, U.S. Agency for International Development , U.S. Trade and Development Agency, World Bank programs, electric utilities, developers, technology vendors, municipal and local governments, and private philanthropic organizations.. Typical locations for our projects are in the United States, United States Tribal Nations, Latin America, Pacific Island Region, and Sub-Saharan Africa https://lnkd.in/dm77WWiJ

Our Lab brings the energy! Check out these selected works from idea to impact to accelerate progress on our global energy future. https://lnkd.in/gyyV2JSg

We are excited to release information on 75 remote off-grid sites in Fiji that have undergone community engagement, site assessment, and technical and financial analysis with plans leading to tender and construction in the next couple years. Excellent work led by Elena van Hove and Dylan Lanning at Arizona State University, with partners Taniela Tabuya and others at Global Green Growth Institute, Adib Naslé and more at Xendee, Fiji Department of Energy and Fiji Ministry of Finance, UNDP and UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji, Fiji Rural Electrification Fund, and Ayu Abdullah and more at COMET - Community Energy Toolkit. Thanks especially to U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) providing financial support for this critical assessment phase to unlock $40-60M in capital to implement. Thanks also to Romney Kellogg, Ombuki Brighton, Elizabeth Obiero, Daniel Muñoz-Smith, ASU Laboratory for Energy And Power Solutions (LEAPS), and many others. More to come… https://lnkd.in/gVhJGaZ3

🎊Giraffe Bioenergy - A venture in residence at Delta40 Studio receives a $50,000 grant from the AmpUp consortium! Giraffe Bioenergy - A venture in residence at Delta40 Studio , a company establishing rural bioeconomies in Kenya through large-scale cassava farming and local manufacturing of ethanol, received a USD 50,000 grant from the AmpUp consortium, a partnership through USAID that includes Factor[e] Ventures, Power Africa, and Arizona State University. As a component of the grant, Giraffe Bioenergy - A venture in residence at Delta40 Studio will share its expertise with Factor[e] Ventures and Arizona State University while receiving technical support from both organizations to scale up manufacturing facilities capable of producing up to 75 million liters of ethanol cooking fuel per year. This sizable increase in production can help reduce reliance on wood and charcoal for cooking and increase local production and use of ethanol, over 95% of which is currently imported across Kenya. Giraffe Bioenergy - A venture in residence at Delta40 Studio aims to support smallholder farmers, most of whom are women, by increasing incomes in farming communities while decreasing reliance on pollutants across the country. Learn more about Giraffe Bioenergy - A venture in residence at Delta40 Studio , the innovative partnership that will help transform cassava farming and clean cooking across Kenya, and the AmpUp consortium in a recent press release from Arizona State University: https://lnkd.in/epE8gAR3 #cleancooking #smallholderfarmers #ethanolproduction #Cassavafarming

We're exited to support the Hopi Utilities Corporation and the Hopi Tribe in a $25M effort to electrify homes and support low-income families with solar-storage solutions under the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Solar for All program! Thanks Fletcher Wilkinson for spearheading this effort and involving our team at Arizona State University and the ASU Laboratory for Energy And Power Solutions (LEAPS). Thanks James Nelson for leading on behalf of ASU to translate innovative research into direct public value, Dylan Lanning for your thoughtful expertise engaging communities in solution co-creation and ownership, and Alexander Mobley and Sarah Johnson, M. Ed. for delivering engaging training programs to support job creation and economic development. We also look forward to working with COMET - Community Energy Toolkit again to enhance awareness of power system functionality and right-sizing for community and household needs. "Hopi Utilities Corporation and partners Arizona State University and Hopi Renewable Energy Office will deploy residential solar and storage systems on the Hopi Reservation. The Hopi Tribe is a chronically underserved, disadvantaged, coal-impacted community that suffers from high poverty rates and extreme energy inequity. 35% of Hopi households do not have electricity access, and households that are grid-connected suffer from frequent and extended outages. This program will provide direct benefits to low-income and unelectrified households, mobilizing additional financing and tax—all at no up-front cost to residents." https://lnkd.in/g6XbDZwK Kyle Squires Sally C. Morton Matt Hulver Kurt Paterson Ryan M. Johnson Jacob Moore Lara Ferry Zachary Holman Robin Hammond David Guston Dave White

Attending #EnergyExchange2024 to learn more about #microgrids? Check out Track 9 AND then spend Thursday afternoon continuing the conversation with the FREE #Microgrid #Training #Workshop 👇 The workshop will focus on understanding, designing, and sustaining reliable #energy access for United States Department of Defense installations. 💻 Explore and Register for the Microgrid Training Workshop https://lnkd.in/gphpriXc 🗓 When. Thursday 28 March 2024 from 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM 📌 Location. AC Hotel Pittsburgh Downtown's Madrid Room 1126 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 ✉ Message me to learn more about our project AND to sign up for #microgridtraining sessions. Thank you to our sponsor SERDP & ESTCP! 🤝 Converge Strategies, LLC. Adair Douglas, Alex Pina, Meredith Pringle 🤝 Arizona State University. Nathan Johnson, Joe Sanchez, Sarah Johnson, M. Ed., Alexander Mobley 🤝 National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Chuck Kurnik 🤝 Slipstream. David Vigliotta