Abishek Bharadwaj

Project Manager for projects on mini-grids in East Africa. Working with 30+ developers over various technologies and various sizes from 10 kW to 10 MW. This role is within Advisory Services, a small, dynamic team providing consulting services to high-growth SMEs, social enterprises, and project developers in the Energy Access Space across East Africa. We assist clients to write and refine business plans, investor pitches, and grant applications. We manage, and in some cases conduct, project feasibility and development work for electrification projects primarily in the hydro and solar mini-grids sector. We support businesses to prepare for investor or lender due diligence, to develop their own financing strategy and build financial projects, and to identify and engage with appropriate investors, grant-makers, banks, and other financial intermediaries (e.g. insurers, currency hedge providers, etc.). We also facilitate partnerships with other companies and partners, support strategic planning and market expansion processes, and help companies develop their approaches to in particular related to marketing and distribution, consumer financing, and supply chain management.

Project lead for a Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) based rural electrification program, SPRD (erstwhile SPEED) with a focus on catalyzing social and economic development through mini-grids Techno-economic analysis in the area of renewable energy projects and energy efficiency. Project Management. • Leading the team in project development for rural electrification • Leading the team in performing technical, environmental and safety assessments to determine the village suitability, resource considerations and T&D implications • Strategizing various business models for a mini-grid interventions with support in tariff determination and operations • Handholding Energy Services Companies (ESCOs) engaged in the program to determine their Business and operational model • Engaging industry experts, vendors, government to develop insights and guide team members • Conceptualizing and designing tools for demand analysis, technology dissemination, load scheduling and optimization, community assessment, site attractiveness for DRE mini-grid interventions • Quantifying the economic and social returns for a decentralized energy production and consumption system Seperately also helped in the roll out of resource management programs across more than 2 factories, provided technical expertise on energy systems and resource monitoring systems across India and helped in standardizing the program methodology for wider scale deployment. cKinetics (www.cKinetics.com) is a venture accelerator: providing operational consulting and strategic services for shaping scalable sustainability solutions and low carbon growth practices within industry and communities.

As a manager, I implemented a 15 kW micro-hydro project in a 120 household village called Punjam in Kalahandi. I also helped in the technical analysis of a solar electrification project.

• Formulated an energy calculator which accounts for capital and revenue emissions for the urban and rural sector. Project currently being adopted by the Dept of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. Also prioritized options for clean energy to reducing emissions with green technologies. • Defined an eco-centric model for accessing the energy flows in a river system to sustain its various, biological, physical and chemical processes. Methodology used is reverse ecological footprint.

• Developed energy efficiency solutions for Infosys Campus as a part of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Work involving the renewable energy installation and HVAC. • Software developer in core mainframes technology like COBOL, DB2, JCL. • Developed a software module, Data Exchange (DEX) and became a DEX process expert.