Trieu Mai (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG), the leading source of global expertise for energy systems integration and operations, announced today that Trieu Mai has been named Visiting Fellow. Mai joins ESIG with nearly 20 years of experience in energy research and analysis.
In this role, Mai will provide expertise to the System Planning Working Group and DER Working Group, which covers bulk power system planning, integrated planning, and DERs. Mai will lead work in a number of topics across planning methods, tools, and data.
Prior to joining ESIG, Mai spent 16 years at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), where he most recently served as a Senior Energy Researcher for NREL’s Grid Planning and Analysis Center. At NREL he was a principal investigator for major studies on renewable energy grid integration, energy policy, electrification, technology innovation and power and energy systems transformation. His work included the development and application of state of the art power systems planning tools, data, and capabilities. Additionally, he served as a Supervisor in NREL’s Strategic Analysis Center.
Mai holds a Ph.D. and a M.S. in Physics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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