Alejandro Espejo

Energy systems analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean

About me

I work at Wärtsilä for the growth and development team. We focus on market development for battery storage systems and highly-flexible internal combustion engines as enablers of accelerated renewable integration. I design power system models to highlight the value of flexibility from dispatchable assets.

white wind mill on brown grass field under white clouds during daytime

Work Experience

Finance and Market Analyst

Wartsila North America / May 2021 - Present

Consulting

Center for Houston's Future / January 2021 - Present

Fellow at CHF working with freight industry representatives to deploy a hydrogen pilot fueling station in the Port of Houston

Simulation Engineer

Trungale Engineering and Science / February 2020 - March 2020

Worked on environmental impact study of brine dispersion in the Corpus Christi Bay. Collaborated with biologists at Texas Parks and Wildlife. 

Production Management Engineer Co-op

Cargill Inc. / January 2019 - August 2019

Organized, scheduled, and budgeted for large environmental, health, and safety projects. Designed and oversaw installation of custom leak prevention devices. 

My Skills

Data Analysis

In energy being able to understand and parse through all of the available information is essential for coming to well-founded conclusions. 

Collaboration

Working in energy requires working with a broad spectrum of people and organizations. Elected officials, regulators, contractors, utilities, businesses, and residences all have different interests that must be balanced. 

Project Management

Project management is the practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet success criteria at the time.

Certificates and Publications

Engineer-in-Training

Texas Board of Professional Engineers / June 2020 - June 2028

Publications

Optimization of Lateral Wandering of Automated Vehicles to Reduce Hydroplaning Potential and to Improve Pavement Life / June 2019

Education

MS Energy Systems

Texas A&M University / 2020 - 2021

BS Chemical Engineering, Spanish Minor

Texas A&M University / 2015 - 2019

Projects

Solar Power Prediction Model using NSRDB data in Python / October 2020

Energy System Superstructure Optimization using Python Gurobi / November 2020

CORMIX Simulation of Environmental Impact of Brine Dispersion in Corpus Chrisi Bay / March 2020

Aspen Plus Hydrocarbon Manufacturing Process and Environmental Intensity Simulation / December 2019

Truck Scale Installation at Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate / August 2019

Process Transition connection Design and Installation at Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate / June 2019

Simulation of Road Wear by Repeated Autonomous Vehicle Traffic / July 2018

What I'm Reading (September 2022)

The New Map, Daniel Yergin 

Superpower, Russel Gold

Market Madness, Blake Clayton

The Great Hunt, Robert Jordan