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.
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