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Rojan Pandey

Kardinya

Summary

I am a highly motivated and passionate Energy Professional with a diverse range of technical experiences in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. I hold a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) and completed Post Graduate Diploma in Energy Studies and a Master of Science in Renewable Energy from Murdoch University under merit based Australian Endeavour Award. I have a good understanding of current energy market dynamics including theWA Wholesale Electricity Market. I have a proven track record of taking on new and challenging projects and successfully delivering projects for clients. I am a conscientious team member who works harmoniously with his peers to produce consistently good results. I thrive on innovation and finding new ways to improve the energy market/systems through the power of robust modelling and analysis with a learning attitude.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Energy Efficiency Officer

City of Mandurah
05.2023 - Current
  • Drive the adoption of energy efficient practices and technologies in both City operations and the broader community, including renewable energy
  • Identify, design and implement energy-focussed behaviour change initiatives at City facilities, in conjunction with the relevant teams and facility managers
  • Identify opportunities and promote the uptake of energy efficient and renewable energy technologies both in the community and at City facilities
  • Maintain and enhance the City’s energy monitoring platform
  • Measure the City’s progress towards achieving its emissions reduction targets and strategic initiatives related to energy use, and communicate this with Council, staff and the community
  • Investigate and support the delivery of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects to reduce energy consumption associated with City operations.

Lead Consultant- Energy and Water

HFM Asset Management (a BGIS Company)
06.2021 - 05.2023
  • Acting as a key point of contact in understanding the current energy market across National Electricity Market (NEM) and Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) which helps team to provide the best advice for the clients to act with
  • Overseeing energy contracts for major commercial, educational or industrial clients to address their energy and future energy requirement, prepare and tender energy contracts minimizing any potential future risk and help them in pursuing their Carbon Neutral targets as part of the key business activities
  • Identify ongoing energy savings from demand side management activities such as network tariff review and optimization for both gas and electricity, capacity charges mitigation, peak demand management and power factor correction, meter network and on-sell tariff review in case of embedded network
  • Assist in feasibility study of Electric Vehicles Chargers, Solar PV/battery its impact on energy contract and charges Solar PV/Battery for commercial and industrial sites
  • Assisting clients to navigate through their Renewable Energy commitment and buy Renewable Greenpower, Large Scale Generation certificates etc
  • From different platforms
  • Team member of Western Power Flexibility Services Pilot Program which was addressing the minimum demand issue in network with high penetration of distributed energy technologies
  • Led the project which collaborated with Western Australian hospitality sectors including the major 4 star and 5-star hotels effected by COVID-19 situation during peak (mid 2020) and identifying the opportunities to save ongoing energy costs
  • Preparing and tracking ongoing energy performance monitoring report for the clients using Envizi platform and PowerBI which benchmark the energy performance against defined criteria.

Engineering Consultant

HFM Asset Management (a BGIS Company)
10.2019 - 06.2021
  • Acting as a key point of contact in understanding the current energy market across National Electricity Market (NEM) and Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) which helps team to provide the best advice for the clients to act with
  • Overseeing energy contracts for major commercial, educational or industrial clients to address their energy and future energy requirement, prepare and tender energy contracts minimizing any potential future risk and help them in pursuing their Carbon Neutral targets as part of the key business activities
  • Identify ongoing energy savings from demand side management activities such as network tariff review and optimization for both gas and electricity, capacity charges mitigation, peak demand management and power factor correction, meter network and on-sell tariff review in case of embedded network
  • Assist in feasibility study of Electric Vehicles Chargers, Solar PV/battery its impact on energy contract and charges Solar PV/Battery for commercial and industrial sites
  • Assisting clients to navigate through their Renewable Energy commitment and buy Renewable Greenpower, Large Scale Generation certificates etc
  • From different platforms
  • Team member of Western Power Flexibility Services Pilot Program which was addressing the minimum demand issue in network with high penetration of distributed energy technologies
  • Led the project which collaborated with Western Australian hospitality sectors including the major 4 star and 5-star hotels effected by COVID-19 situation during peak (mid 2020) and identifying the opportunities to save ongoing energy costs
  • Preparing and tracking ongoing energy performance monitoring report for the clients using Envizi platform and PowerBI which benchmark the energy performance against defined criteria.

Analyst

HFM Asset Management (a BGIS Company)
04.2018 - 09.2019
  • Acting as a key point of contact in understanding the current energy market across National Electricity Market (NEM) and Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) which helps team to provide the best advice for the clients to act with
  • Overseeing energy contracts for major commercial, educational or industrial clients to address their energy and future energy requirement, prepare and tender energy contracts minimizing any potential future risk and help them in pursuing their Carbon Neutral targets as part of the key business activities
  • Identify ongoing energy savings from demand side management activities such as network tariff review and optimization for both gas and electricity, capacity charges mitigation, peak demand management and power factor correction, meter network and on-sell tariff review in case of embedded network
  • Assist in feasibility study of Electric Vehicles Chargers, Solar PV/battery its impact on energy contract and charges Solar PV/Battery for commercial and industrial sites
  • Assisting clients to navigate through their Renewable Energy commitment and buy Renewable Greenpower, Large Scale Generation certificates etc
  • From different platforms
  • Team member of Western Power Flexibility Services Pilot Program which was addressing the minimum demand issue in network with high penetration of distributed energy technologies
  • Led the project which collaborated with Western Australian hospitality sectors including the major 4 star and 5-star hotels effected by COVID-19 situation during peak (mid 2020) and identifying the opportunities to save ongoing energy costs
  • Preparing and tracking ongoing energy performance monitoring report for the clients using Envizi platform and PowerBI which benchmark the energy performance against defined criteria.

Teaching Assistant- Murdoch University / Energy Consultant- Green Nexus

Murdoch University/Green Nexus International
08.2015 - 04.2018
  • Undertook energy audit of a business facility and created energy management plans, which involved liaison with independent electricity suppliers for better tariff for contestable consumer
  • Conducted specialised lectures on Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development and train Renewable Energy Engineering students with practical knowledge of real-time data monitoring, data extraction, technical and financial assessment of renewable energy system such as solar and wind using specialised software
  • Assisted lecturer in Energy Management, Renewable Energy Resources, Energy Systems and Case Studies with Renewable Energy Technologies subjects which include online assignment marking and giving feedback.

Consultant-Project Engineer

Eco Advance
07.2013 - 03.2015
  • Conducted Energy Audits in compliance with Australian Standard AS3598: 2000 at industries (food processing, manufacturing industry) and office building
  • Conducted feasibility study of Pico hydro power in Winery Estate, Margaret River, WA
  • Undertook analysis to create energy management plans, which included assessment of existing system performance and development of investment plans for new capital and operating energy reduction initiatives.

Research Officer

Energy Sector Assistance Program (ESAP)/Alternative Energy Assistance Program
09.2008 - 07.2009
  • Led the team for developing the first national legal framework for subsidising high-altitude metallic stoves
  • Conducted country-wide regional workshops to train private and public sector including end users about subsidy delivery modality for all technologies in Nepal focussing on metallic stoves
  • Monitored pilot activities on biomass technologies initiated through action research program
  • Conducted networking event for building effective working relationships and developing partnerships with internal and external stakeholders such as manufacturing companies, promoters and end users
  • Undertook cost-benefit analysis of the specific biomass technologies to assess the potential value of technology and its contribution to an industrial sector
  • Initiated sector development on proven biomass energy.

Research Officer/First Investigator, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Kathmandu University
08.2006 - 09.2008
  • First investigator in Hindu Kush-Karakoram-Himalaya (HKKH) Partnership Project: “Survey on Solid Waste and Energy Management in Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone” where my input was on energy supply and demand scenario and developed the energy management plan for the Mount Everest National Park
  • Participated in the development of new applied RE technologies (with an emphasis on smokeless metal stove for cooking and room heating, solar PV elementary village lighting systems and high-altitude solar water heating systems for community use) for remote Nepal mountain villages
  • Participated in the RIDS-Nepal NGO Holistic Community Development project implementation and management, in the remotest and most impoverished mountain area of North-West Nepal.

Education

Master of Science in Renewable Energy -

Murdoch University
01.2012

Postgraduate Diploma in Energy Studies -

Murdoch University
01.2010

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) -

Kathmandu University
01.2006

Skills

  • Proficient in Microsoft Windows Operating System, Office and Related Software
  • Data Analytics platform and software such as Envizi, PowerBI
  • Familiar with Data Logging software such as Datataker
  • Solar Energy Technology Related Software PVsyst
  • Renewable Energy Integration/Feasibility
  • Energy Data Analysis and Interpretation
  • Energy Procurement and Contract Negotiation
  • Energy Modelling and Forecasting
  • Engineering System Design
  • Energy Management

Recent Training

  • National Hydrogen Industry Technical Masterclass Program, 13-15 February 2024
  • Essentials of Engagement by IAP2 Australasia, June 2023
  • Green Star Foundations course, 10 November 2021
  • Work Safety at Heights, Issued 12 August 2021
  • First Aid Course, Issued 23 July 2021

Publications

  • Evaluation and analysis of the impact of subsidies on small scale renewable energy technologies dissemination: a case study of Nepal, Pandey, Rojan, 2011, Masters by Coursework thesis, Murdoch University, http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/view/author/Pandey%2C%20Rojan.html
  • Energy, Forest, and Indoor Air Pollution Models for Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone, Nepal, Salerno, F., Viviano, G., Thakuri, S., Flury, B., Maskey, R. K., Khanal, S. N., Pandey, R .K., Manfredi, E. C., 2010, Mountain Research and Development, 30(2), 113- 126, 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00027.1
  • Identification and evaluation of the losses occurring in a solar PV system under real field conditions for rural electrification in Humla, Pandey, R., Zahnd, A. and Thakuri, S., 2009, Solar09, the 47th ANZSES Annual Conference, 29 September - 2 October, Townsville, Australia, http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/12691/
  • Energy Management Research in Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone (SNPBZ) and its Outcomes, Maskey, R.K., S. Bhochhibhya, R.K. Pandey,, S.N. Khanal, R. Kayastha , K. Kafle, F. Salerno, B Flury & F. Viviano., 2010, Contemporary Research in Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) Region, Nepal, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Khumaltar, Lalitpur

References

Available on request

Timeline

Energy Efficiency Officer

City of Mandurah
05.2023 - Current

Lead Consultant- Energy and Water

HFM Asset Management (a BGIS Company)
06.2021 - 05.2023

Engineering Consultant

HFM Asset Management (a BGIS Company)
10.2019 - 06.2021

Analyst

HFM Asset Management (a BGIS Company)
04.2018 - 09.2019

Teaching Assistant- Murdoch University / Energy Consultant- Green Nexus

Murdoch University/Green Nexus International
08.2015 - 04.2018

Consultant-Project Engineer

Eco Advance
07.2013 - 03.2015

Research Officer

Energy Sector Assistance Program (ESAP)/Alternative Energy Assistance Program
09.2008 - 07.2009

Research Officer/First Investigator, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Kathmandu University
08.2006 - 09.2008

Master of Science in Renewable Energy -

Murdoch University

Postgraduate Diploma in Energy Studies -

Murdoch University

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) -

Kathmandu University

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