Contributors

RV Ahilan

Dr RV Ahilan is Joint CEO and Group Director, Renewables Advisory & Energy Technology at LOC Group. He holds a BSc (Leeds) and MS (Caltech) in Civil Engineering, a PhD (Cantab) in Engineering Fluid Mechanics and an MBA (Imperial). He is a well-known and highly respected technology and business leader with over three decades of industry experience, more than 15 years of which has been at board level. Prior to LOC, Ahilan was EVP of the Renewables Advisory Division of DNV GL, with strategic and operational responsibility for the world’s largest technical advisory firm in renewable energy.

Sam A. Rushing

Sam A. Rushing is president of Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. (www.advancedcryogenicsltd.com . He is a chemist by background, and has been in the CO2 industry for over 30 years, with a strong merchant CO2 industry background as well as a diverse CO2 and cryogenic consulting history covering all subjects and source types.

Sam Reynolds

Sam Reynolds, energy finance analyst with the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), focuses on the economic, financial, and climate risks associated with natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure developments in emerging Asia. He is the author of several studies concerning the region’s transition to renewable energy, stranded asset risk in the natural gas sector, and the macroeconomic risks associated with a greater regional dependence on imported LNG.

As a former political and regulatory risk analyst focusing on global oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets, Sam analysed judicial, legislative, and executive actions that impacted U.S. energy and environmental policy. His work has been published in local and international media outlets around the world. Sam has a master’s degree in energy economics and international environmental law from Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor’s degree in international development from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. 

Sara Jane Ahmed

Sara Jane Ahmed, energy finance analyst for Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), is the author of several studies on island grid transition to renewables, coal stranded asset risk, and rooftop solar. She is a former investment advisor specializing in originating and structuring energy opportunities in emerging markets.

Sarah Fairhurst

Sarah Fairhurst is a Partner at The Lantau Group.

Scott Cawrse

Scott Cawrse is the Director of Nirvanum Consulting. 

Scott M. Smouse

Scott M. Smouse is a Senior Management & Technical Advisor – International at National Energy Technology Laboratory U.S. Department of Energy.

Scott Sklar

 Scott Sklar has led The Stella Group, Ltd., strategic technology optimization and policy firm for clean distributed energy users and companies, with a focus on system standardization,modularity, and web-enabled diagnostics for the past twelve years. Scott Sklar is an Adjunct Professor at the George Washington University teaching a unique multidisciplinary sustainable energy course, and co-teaching an International Energy Security course at The American University. 

Senthilkumar Pandi

Senthilkumar Pandi having 18 years of experience in Digital Data management and Information Management with vast experience in executing large-scale projects in the Oil & Gas, Petrochemical Industries. He has strong, first-generation expertise in intelligent plant design technology and software tools such as Hexagon Smart Suite and Aveva Suite of softwares, blended with experience in project execution systems in world-class companies in Energy Sector. His insight and expertise are helping companies to choose right solution to realize their ambitious Digital Transformation objectives.

Shafiqul Alam

Shafiqul Alam is IEEFA’s Energy Finance Analyst for Bangladesh. He has more than a decade of experience in the energy and climate change sectors. His interest primarily centers on renewable energy, energy efficiency, climate finance, and policy instruments to spearhead the clean energy transition. 

Prior to joining IEEFA, he worked with international development agencies and private sector organizations across the broad spectrum of energy transition and climate change mitigation in various capacities. Among other things, he led to the formulation of national clean energy regulations, implemented award-winning climate change mitigation projects under the Clean Development Mechanism, conducted sectoral and organizational development needs assessments to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency. He also carried out exploratory research on carbon pricing instruments. 

In 2018, he received the prestigious International Climate Protection Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. He is also a recipient of the Clean Energy Fellowship of the National Bureau of Asian Research, USA.