Project Management Manager

Nicholas Denegre **** E Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe, AZ 85288

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Project Management Professional with 12 years of experience in managing and optimizing sustainable energy projects, including solar photovoltaics (PV) and battery energy storage systems (BESS), energy efficiency, hydrogen fuel cells, molecular electronics, and microgrids. Proven expertise in working in EPC industry, investment teams, and strategic marketing. Passionate about leading teams, managing successful projects, and driving strategic technology development. Professional Experience

Denegre Consulting Tempe, AZ May 2018 – Present

Project Management Consultant

• Built and led a team of design engineers to respond to RFPs for a 500MW + 100MWh portfolio in WECC.

• Managed the revisions of 3rd party PVsyst reports to optimize project IRR prior to financial closing.

• Based on lessons learned from financial closeout, wrote an operational strategy for EPC strategy and design, including contract administration and supplier negotiation.

• Developed and implemented excel models to evaluate monthly electric losses due to snow load.

• Built and executed VBA code across micro-level inverter data to identify production losses due to shading.

• Managed a $170M portfolio of utility-scale PV assets for Soltage, including due diligence for M&A activities. American Perovskites LLC Tempe, AZ September 2022 – April 2024 Project Manager

• Awarded $200,000 by U.S DOE’s American-Made Perovskite Startup Prize to lead R&D projects which included product-market fit, technology transfer, and inventions for manufacturing materials for solar cells. Eversource Energy, Berlin, CT March 2017 – August 2017 Project Manager

• Led project implementation of HVAC and lighting technologies, achieving over 10M kWh in electric savings. Greenskies Renewable Energy, Middletown, CT August 2014 – February 2017 Project Engineer

• Managed a $3M annual budget to oversee operations of a 150 MW commercial & industrial (C&I) solar photovoltaic portfolio. Managed ASTM E2848 reporting, performance monitoring, and technician supervision.

• Leveraged PVlib python and PV Performance Modeling Collaborative to run expected generation calculations on operating field data.

• Collaborated cross-functionally with design team to apply lessons learned to PVsyst production estimates. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO May 2014 – August 2017 Laboratory Technician

• Developed a method to investigate the degradation and performance of C&I HVAC rooftop units. Pacific Northwest Energy Laboratory, Richland, WA May 2013 – August 2013 Laboratory Technician

• Utilized building automated system to extract HVAC data and analyze performance using macros and Matlab. Education

BSc: Environmental Earth Science, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT May 2014 Concentration: Sustainable Energy Science Minor: Business Information Systems Publications, Writing Accomplishments, & Conferences 1. Speaker at PV Cell Tech Berlin 2023 and PV Cell Tech USA 2023 2. Presenter at Smart Energy Marketplace + Microgrid Theater in New Orleans, Sept. 2021 3. Master’s Dissertation on Global Regulatory Energy Markets and Prosumer Trading Concepts Technical Skills

• Solar PV Power Plant

EPC management

• Technical development

and due diligence

• Contract management

• Industry software tools

• RFPs for advisory firms

• Python, VBA, SQL, GIS

• Helioscope, PVsyst,

Bluebeam

• Technical training

• Market assessment

• Networking with industry

peers

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