Heard at REF: How to Plan Your Optimal Clean Energy Roadmap at Least Cost

Smart Energy Voices

In this episode of Smart Energy Voices, listen to insights from a session at the 2024 Renewable

Energy Forum (REF) featuring Seyed Madaeni, co-founder and CEO of Verse. Madaeni

discusses the complexities of planning an optimal clean energy roadmap at the lowest cost. He

outlines the various factors that organizations need to consider when planning their

sustainability programs and the importance of understanding the financial implications of these

decisions.

Live polling at REF revealed insights into attendees’ experiences with PPAs and their

organization's clean energy goals. Among those results, many organizations responded that

they have clean energy goals, but there is still a need for more robust strategies to achieve

them, including technology-driven solutions.

You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in...

● The complexities of a clean energy goal (05:23)

● Important questions in setting up a clean energy program (09:21)

● A case study on evaluating approaches to sustainability (13:10)

● The importance of data-driven insights (18:34)

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Seyed has been building software products to optimize the electricity sector for 10+ years. Before founding Verse, he served as the Chief Digital Officer at Fluence, where he played a central role in the company’s successful $5B+ IPO, overseeing its digital business unit. Seyed was instrumental in growing Fluence’s renewable portfolio to over 10GW. Earlier in his career, Seyed was the CEO of AMS, where he pioneered a flagship market bidding product that eventually led to the company’s acquisition by Fluence. Seyed also contributed significantly to Tesla, SolarCity, and PG&E, providing technical oversight for several groundbreaking wholesale market-facing software applications. Seyed holds a BS and MS in electrical engineering from the University of Tehran and a PhD in Systems Engineering (Operations Research) from Ohio State University.

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