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Energy Transition to Carbon Free Electricity with Neva Espinoza
TOPIC: Energy Transition to Carbon Free Electricity
SPEAKER: Neva Espinoza, Senior Vice President – Energy Supply and Low-Carbon Resources & Chief Generation Officer
Neva Espinoza will discuss how nuclear power and other advanced technologies can enable a transition to affordable, reliable, and carbon-free electricity
BIOGRAPHY
Neva Espinoza is Senior Vice President, Energy Supply and Low-Carbon Resources and Chief Generation Officer at EPRI.
In this role, she leads a global team conducting EPRI research and development related to energy supply – including generation, nuclear, and low-carbon fuels – as electricity use continues growing through the energy transition. This includes conventional and advanced nuclear, the existing fossil fleet, large-scale renewable generation assets, long duration energy storage, and the production and use of low-carbon energy carriers.
Previous leadership roles included serving as EPRI’s Vice President of Energy Supply and Low-Carbon Resources and Director of R&D for the institute’s Generation Sector. She joined EPRI in January 2012 with more than 10 years of operational and engineering experience in the power industry, across a diverse set of assets and technologies. Prior to EPRI, Espinoza served in technical and leadership positions at NRG’s Arthur Kill Power Station, Exelon’s Oyster Creek Power Station and Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.
Espinoza received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Rutgers University and Master of Business Administration degree from Wake Forest University. She is a graduate of the U.S. Navy’s Officer Nuclear Power Program and held a senior reactor operator license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Espinoza sits on the National Petroleum Council and the Georgia Institute of Technology Strategic Energy Institute Executive Advisory Board.
