Register today for the next seminar of the ESE Spring 2025 Seminar Series: The Janak Raj Lectures. This seminar is available online only via Zoom. This is a COIL event (Collaborative Online International Learning)

Presented by:  Michael Caravaggio, Vice President, Energy Supply Reliability, EPRI

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TIME: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Eastern Time 
LOCATION - ZOOM MEETING link to be sent prior to the seminar date
CONTACT US: inesei@lehigh.edu  

ABSTRACT:  This talk will cover the current state of electricity energy supply across the globe.  Walking through electricity data at annual, seasonal, weekly, daily and hourly resolutions to draw conclusions.  The difference in time scales is critically important for understanding the energy transition and what technology, market, and other challenges lay ahead as systems continue to look to optimize reliability, affordability, safety, and environmental responsibility of the electricity supply today and in the future.
 

BIO:  Michael Caravaggio is the Vice President, Energy Supply, Fleet Reliability at EPRI.
EPRI’s Energy Supply Sector conducts research on all aspects of electricity generation for a global group of generating companies. The sector has collaborative R&D programs covering the Thermal, Renewable & Next-Generation Fleet, Fleet Management and Operations, Digitalization, Materials, Thermal Optimization and Emissions Controls, Air Quality & Health, and Water & Land Management. Caravaggio has held many roles previously at EPRI including Director Thermal & Hydro Fleet, Senior Program Manager, Major Component Reliability, as well as leading the EPRI Steam and Water Cycle Chemistry Research area.
Before rejoining EPRI in 2014, Caravaggio ran Integrated Chemistry Solutions Pte. Ltd., a Singapore based Business Development and Technical Consultancy company serving the Power and Water industries. Earlier in Caravaggio’s career he held various roles including engineering, supervisory and management, with Ontario Power Generation, a Canadian based Utility Company.
Caravaggio received a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental (chemical) engineering from the University of Waterloo (Canada) and a Master of Business Administration (Strategy) from the Nanyang Business School (Singapore).