CURRICULUM VITAE

Jayachandran Kasi
Senior Engineer

Personal statistics
Nationality: Indian
Date of Birth: Apr 10, 1988

Languages
Language Native Speaking Reading Writing
English High High High
Hindi High Medium Medium
Tamil (India) High High High

Education
Field of expertise University/School Year
Certificated Energy Manager Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government Dec 2021
of India
Master of Technology, Energy Studies University of Petroleum and Energy Jun 2009 - May 2011
Studies
Bachelors in Engineering, Electronics and Anna University Jul 2005 - May 2009
Communication

Summary of professional experience

Jayachandran is Senior Consultant part of DNV’s Solar team based in Dubai. He has experience of more than 12 years
in the field of Solar Energy and has vast experience in undertaking Technical Due Diligence for utility scale and C&I
projects (under construction and operational solar plants) covering key areas like Contracts and PPA review, Financial
model review, Asset life extension, O&M review including Contractor performance, Site visit, On site PV module
measurements etc. for projects primarily located in MEA, CIS and India region. Currently he is working in the area of
Green Hydrogen and is supporting government agencies in middle east region to conceptualize and implement their GW
Scale Green Hydrogen project.
Prior to joining DNV, Jayachandran has worked with L&T-Sargent Lundy, India in technical consultancy of large-scale
utility solar power plants, independent engineering, owners engineering and detailed engineering assignments for many
reputed clients. Jayachandran is Certified Energy Manager (CEM) by Bureau of Energy Efficiency, has Master's degree
in Energy Systems from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun and Bachelor’s in Electronics and
Communication Engineering from Anna University.

Employment
DNV Dec 2019 – Current
Position: Senior Engineer
Description:
Owners Engineering, Technical Due Diligence, Independent Engineering, Energy Production
assessment, Technical Advisory services, Solar PV plant performance analysis, PR Test witnessing,
Lenders Advisory Services

L&T-Sargent & Lundy Ltd Apr 2017 - Nov 2019

Position: Senior Engineer

CV Date: 20-FEB-2024
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Employment
Description: Lender's Independent Engineering, Owners Engineering, Detailed Engineering,Technical
consultancy for Utility scale solar plants, Support for business activities and proposals.
National Institute of Solar Energy Dec 2014 - Apr 2017
Position: Senior Research Scientist
Description: Operation and maintenance of Hydrogen facility along with 120 kW Solar rooftop plant In charge for
Hydrogen dispensing and utilization in vehicles.
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Jun 2011 - Nov 2014
Position: Research Associate
Description: Worked on installation and commissioning of India's first Solar powered hydrogen generation,
storage and dispensing facility at National Institute of Solar Energy(NISE).

Projects
Consortium of Lenders- IFC, ADB, FMO and JICA, LTA services for 250MW Jul 2023 - Feb 2024
Solar Plant + 63MW BESS
Position: Project Manager

Description: Scope includes review of site visit, independent evaluation of Solar resource, Energy and Uncertainty
assessment of the plant, Climate change risk assessment, review of key supply and EPC contract
terms and purchase specifications, project Cost and schedule benchmarking till financial close of the
project for the PV + BESS plant.

Any ad-hoc support to Lenders till project commitment, financial close and first disbursement.

During construction monitoring review of project construction progress, review of onsite quality
compliance, disbursement certificate and budget utilization verification for construction,
commissioning witness and PR test witness, punch list preparation and any ad-hoc support.

During operations monitoring bi annual visits to check plant performance, O&M performance
including quality, budget and inspect documentation and records maintained.
Activities
performed: Scope till Phase one is delivered comprising of review of technology of major equipment, energy
production assessment, key agreements, project schedule review, financial model review with
benchmarking of CAPEX, OPEX, design review and equipment specifications.

IPP - Confidential , Owners Engineering for 112MW Solar plant, Saudi Arabia Jun 2023 - Feb 2024
Position: Project Manager
Description:
Review of the following
• Basic Engineering for PV plant and substation
• Detailed engineering for PV plant and substation
• Site assessment reports
• Vendor documents review
• Quality documents review
• FAT reports review

Activities • Project Management

performed: • Timely allocation of documents to experts and ensure to complete review in a time bound
manner.
• Engineering review progress reporting
• Review of quality documents and FAT report
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Projects
Hydrom , Technical Advisory Services for Green Hydrogen, Oman Oct 2022 - Feb 2024
Position: Project Manager
Description: Land block mapping for site identification and selection for multiple bid rounds
Develop optimized technical configuration with ideal mix of Solar, Wind and BESS
Provide high level CAPEX & OPEX review for packages covering RE plant, BESS, Electrolyser,
Hydrogen transportation and storage, EHV transmission line, Flexible Ammonia production, Liquid
ammonia transportation and storage
Develop technical approach and prepare RFP including technical schedules, support in bid process
management for public auction and Legacy auction blocks.
Technical bid evaluation and shortlisting
Common/shared infrastructure master plan development

Activities Preparation of RFQ & RFP including project description, technical requirements and evaluation criteria,
performed: technical schedules for Project Development agreement and support in preparing other agreements like
Usufruct agreement etc.
Site visit with bidders and responding to bidder queries
Bid evaluation and comparison of received bid in Duqm and Salalah

IPP - Confidential , Owners Engineering Service till financial close for 100MW Sep 2022 - Feb 2024
Solar project, Morocco
Position: Project Manager
Description: Scope of work includes the following
• Update of the market and Project studies-
o Market Update
o Due Diligence of available EPCs’ and technology providers’ offers
o Site & Energy Production Assessment Review
• EPC and O&M Selection
o Detailed Price breakdown form
o Preparation of RfP documents for EPC (and O&M if required by the Client)
selection
o RfP Process Management and Evaluation
o Selection of the Preferred Bidder(s), awarding of contracts and negotiation of
all Project Agreements
• Grid Impact Study

Activities • Project Management

performed: • Evaluation of preliminary EPC offers
• Preparation of RFP package for selection of EPC and O&M Contractor

IFC, Independent Engineering Services for 4 Solar PV plants- 202MWp, Morocco Jun 2022 - Dec 2023
Position: Project Manager
Description:
Independent engineering for the 4 captive solar plants to be developed in Morocco.

Scope includes review of third party Solar resource, Energy and Uncertainty assessment of the plant,
Climate change risk assessment, review of key supply and EPC contract terms and purchase
specifications, project Cost and schedule benchmarking, review of quality documents and
construction monitoring with regular site visit

Activities DNV issued technical report covering the scope highlighting any potential risks and recommending
performed: mitigations for the same.
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Projects
IPP - Confidential , Vendor Technical Due Diligence of 3 Solar assets in Benban Mar 2023 - Jul 2023
Solar park, Egypt
Position: Project Manager
Description:
Undertake Technical Due Diligence of three Solar assets for the purposes of capital raise. The scope
includes review of operational plant performance, key contracts, PPA, asset life extension till 40
years, financial model review, asset life improvement features, site visit, O&M review.

Activities Project Management, Risk identification and propose mitigation (with estimated budget for action
performed: points), discussion with potential bidders.

World Bank , Unlocking floating solar potential in India Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
Position: Technical Lead - Senior Solar Expert
Description:
To Identify barriers, constraints and bottlenecks that may limit the scaling-up capacity of Floating
Solar PV in India. Learn from global experiences and suggest measures that would unlock its
potential in India and other South Asian countries.

Activities Review of existing international technical standards (IEC) for PV modules, Inverters, SMBs, Cables,
performed: Cable accessories like Cable tags, cable ties, cleats, trays, Earthing practices for its suitability in
floating solar applications compared to ground mount systems.
Highlighted the gaps/limitations in IEC standards for testing, designing while adopting it for floating
solar applications.

The report has been submitted to World bank and received good feedback for the level of technical
details presented in the report. The report is available in public domain.
IPP - Confidential , Technical advisory service for 1.1 GWp Solar assets in South May 2022 - Nov 2022
Africa
Position: Project Manager
Description:
Preparation of independent EPA report, Design optimization, Ancillary services technical
requirements as per PPA, Phase wise repowering strategy, recommendation on CAPEX/OPEX for
Asset life extension till 35 years.

Activities Recommendation on O&M strategy to be followed for asset life extension till 35 years,
performed: recommendation on field failure rates to be considered for key components like PV modules,
Inverters with calculation of minimum reserve account to be built for extending the asset life, review
of various design optimization to identify the optimal design configuration.

Yellow Door Energy , Lenders Technical Due Diligence for 30 MW rooftop assets Mar 2022 - Oct 2022
in UAE,
Position: Project Manager
Description:
Technical Due Diligence of rooftop assets of capacity equivalent to 55MWp for refinancing. The
scope includes review of key contracts, PPA, Electrical and Civil Design review, Asset performance,
Energy production assessment, Financial model review, Contracts review, Site visit, Construction
monitoring, commissioning test and PR test report review.

Activities Review of key agreements, O&M strategy review, Financial model review with benchmarking of
performed: CAPEX, OPEX and suggestion on field failure rates to be considered for key components like PV
modules, Inverters with calculation of minimum reserve account to be maintained, design review and
equipment specifications, Project management.
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Projects
IPP Confidential , Technical Specification for Renewable Energy Integrated Feb 2022 - Jul 2022
Asset Management software
Position: Technical Lead
Description:
A leading Greece’s power generation company is having multiple wind farms, small hydro plants,
large PV plants and a hybrid power plant. To improve the assets performance and to better manage
its assets they engaged DNV to draft technical requirements of RFP for purchase of AM software
along with CMMS built with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine learning (ML).

Activities Drafting of technical requirements for AM software with CMMS. Additionally prepared evaluation
performed: criteria and selection for the RFP. Based on Customer request drafted Head of terms as well which
shall be used for further discussion with selected AM software provider.

IPP- Confidential , Technical Advisory service for development of 300MW Solar Mar 2022 - May 2022
plant
Position: Project Manager
Description: Preparation of basic engineering drawings for different overloading capacity and mounting
configuration. Preparation of technical report covering general description of the equipment, main
design considerations, land use in each phase. A short description of the expected operation and
Maintenance plan for the plant

Activities Preparation of multiple Project Layout, AC & DC SLD for four different DC/AC ratios, Pitch and GCR
performed: optimization along with mounting system configuration evaluation. Preparation of technical report
covering general description of the proposed equipment, main design considerations relative to the
selected site, land use for each scenarios indicated above along with description of the expected
operation and maintenance plan for the plant based on standard practice.

Confidential, Technical Due Diligence for 7.7 GW Solar Portfolio Sep 2021 - Feb 2022
Position: Project Manager
Description:
Technical Due Diligence of Solar assets (2.5GW Operation, 1GW under construction and remaining
development phase pipeline assets) for acquisition. The scope includes review of key contracts,
PPA, Electrical and Civil Design review, Asset performance, Energy production assessment, Asset
life extension till 40 years, Financial model review, Forecasting and Scheduling performance, Plant
asset life improvement features, site visit, on site PV modules measurement – Flash test and EL,
Commissioning and PR test report review.

Activities Review of onsite ARC retrofitting, site suitability analysis for deployment of automated robot for dry
performed: cleaning across operational solar plants, Financial model review with benchmarking of CAPEX,
OPEX along with future estimates of the same, Review of Asset life extension strategy and
suggestion on field failure rates to be considered for key components like PV modules, Inverters,
calculation of minimum reserve account to be maintained, Repowering strategy. Review of key
contract documents and Purchase specifications, Project management.

CLP India, Technical Due Diligence for a 250 MW Solar plant in Rajasthan Jun 2021 - Oct 2021
Position: Project Manager
Description: The project is divided in to three phases with Technical Due Diligence of the project till financial
closure as first phase, Review of key contract terms and purchase specifications, Project Cost and
schedule benchmarking, review of quality documents and Construction monitoring with regular site
visit as Phase-2 activity and Review of asbuilt documents, commissioning support and updation of
EYA based on as built configuration as Phase-3.
Activities Project Management, Performing Site visit, Review of kaey contract documents and Purchase
performed: specifications, Coordinating project reviews and approvals
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Projects
Multiple projects, Independent Engineering assignment (IE) for green field Solar Apr 2017 - Oct 2021
PV Power Plants (aggregate of more than 2000MW capacity)
Position: Project Manager and Lead Engineer
Description: • Review and close monitoring of Initial site setup activities including establishing quality
principles, Safety philosophies and various formats for reporting compliances of quality &
safety
• Review of project execution, Project progress at site & comparison with S Curve, Material
availability at site, Incoming material inspection, Quality Nonconformities, Punch list,
grievance redressal mechanism (GRM) and safety compliance, Preparation of monthly/
quarterly reports.
• Witness Commissioning test and Performance Guarantee test as per the agreed protocol at
the time of acceptance of the project.
• Annual O&M review, inspection of O&M records, plant performance analysis and identifying
performance gaps.
Single axis tracker bankability review Apr 2020 - Jul 2020
Position: Lead Electrical Engineer
Description: Bankability review of single axis tracker to review of all the design documents, installation, O&M
manual, test report and to verify the compliance of the product with the existing standards.
Activities The tasks performed during the project are review of the electrical drawings, test reports for
performed: compliance to international standards and reliability reports, review of tracker communication and
interface with SCADA system.
Confidential, Factory Acceptance Testing for Solar PV inverters Mar 2020 - Mar 2020
Position: Project Manager
Description: Witness factory acceptance testing for 10 no’s of Solar PV inverters (2MW capacity each) as per
approved quality assurance plan. Reporting of any nonconformance and review of test results as per
relevant IEC standards.
Reputed clients (Cumulative of many projects) , Solar PV Module testing across Mar 2020
multiple Solar Power plant
Position: Lead Engineer
Description: Onsite Flash testing at STC and EL testing

Activities Preparation of sampling plan for modules to be tested.

performed: Coordinated and conducted on site testing of Solar PV modules at site using DNV’s mobile lab
tester.
Confidential, Review of Saudi Electricity Company regulation for Rooftop Solar Feb 2020 - Feb 2020
PV systems
Position: Project Manager
Description: Technical review of Saudi Electric Company’s guidelines and regulations for implementation of Solar
rooftop PV system.

Training
Year Description
Dec 2019 Compliance Module 2: DNV GL’s approach to Anti-Corruption and Anti-Trust – An Introduction
Dec 2019 Compliance Module 1: DNV GL Code of Conduct – An introduction to expected conduct and
behavior in daily business