Mohammed Awadallah
Senior Planning Engineer, Energy Storage
Hydro One
Mohamed A. Awadallah received the BSc (with Honors) and MSc degrees from Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt in 1993 and 1997, respectively, and the PhD degree from Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA in 2004, all in Electrical Engineering. His electrical engineering career spans over 30 years, where he occupied different positions in both the academia and industry.
In 2013, he joined the Centre for Urban Energy at Ryerson University as a research fellow working on various projects with many Ontario utilities and industries. He was the main research lead of the Pole-Mounted Energy Storage System (PMESS) project where he led the design, control development, and testing phases of the world’s first energy storage system mounted on a utility pole. The PMESS was recognized by the Canadian Electricity Association as one of the most innovative energy projects in Canada in 2017. He joined Amp Solar Group Inc. in 2017, where he supported the development of clean energy projects encompassing PV systems, standalone and DC-coupled batteries, different microgrid architectures, and various behind-the-meter distributed generation technologies from green fielding to operation and asset management in several Canadian and US jurisdictions.
In 2022, he joined the Distribution Asset Management team at Hydro One as a Senior Planning Engineer, Energy Storage. He looks after a large portfolio on utility-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) deployments to help remote communities improve their supply reliability. He is also involved in many other initiatives along the lines of Non-Wires Alternatives (NWA), Distributed Energy Resources (DER), and wholesale market participation.
Dr Awadallah is a member of the honour societies of Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, and Eta Kappa Nu. His publication record includes sixty research papers and scientific articles in the areas of electric motor drives, controller design, power electronics, renewable energy, and energy storage, where he received more than 2,000 Google Scholar citations. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.
In 2013, he joined the Centre for Urban Energy at Ryerson University as a research fellow working on various projects with many Ontario utilities and industries. He was the main research lead of the Pole-Mounted Energy Storage System (PMESS) project where he led the design, control development, and testing phases of the world’s first energy storage system mounted on a utility pole. The PMESS was recognized by the Canadian Electricity Association as one of the most innovative energy projects in Canada in 2017. He joined Amp Solar Group Inc. in 2017, where he supported the development of clean energy projects encompassing PV systems, standalone and DC-coupled batteries, different microgrid architectures, and various behind-the-meter distributed generation technologies from green fielding to operation and asset management in several Canadian and US jurisdictions.
In 2022, he joined the Distribution Asset Management team at Hydro One as a Senior Planning Engineer, Energy Storage. He looks after a large portfolio on utility-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) deployments to help remote communities improve their supply reliability. He is also involved in many other initiatives along the lines of Non-Wires Alternatives (NWA), Distributed Energy Resources (DER), and wholesale market participation.
Dr Awadallah is a member of the honour societies of Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, and Eta Kappa Nu. His publication record includes sixty research papers and scientific articles in the areas of electric motor drives, controller design, power electronics, renewable energy, and energy storage, where he received more than 2,000 Google Scholar citations. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.