Ushakar Jha, n/a

VP Project Engineering
Rye Development

Ushakar is a licensed civil engineer with over two decades of experience in the field of hydropower. His expertise includes design engineering, detailed project planning, project cost estimation, power production modeling, and project management of hydropower projects. Ushakar has spent the last decade advancing hydro projects at the leading hydropower development company Rye Development. Currently, as the Vice President of Project Engineering at Rye, Ushakar is responsible for overseeing all technical dimensions of the projects. He is also the principal investigator for various initiatives with National Labs such as Oak Ridge, NREL, Argonne, and PNNL labs. He is an active participant and contributor to the Department of Energy’s HydroWIRES (Water Innovation for a Resilient Electric System) initiative. Ushakar is also a Co-chair of the NHA New Hydropower development Roundtable. Ushakar has both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering and an MBA from the Hult International Business School.

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Presentation(s):

• 138 - Risks and Uncertainties When Retrofitting Existing Low Head Dams with Hydroelectric Turbines

  Wednesday, May 22, 2024
  10:15 AM – 10:30 AM CT