For those interested in low-carbon tech and the future of technology aiding renewable energy generation, visit the Energy Club's Energy Chat we'll have with Neva Espinoza from EPRI!

This event is open to all Georgia Tech students - feel free to show up and grab a slice of pizza!

EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute) is an independent non-profit energy research, development, and deployment organization. Its 3 main research areas are generation, nuclear, and power delivery & utilization.

Neva Espinoza

Neva Espinoza is the Vice President of Energy Supply and Low-Carbon Resources at EPRI. In this role she is responsible for the R&D team which is focused on research, development, and the application of technologies for both existing and future generating assets and large-scale renewable generation assets, including wind, solar and hydropower. She is also leading EPRI’s Low-Carbon Resources Initiative to accelerate the development and deployment of low-carbon technologies.

Espinoza previously served as the Director of R&D for EPRI’s Generation Sector. She joined EPRI in January 2012 with more than 10 years of operational and engineering experience in the power industry. Prior to EPRI, Espinoza was the operations manager at NRG’s Arthur Kill Power Station, where she was responsible for establishing and managing the safe and reliable operation of the plant. Previously, she worked at Exelon as a systems engineer, a member of the Engineering Response Team, and an operations supervisor. She was the lead test and system engineer of the first hollow fiber filtration system commissioned in the United States.