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Hari Gopalakrishnan

Hari Gopalakrishnan

Manager, Market Strategy , Mitsubishi Power Americas

Hari is a Subject Matter Expert in the electric power industry. His work involves developing complex power systems models to design future electric grids. He supports electric utilities and system operators in developing decarbonized grids to meet climate goals. His technical expertise covers the entire power generation spectrum, including latest technologies such as Hydrogen Gas Turbines and Combined Cycle plants, Onshore and Offshore Wind, Solar, Battery Storage, Geothermal, Small Modular Nuclear Reactors, Power-to-X, CCUS and allied technologies.

Hari developed his expertise in the field of electric power and energy engineering over a period of 25 years. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering. He subsequently spent 5 years on his PhD research involving power plant optimization which was supported by funding from the US Department of Energy. During this time, he also performed energy efficiency improvement studies at manufacturing facilities in New England states. After his PhD he also obtained a professional master’s degree in finance. He entered the power and energy industry in a professional capacity as a modeler and research analyst for a global energy and commodities research company which was followed by work for a power markets software developer, leading to his current position at Mitsubishi Power Americas.

Sessions

20-Jan-2026

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

303A

Bridging Innovation and Infrastructure with Hydrogen Power
20-Jan-2026

01:00 PM – 02:00 PM

Exhibit Hall - Hall 1

The New (Grid) Balancing Act
21-Jan-2026

09:30 AM – 10:15 AM

303A

How Different Decarbonization Pathways Could Influence ERCOT's Long-Term Generation Planning
21-Jan-2026

03:15 PM – 04:15 PM

303A

Automation in Action: Showcasing an Operational H2 Project
20-Jan-2026

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

303A

Bridging Innovation and Infrastructure with Hydrogen Power

"This is my first year at POWERGEN and so far I can just say, wow, this event is huge. I never thought I would have access to so many different vendors and so many different experts in the energy industry by coming to an event like this."

Caitlyn Watkins

Cleco

"It's my first time at POWERGEN. I'm having a great time walking around and seeing all of the booths in the exhibit hall and everything that everybody's trying to sell me, as well as a lot of very useful technical presentations. My particular favorite has been the carbon capture track, but they've all been good that I've attended so far."

Janelle Dana

Entergy

"Hi, I’m Chad Lemoine with Entergy... here as a corrective actions program specialist. It’s my first time at POWERGEN, so it’s been great for networking. I’ve met personnel at our plants I’d only talked to on the phone, so that face-to-face interaction has been really good. I’ve enjoyed meeting new people, learning about what they do, and how it interacts with my work... Overall, it's been a really good time."

Chad Lemoine

Entergy

"I think my favorite part of the conference has been essentially the Smarter Power Plant Track. There's been a lot of good [takeaways] for us because our plans are quite old, so there's a lot of manual readings and things, but me being the IT generation, I think it could be done better. So having a lot of these [takeaways] from companies who have [accomplished what] we are wanting to do is great. It's been really eye opening networking with all of the exhibitors [as well]. It's my first time here, but I don’t think it's going to be my last."

Jonathan Hellborg

Svensk Kraftreserv

“Nel’s chosen to sponsor and be part of POWERGEN because it's one of the more important shows in the hydrogen market, also the power generation market in general. Over the years, we've seen a shift in POWERGEN from more traditional power generation to a greater presence with renewables, and now with hydrogen, as an energy source, moving into the future.”

Chris Van Name

Nel Hydrogen

“We're here today at the conference because I believe this is the largest power generation conference there is in the country. One, it's a way to get our name out and that's why we're sponsoring it. But two, it's also a great way to connect with other groups, other organizations and, you know, meet the people who are actually important for our own progression as a company.”

James Walker

Nano Nuclear Energy, Inc

“We come to POWERGEN every year because it's a great show you can make great contacts in the renewable space, great contacts in the data center space, great contacts in the commercial industrial space. So that's why we're here every year. You should be here too.”

David D’Escoto

Maddox Industrial Transformer