Binod Koirala

Dr. Binod Koirala is a deputy group leader of multi-energy systems and cluster leader of energy system design at Urban Energy System Lab, Empa, Switzerland. He holds a Ph.D. in Sustainable Energy Technologies and Strategies from TU Delft, KTH and Comillas. He is an electrical engineer and renewable energy specialist with more than 15 years of international experience in both developed and developing countries. Dr. Koirala has in-depth knowledge of integrated community-based energy systems, multi-energy systems, distributed energy resources, energy markets, energy policy as well as technical, economic, environmental and institutional issues in the energy system transformation. He is a PI of NCCR Automation funded industry-academia project on Integrated Energy System Planning for ESP Sisslerfeld.