Sripada Vallabha, Utility Development Manager

Sripada Vallabha

Utility Development Manager

Alfanar Company

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
18 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 11 Months

Utility Development Manager at Alfanar Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since December 2013

Responsible for Bids associated with Renewable Plants, Water Treatment Plants and Convectional Power plants.

Responsible for all Development activities including obtaining various permits, EPC contracts, Technical due diligence of various technologies and choosing the right one for obtaining better LCOE / Life Cycle cost.

Lead Engineer
  • My current job since December 2013

Notable Accomplishments Across The Career
Played a leading role in securing 327 MWp Solar PV based plant, 30 MLD BWRO based desalination plant, 150 MLD TSE
plant, 45 MLD STP plants for Alfanar @ Qiddiya entertainment city (KSA), which is one of the land mark projects in Multi
Utility based projects on Public Private Partnership based projects on competitive bidding basis.
Secured 50 MWac Solar Based PV plant @ Madinah & 20ac MW Solar Based PV Plant @ Rafha on Development basis to
M/s Alfanar during bidding in REPDO RD II Project in KSA on competitive bidding basis
Spearheaded Development Team to achieve preferred bidder status for one of the Concentrated Solar Power Development
Project in South Africa for Alfanar Company
Lead technical and contractual discussion with all the stake holders including banks and their technical advisors to attain
financial closure of 50 MW Alfasolar PV project in Egypt from Alfanar
Developed & implemented LCOE mechanism to analyze the variation in cost vs. betterment in heat rate of the plant to arrive
at an optimal $/kW of the plant and achieving better system design parameters along with design selection & quality control
activities
Managed bids worth INR 3000 Crores and acquired contracts for the company for 2 x 800 MW Krishnapattanam Project
Implemented detailed analysis by developing water balance diagrams and provided necessary suggestions to reduce the
overall water consumption for the plant
Provided suggestions to arrive at optimized parameters of steam both in the HP and LP section of the HRSG to arrive at the
optimized LCOE for the plant
Played a key role in becoming L1 position for 320 MW Rafha CCPP plant and 1050 solar integrated solar combined cycle
power plant Waad Al Shamal & L2 in Hail CCPP
Attained appreciation certificate from Tata Project for optimizing
o Water balance associated for 2 x 800 MW super critical power plant
o Circulating Water Pump Design Associated for 2 x 800 MW Super Critical Power Plant
Recognised for being promoted twice for excellent performance in Tata Projects Limited
Achieved preferred bidder status for EPC works of:
o 2 x 800 MW Coal based super critical power plant from Tata Project Limited
o 2 x 500 MW Coal based sub critical power plant from Tata Project Limited
o 1 x 320 MW gas based combined cycle power plant from Tata Project Limited
Completed detailed engineering for 2 x 800 MW Coal based super critical power plant from Tata Project Ltd.

Assistant Manager at TATA Projects Limited
  • India
  • March 2007 to December 2013
Engineer at Cheema Boilers Limited
  • India
  • June 2006 to February 2007
Engineer
  • June 2006 to February 2007

Power Generation), Cheema Boilers Limited, Chandigarh

Engineer Trainee at THERMODYNE
  • India
  • June 2005 to June 2006

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Osmania University
  • January 2005

Merit of qualifying: o GATE-

Specialties & Skills

PROCESS ENGINEERING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
BALANCE
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
COMPETITIVE
CONSULTING
CONVERSION
DATABASE ADMINISTRATION
DIRECTING

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
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