Director of Energy Storage Validation, U.S. Department of Energy
Mohamed Kamaludeen is the Director of Energy Storage Validation at the Office of Electricity (OE), U.S. Department of Energy. His team in OE leads the nation’s energy storage effort by validating and bringing technologies to market. This includes designing, executing, and evaluating a RD&D portfolio that accelerates commercial adoption of next-generation grid storage technologies. Mohamed has more than 15 years of experience in the electric utility industry, specifically the electric system planning process, including engineering and design, forecasting, substation planning, and energy storage. He is a change management leader with a record of building energy storage businesses in a regulated utility environment. With a portfolio of utility-owned and third-party projects exceeding 120MW, Mohamed positioned Con Edison of New York to advance energy storage development. Mohamed is known for developing novel clean energy projects at scale through strong private sector-led, government-enabled innovation and collaboration framework. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from CUNY and is currently an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University.
