Sahand Karimi

Sahand Karimi is a Researcher at the University of Adelaide and CEO/Co-Founder of OptiGrid, a spin-out from the university. He completed his PhD research with the University of Adelaide and CSIRO, focusing on optimisation solutions for hybrid battery plants. An Electrical Engineer by training, Sahand has over eight years of experience in power systems analysis and modelling, with a focus on optimising renewable and battery operations. Alongside his research, he worked for two years at AEMO on the Frequency Performance Payments framework.