Overview
Personal Profile
Randika Wijekoon holds 10 years of industry experience in electricity system planning. His expertise includes long term capacity expansion planning, production cost modeling, and renewable energy grid integration. His current projects include work on modeling, simulation, and analysis of the power systems in United States and India to explore challenges in deep decarbonization and develop strategies for future pathways.
Research Interests
Capacity expansion planning and production cost modeling
Power system flexibility and capacity adequacy
Electricity system planning for net zero futures
Professional Experience
Electrical Engineer (Generation Planning), Ceylon Electricity Board (2012–2022)
Projects Engineer, Trade Promoters Pvt Ltd (2011–2012)
Education/Academic Qualification
Master, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Peradeniya
Bachelor, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Peradeniya
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Activities
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Energy Systems Integration Group (External organization)
Wijekoon, R. (Member)
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Engineers Australia (External organization)
Wijekoon, R. (Member)
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (External organization)
Ginley, D. (Member), Nagarajan, A. (Member), Markel, A. (Member), Bernstein, A. (Member), Solanki, B. (Member), Hodge, B.-M. (Member), Uriarte, C. (Member), Barrows, C. (Member), Perkins, C. (Member), Palmintier, B. (Member), Thomas, D.-M. (Member), Saleem, D. (Member), DeVoto, D. (Member), Khan, F. (Member), Seo, G.-S. (Member), Moreno, G. (Member), Johnson, G. (Member), Cavraro, G. (Member), Dunham, H. (Member), Jorgenson, J. (Member), Zhang, J. (Member), Sanyal, J. (Member), Kisacikoglu, J. (Member), Rivera, J. (Member), Duwadi, K. (Member), Doubleday, K. (Member), Panda, K. (Member), Sedzro, K. S. (Member), Panossian, N. (Member), Guba, N. (Member), Martin, M. (Member), Guerra Fernandez, O. J. (Member), Baggu, M. (Member), Emami, P. (Member), Paret, P. (Member), Koralewicz, P. (Member), Awara, S. (Member), McFly, S. (Member), Dhulipala, S. C. (Member), Ovaitt, S. (Member), Paul, S. (Member), Abraham, S. A. (Member), De Silva M, T. (Member), Singh, V. K. (Member), Zhang, X. (Member), Zhou, X. (Member), Agalgaonkar, Y. (Member), Wright, J. (Member), Pao, L. (Member), Kekelia, B. (Member), Chang, C.-Y. (Member), Kiboma, L. (Member), Ramirez Arbelaez, L. (Member), Chaudhary, R. (Member), Wijekoon, R. (Member), Ahrenkiel, R. (Fellow), Kurtz, S. (Member), Truong, T. (Member), Poudyal, A. (Member) & Sekulic, W. (Member)
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International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE) (External organization)
Wright, J. (Member) & Wijekoon, R. (Member)
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Awards and Honors
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Best Technical Paper Award of the National Energy Symposium of Sri Lanka
Wijekoon, R. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Honorary award
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