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Personal Profile
Thushara De Silva is an energy systems engineer in the Grid Planning and Analysis Center's Transmission Group. She primarily works with production cost modeling and other models to understand the changing power grid operation and inform grid reliability and resilience measures considering multisector water use, new technology additions, and climate extremes. Some of her research focuses on the future role of hydropower and hydropower capabilities since water resource planning is associated with several nonpower constraints.
Research Interests
Power grid operation analysis with new infrastructure buildout
Hydropower scheduling and optimization
Interactions between hydropower, the power grid, and the environment
Load forecasting
Hydropower workforce development
Professional Experience
Graduate Research Assistant, Vanderbilt University (2015–2019)
Electrical Engineer, Ceylon Electricity Board (2004–2015)
Education/Academic Qualification
Master, Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa
Bachelor, Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa
PhD, Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University
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Hydropower Operation in Future Power Grid with Various Renewable Power Integration
De Silva, T., Jorgenson, J., Macknick, J., Keohan, N., Miara, A., Jager, H. & Pracheil, B., Dec 2022, In: Renewable Energy Focus. 43, p. 329-339 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Role of Regional Connections in Planning for Future Power System Operations Under Climate Extremes
Dyreson, A., Devineni, N., Turner, S., De Silva M, T., Miara, A., Voisin, N., Cohen, S. & Macknick, J., Jun 2022, In: Earth's Future. 10, 6, 18 p., e2021EF002554.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impact of Glen Canyon Generation Loss
De Silva, T., Ploussard, Q., Veselka, T., Jorgenson, J., Wilhite, J., Williams, N., Pavicevic, M., Johnson, R. & Simon, C., 2024, 25 p.Research output: NREL › Presentation
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Designing Hydropower Flows to Balance Energy and Environmental Needs: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), HydroWIRES
Pracheil, B., Chalishazar, V., Carney, S., De Silva, T., Mosier, T., Veselka, T., Cameron, A., Freeman, G., Hansen, C., Jager, H., Jorgenson, J., Li, B., Macknick, J., Moody, K., Oikonomou, K., Perrot, D., Ploussard, Q., Quebbeman, J., Roni, M. & Studarus, K. & 2 others, , 2022, 68 p.Research output: NREL › Technical Report
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Methodology for Exploring Water and Hydropower Operating Criteria that Simultaneously Improve Economic and Environmental Considerations: Article No. 371
Ploussard, Q., Veselka, T. & De Silva, T., 2024, In: Water (Switzerland). 16, 3, 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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American Geophysical Union (External organization)
Sanyal, J. (Member), Klein, R. (Member), Cohen, S. (Member), Ravi, V. (Member), De Silva M, T. (Member), Burns, J. (Member) & Kar, B. (Member)
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Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (External organization)
Bernstein, A. (Member), Zhang, J. (Member), Comden, J. (Member), Mueller, J. (Member), Cohen, S. (Member) & De Silva M, T. (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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