Walter Stadlin Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to the Energy Industry Future
KEMA Senior Principal Consultant a Finalist for the Platts 2008 Global Energy Lifetime Achievement Award
BURLINGTON, Mass.(December 4, 2008) – KEMA (www.kema.com) senior principal consultant Walter Stadlin was honored as a finalist for the Platts 2008 Global Energy Lifetime Achievement Award. Stadlin was one of four finalists nominated by their peers and selected by an impartial panel of international energy experts based on their achievements integrity, strategic visions, leadership, innovation and peer recognition. The honorees were recognized at the Platts tenth anniversary Global Energy Awards ceremony held in New York City on December 3, 2008.
The Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual that has made outstanding contributions to the development and future of the energy industry. Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, is a leading global provider of energy and metals information.
”Today, more than 40 years after his first patent, Walter is still one of the industry's and KEMA's leading intellects actively working in the field,” said Ralph Masiello, KEMA innovation manager. “In the past few years at KEMA, Walt was a key developer of our Energy Ecology Model, has supported most of the US ISOs around market protocols and processes, and has worked on innovative solutions for New Zealand to use their DC Inter-Island cable to mitigate the system problems caused by high levels of wind penetration, just to name a few. Consultants in our power system operations and control practice continue to look to Walt as the ultimate resource for tough questions around power systems operations and optimization.”
Stadlin is a Registered Professional Engineer with over 45 years of experience in analysis and control applications, and in real-time computer systems for the electric utility industry. As a senior principal consultant, Stadlin has specified the requirements for energy management systems, automated distribution control systems, automatic generation control, and cogeneration and hydro plant control systems.
KEMA provides expert Smart Grid modernization initiatives to develop a more reliable, secure, and sustainable energy future. With more than 80 years working with the energy and utility industry and its stakeholders, KEMA has grown to be a global leader in integrated technical management consulting solutions, including satisfying the procurement and implementation demands of over 200 transmission and distribution operations center-related projects, and the design of utility control rooms. As a Google Enterprise Professional program partner, KEMA has helped utilities capture the knowledge of their aging workforce by extending the power of Google across the enterprise.
About KEMA
Founded in 1927, KEMA (www.kema.com) is a global provider of business and technical consulting, operational support, measurement and inspection, testing and certification for the energy and utility industry. KEMA employs 1,600 professionals in 20 countries. The firm’s North American consulting operations are headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. KEMA’s global headquarters are in Arnhem, the Netherlands.