Nedal Deeb, Ph.D. Vice President, Asset Development Services
Dr. Nedal Deeb brings over 35 years of experience in developing generation, load, and merchant transmission assets across U.S. and international energy markets. His expertise spans a diverse range of technologies, including nuclear, thermal, wind, solar, hydro, storage, geothermal, flared gas, shale oil, coal gasification, and hybrid generation assets. Throughout his career, Dr. Deeb has successfully led and/or supported currently-operating generation plants from site selection through financial close and commissioning.
In addition to his work on generation assets, Dr. Deeb has been instrumental in developing large-scale load assets such as data centers, industrial plants, refineries, and LNG stations. His deep technical knowledge of electrical networks and energy markets has enabled him to mitigate risks across various project development stages and pipeline buildouts. He has also supported the development of attractive-economical merchant transmission lines from inception to open seasons to fruition.
As an accomplished power systems engineer and experienced developer, Dr. Deeb has steered numerous startups and energy asset transactions toward success. His insights into investment strategies and funding commitments have been pivotal in crafting robust development strategies with high probabilities of success. At Quanta Technology, he leads multidisciplinary engineering and advisory teams, supporting large scale of clients on asset development, and asset transactions, acquisitions and investment initiatives.
Dr. Deeb has supported the development of 10 GW of new generation, 5 GW of new load, several merchant transmission lines, and $5 trillion in asset transactions. He has also played a critical role in negotiating project contracts and facilitating the entry of international technologies and developers into the U.S. energy market.
He holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering/Power Systems from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago, IL, and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Kuwait University. He has served as an adjunct professor of power systems graduate studies at both IIT and George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, D.C.