Boualem (Bo) Hadjerioua, Director of Integrated Water Resources Management at Mesa Associates, Inc. (Mesa), with Madison Bowling and Dol Raj Chalise, recently published an article (March 15, 2023) in the magazine Hydro Review. In the article, they discuss the importance of developing new technologies for hydropower and suggest that the U.S. government, regulators, and power utilities should support small startup businesses in creating new solutions and if they can help with prototype deployment and testing to accelerate new technology implementation and help hydropower growth in the U.S. Click here to read the article.
Bo has over 31 years of experience in the hydropower industry. He spent 18 years at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in River and Reservoir System Operations, 10 years in research as a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) contractor with Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL), and the past three years Bo has been in the private sector working for Mesa as Director of Hydro Operations.
About Mesa Associates, Inc.
Mesa is a woman/minority-owned full-service multi-discipline engineering, procurement, and construction management firm specializing in providing engineering services for the commercial, government, industrial, municipal, and electric utility industry. Mesa is currently providing over $180M of engineering services to 13 of the top 15 utilities across the United States. Our growth is a result of delivering quality projects and value to our clients with unparalleled customer service. We differentiate ourselves by saying we are Large Enough to Perform, Small Enough to Care.