Carlo Brancucci

Carlo is the Co-Founder and CEO of encoord Inc. He is an expert in power system modeling and renewable integration, areas in which he has published several peer-reviewed articles.

Before co-founding encoord, he worked as a senior research engineer at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). His research focused on the impact of variable renewable energy on power system planning and operations and the interface between electricity and natural gas systems. He also led a research project on the potential impacts of climate change on power system planning and operations. While at NREL, he advised the Energy Ministry officials of Mexico and Peru on power system planning and renewable integration.

Before joining NREL, Carlo was a researcher at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. In this role, his research focused on energy system modeling and techno-economic assessments of the European power system.

Carlo was also a lecturer at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he developed and taught graduate courses in the Department of Electrical, Computer, & Energy Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. from Delft University of Technology and a Master in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Bristol.