Prasanna Krishnan

About Prasanna Krishnan

17 years of global experience in solar photovoltaics and storage, covering utility-scale and distributed applications. Knowledgeable across the value chain from project development, finance, engineering, construction, with a specialty in commissioning, performance and operation & maintenance. Open to collaboration on projects aligned with the UN\'s Sustainable Development Goals with a specific focus on renewable energy and sustainability projects in emerging markets (Latin America, South Asia, Africa).Focuses in solar energy and storage- asset management, performance and O&M- commissioning and project management- insurance technical due diligence- developer\'s/owner’s/lender’s engineer for acquisition and development due-diligenceOther areas- strategy consulting for early stage companies solving social and environmental challengesBusiness skills are in the areas of project management, partnerships, lean operations, process implementation, leadership and business strategy for early to mid-stage startup companies.

Experience

1. Principal

   Surya Energy Consulting

   Jul 2015 — Present

   Renewable energy and cleantech development & operations, technology commercialization, management consulting with a social-impact lens. Project Experience & Current Focuses (Q4 2025):Solar + storage technical due diligence for M&A.Insurance risk engineering - post-hoc and preventive strategies to identify & mitigate technical risks.Asset management for distributed and utility scale solar + storage projects.Renewables operational process optimizations, combining LLMs with quantitative and deterministic analysis tools.

Education

• UNSW

  (Exchange Study) Bachelor, Applied Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering

• Utrecht University

  Master's Thesis, Thin film triple junction silicon cell behaviour

• Dalarna University

  Master, Solar Energy Engineering

• University of Toronto

  Bachelor, Applied Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering