Webinar: Unlock asset potential with Technical Plant Assessment

Thorsten Wolf works as an expert engineer for power plant innovation at Siemens Energy in Orlando, Florida. During his 35 years in the power plant industry, he held several positions, engineering for innovative power plants and working on topics such as flexible combined-cycle plants, Hydrogen co-firing, and plant modernizations. He holds a diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Brunswick, Germany.

Alfonso P. specializes in power plant performance, flexibility, and optimization solutions across the energy sector. With over 16 years of experience in the energy industry, he has worked across combined-cycle, fossil, geothermal, and nuclear power generation projects, collaborating with multiple leading OEM technologies and supporting power plant owners and operators in RNA & RLA. His expertise includes plant flexibility assessments, power plant diagnostics, steam turbine technology, operability and controls engineering, plant integration, commissioning, performance optimization, and root cause analysis. Alfonso holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from UMSNH, with graduate studies focused on thermodynamics and thermoeconomic analysis.

Elisabeth Engel is a Plant Assessment Solution Engineer who partners with power plant customers to identify and evaluate opportunities to improve performance, reliability, flexibility, and efficiency. She leads multidisciplinary engineering teams in developing data-driven upgrade and modernization solutions that align technical recommendations with customer business objectives. Elisabeth holds a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida and combines engineering expertise with project leadership experience to help customers maximize asset value and operational performance.

Jinbo Hou, PE, PMP is a Plant Assessment Specialist with 20 years of experience in power plant engineering, construction, commissioning, operations, controls, and performance optimization. He holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the U.S., and is PMP-certified. Jinbo specializes in combined-cycle power plants, with extensive expertise in gas turbine operation, controls, performance enhancement, plant upgrades, and operational flexibility assessments. He currently leads technical sales for Plant Assessment solutions across North America, partnering with engineering, sales, and project teams to help customers improve plant performance, reliability, flexibility, and asset value.