CEO & Managing Director
Akaysha Energy
Cremorne, Victoria, Australia
Nick Carter has 25 years of engineering and energy systems experience in Australia, Asia and North America. This includes roles such as: Senior Vice President at Macquarie Capital in the Energy Technology and Solutions team within the Green Investment Group; Business Development and Sales Engineering at Tesla Energy for large front of the meter, commercial and industrial stationary storage and Virtual Power Plants (APAC); Head of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure and Project Development at AGL Energy; and technical engineering roles at General Motors and Toyota for advanced powertrain control systems.
Nick was motivated to start Akaysha Energy after not only seeing gaps in the market for a fully integrated development business focused primarily on battery storage, but also seeing the opportunity created by the rapid renewable energy transition in Australia, across Asia and globally.
As Chief Executive Office and Managing Director of Akaysha, Nick leads a group of multi-domain experts and senior leaders across the 4 four key pillars. In terms of the battery storage project development life cycle Nick is involved on a day-to-day basis across development, techno-economic optimisation, engineering, investment, project finance, asset management and energy trading.
The Ins and Outs of Executing the World’s Largest Battery Projects
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM PDT