Dr. Nan Jia is the Chief Technology Officer at BW ESS. He is responsible for overseeing project development and deployment, system design verification, flexibility improvements and operational optimisation.
Prior to the acquisition by BW ESS, Dr. Nan was the Co-Founder and Engineering Director at Penso Power. He has over 18 years of experience in electrical and electronic engineering in the automotive and energy industries, with expertise in grid-scale renewable generation, energy storage, and community energy storage development. In 2013, Dr. Nan founded JWEPanda, a company specialising in behind-the-meter storage projects in the UK. Before this, he led engine control and auto-coding technology at Jaguar Land Rover, JCB and Delphi.
Dr. Nan holds a Ph.D in Electrical Electronic Engineering from the University of Liverpool, and a Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology.