Experience that strengthens our direction.
NovaFir Energy is supported by strategic advisors and academic and technical consultants who contribute renewable energy experience, commercial insight, smart-grid expertise, power-systems knowledge, and advanced control research.
Their guidance helps NovaFir align its platform and products with real-world energy projects, technical requirements, and market opportunities.
Commercial and renewable-energy market guidance.
Javier Ojeda
Javier Ojeda advises NovaFir Energy on renewable energy market development, commercial strategy, industry engagement, and strategic introductions.
Drawing on his experience in hydroelectric power, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and project development, Javier provides practical insight into customer needs, operating environments, and market-entry opportunities. His guidance helps NovaFir strengthen its positioning across hydro, wind, and broader renewable energy markets while identifying potential relationships with developers, operators, utilities, municipalities, and commercial organizations.
Javier is the founder of Hysovent, an independent sustainable engineering company focused on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and decarbonization.
- ›Renewable energy market insight
- ›Hydro and wind industry guidance
- ›Commercial and partnership development
- ›Strategic introductions
- ›Customer and project-environment feedback
- ›Market positioning and industry engagement
Applied expertise in smart grids and renewable energy systems.
NovaFir’s academic and technical consultants contribute expertise in smart-grid systems, renewable energy integration, power systems, microgrids, advanced control, and energy-system optimization. Their technical input supports the development and validation of NovaFir’s platform architecture, embedded intelligence, and applications across distributed and commercial-scale renewable energy systems.
Smart Grid & Green Power Research Laboratory
Three of NovaFir’s technical consultants collaborate with us through the Smart Grid and Green Power Research Laboratory at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The lab focuses on smart-grid systems, renewable energy integration, power-system operation, and advanced control — research areas directly relevant to NovaFir’s platform and product development.
Dr. Muhammad U. Asad
Dr. Asad holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Dalhousie University and is a registered Professional Engineer in Nova Scotia. He chairs the IEEE Canadian Atlantic Section and serves as Associate Editor for the IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and has published more than 80 peer-reviewed papers with over 1,000 citations.
He provides technical insight related to smart-grid architecture, power systems, distributed energy resources, and renewable energy integration — helping NovaFir evaluate how its technologies operate within modern grid-aware and hybrid-energy environments.
Dr. Umar Farooq
Dr. Farooq earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Dalhousie University in 2017, with more than 15 years of teaching experience. His research interests span fuzzy logic, neural networks, and feedback control systems and their applications.
He contributes expertise in control systems, smart-grid technologies, and renewable energy optimization — supporting NovaFir’s work in advanced control, system coordination, and intelligent operation across distributed energy and microgrid applications.
Dr. Hamed Aly
Dr. Aly (Senior Member, IEEE) is an Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University and founder of the Smart Grid and Green Power Research Laboratory. He has authored a textbook, three book chapters, and more than 100 refereed journal and conference papers, pioneering computational and artificial-intelligence solutions for the economic and environmental operation of power systems.
His guidance spans power-system dynamics and stability, power electronics, applications of artificial intelligence in power systems, smart grids, and the integration of renewable energy into the main grid.
Dr. Jason Gu
Dr. Gu holds a B.Eng. from the University of Science and Technology of China, an M.A.Sc. in biomedical and instrumentation engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Alberta. He is a Principal Investigator whose work spans intelligent control systems, robotics, marine and underwater engineering, and sensor-driven monitoring — including projects on renewable-energy integration, DC microgrids, and electric-vessel conversion.
He contributes technical knowledge supporting NovaFir’s research, platform development, and validation activities across smart-grid, control, and renewable energy applications.
Connecting industry insight with technical expertise.
NovaFir’s advisors and consultants bring complementary perspectives spanning renewable energy development, commercial strategy, power systems, smart grids, and advanced control. These contributions help NovaFir make informed product decisions, understand real-world operating requirements, and build technology intended for practical deployment across renewable and distributed energy environments.
Interested in advising NovaFir?
If you bring renewable energy, power-systems, smart-grid, or commercial expertise and would like to contribute, we’d welcome a conversation.