Opening Keynote Session

Roode joined Denver Water in 2009 as assistant chief of engineering and was named chief of operations and maintenance in 2011. Has 27 years of experience in the municipal water and wastewater industries in roles as utility owner, consultant, and construction contractor.

He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Colorado State University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Colorado at Denver. Roode is a registered professional engineer in the state of Colorado.

Klaus Engels works for Uniper, a German-based international energy supplier, and is heading the German hydropower branch, responsible for more than 100 power plants incl. five pumped storages and a total capacity of approx. 2.000 MW. Before joining the hydropower business in 2008, he was working for a transmission grid operator and a strategic consultancy.

Dr. Engels holds a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and in Business Administration, he also received a PhD from RWTH Aachen in Electrical Energy Economics.

Corey manages the Hydropower Program within the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO). The mission of WPTO’s Hydropower Program is to conduct research, development, demonstration, and commercial activities to advance transformative, cost-effective, reliable, and environmentally sustainable hydropower and pumped storage technologies. The Hydropower Program seeks to better understand and capitalize upon opportunities for these technologies in support of the nation’s rapidly evolving grid, while also improving energy-water infrastructure and security. In 2013, Corey began his career with DOE supporting the State and Community Energy Programs Office, located in Washington, DC. In 2017, he moved to Golden, CO where he joined WPTO as a Technical Project Officer. Corey holds a B.S. in Natural Resource Management from the University of Maryland and an M.S. in Energy Policy and Climate from Johns Hopkins University.

Roode joined Denver Water in 2009 as assistant chief of engineering and was named chief of operations and maintenance in 2011. Has 27 years of experience in the municipal water and wastewater industries in roles as utility owner, consultant, and construction contractor.

He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Colorado State University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Colorado at Denver. Roode is a registered professional engineer in the state of Colorado.

Klaus Engels works for Uniper, a German-based international energy supplier, and is heading the German hydropower branch, responsible for more than 100 power plants incl. five pumped storages and a total capacity of approx. 2.000 MW. Before joining the hydropower business in 2008, he was working for a transmission grid operator and a strategic consultancy.

Dr. Engels holds a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and in Business Administration, he also received a PhD from RWTH Aachen in Electrical Energy Economics.