Why SELEST
What sets SELEST Solutions apart is over 30 years of hands-on experience in developing, negotiating, implementing, operating, and maintaining energy infrastructure projects. We bring practical, end-to-end expertise to every phase of your project, working seamlessly with your team at all levels of the organization. Whether you need C-suite advice behind the scenes or direct support in negotiations and project execution at working level, we provide flexible, reliable guidance tailored to your needs.
About Us
Serdar Tufekci is the founder of SELEST Solutions and one of North America’s most experienced energy infrastructure executives, with over 30 years leading capital programs across power generation, long-term utility concessions, and complex alternative delivery structures.
He is the founding CEO of Ohio State Energy Partners, a 50-year, $1.165B campus energy concession — one of the largest university P3 transactions ever completed in the United States. At OSEP and other ENGIE partnerships at the University of Iowa, Georgetown University, Howard University, and Boston’s Longwood Medical Center, his organization served as de facto owner-developer, holding full contractual authority over EPC, Design-Build, CMAR, and ESCO subcontracts across an $800M capital program.
Prior to leading the university concession platform, Serdar served as VP of Engineering and Construction for ENGIE North America, overseeing a ~13 GW merchant power generation portfolio across ERCOT, PJM, ISO-NE, Canada and Mexico. He began his career in construction, commissioning, operations, and maintenance of combined cycle power plants in the US and abroad.
Serdar holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University, and an Executive MBA from Purdue University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (Massachusetts) and a Fellow Chartered Engineer (United Kingdom).
Services
Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions
- Due diligence
- Permitting
- Conceptual design
- Transaction advisory & asset acquisition/disposition
Owner’s Engineering
- Develop specifications
- Prepare and manage RFI/RFQ/RFPs
- Engineering or construction contract negotiations
- Project execution oversight
- Expert witness service
- Alternative delivery structures: EPC, Design-Build, CMAR
Asset Optimization & Capital Planning
- Techno-Commercial optimization modeling for maintenance or upgrade decisions
- Assessment-based maintenance management
Deferred Maintenance Management
Public-Private & Private-Private Partnerships, Energy as a Service Contracts, Joint Ventures
- Contract structure and set up
- P3, DBOOM, DBFOM, Concession Agreement, joint-venture partnership and service contract negotiations
- Long-term contract KPI development and management
- Partnership governance
Construction Management
- Contractor selection
- Construction oversight
- Establishing and managing KPIs
- Dealing with non-performing contractors
Contact
Email Address
contact@SELESTsolutions.com
Call Us
+1 832.904.3824