About Dr. Peyman Ağazade
Dr. Peyman Ağazade (Peyman Agazade) is a civil engineer and project manager for utility-scale solar at SolServices in Budapest. He came to solar from wind energy in Turkey and, before that, from pavement research: his doctorate is in transportation and highway engineering.
- Name
- Dr. Peyman Ağazade (Peyman Agazade)
- Role
- Project Manager, SolServices Kft.
- Doctorate
- Ph.D., Dokuz Eylül University, 2018
- Based in
- Budapest, Hungary
Dr. Peyman Ağazade, Budapest
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Current work
Peyman is a project manager at SolServices (Polat Group Hungary), a solar developer and independent power producer in Budapest. Since January 2021 he has managed more than 300 MWp of solar EPC projects in Hungary, across engineering, procurement and construction, and he is managing a 66 MWp project in Mezőtúr.
He also contributed to the development of 750 MWac across eight sites, from design optimization to the choice of materials and technology.
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Career
2021 to today
Project Manager
SolServices Kft. (Polat Group Hungary), Budapest
Project management for more than 300 MWp of solar EPC projects in Hungary, covering engineering, procurement and construction. Managing a 66 MWp project in Mezőtúr; contributed to the development of 750 MWac across eight sites, from design optimization to the choice of materials and technology.
2018 to 2020
Project Manager
Polat Holding, Turkey
Managed the 112 MW Göktepe wind project through every phase, from development to engineering, procurement and construction.
2014 to 2018
Site Manager and Design Engineer
Polat Energy / EDF EN, Turkey
Civil and electrical design, pre-assessment, construction and site management for wind power plants of more than 700 MW, with a project value of USD 350 million.
2011 to 2014
Research Assistant
Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir (TÜBİTAK projects)
Scientific research projects on roads, pavements, energy and environment, with total budgets above USD 1 million.
2011 to 2014
Chief Technical Consultant
Freelance, Azerbaijan
Technical consultancy for infrastructure and superstructure engineering projects.
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Education
2012 to 2018
Ph.D., Transportation and Highway Engineering
Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir
Full scholarship. Thesis on rejuvenating reclaimed asphalt for road construction.
2009 to 2012
M.Sc., Transportation and Highway Engineering
Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir
Thesis on how warm mix asphalt additives change the aging of bituminous mixtures.
2005 to 2009
B.Sc., Civil Engineering
Urmia University, Iran
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How his name is written
He goes by Peyman Ağazade, written Peyman Agazade where Turkish letters are not available. His research was published under the Persian form of his name, Peyman Aghazadeh Dokandari. All three refer to the same person.
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Languages
- English
- Full professional
- Turkish
- Native
- Azerbaijani
- Native
- Persian
- Native
- Hungarian
- Learning
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Elsewhere
His professional portfolio is at peymanagazade.com. His publications are on Google Scholar and ORCID, and professional updates on LinkedIn. He is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI).
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Questions people ask
Who is Peyman Ağazade?
- Dr. Peyman Ağazade is a civil engineer and project manager at SolServices Kft. in Budapest, where he has managed more than 300 MWp of utility-scale solar EPC projects since 2021. Before that he worked on more than 700 MW of wind projects in Turkey. He holds a Ph.D. in transportation and highway engineering from Dokuz Eylül University.
Are Peyman Agazade and Peyman Aghazadeh Dokandari the same person?
- Yes. Peyman Ağazade is the name he uses today, also written Peyman Agazade without Turkish letters. His research papers and theses were published as Peyman Aghazadeh Dokandari, and his Google Scholar and ORCID profiles list them under that name.
What did Peyman Ağazade research?
- Asphalt pavements. His M.Sc. and Ph.D. at Dokuz Eylül University, and the TÜBİTAK-funded projects he worked on as a research assistant, studied warm mix asphalt additives, the aging of bituminous mixtures, reclaimed asphalt and rejuvenators. The 24 works are listed on the publications page.
What does a civil engineer do on a solar park?
- The civil side covers everything the modules stand on and everything around them: site surveys, pile foundations and their corrosion design, earthworks, access roads, drainage and stormwater, fences, cable trenches and the platforms for inverter and transformer stations, plus the quality control that proves each was built as designed.
What does Peyman Ağazade write about?
- The civil and site side of utility-scale solar: pile foundations in corrosive soil, drainage and stormwater design, vegetation management, quality control from factory to commissioning, and how a risk-led design process makes a solar park bankable and insurable.
How can I contact Peyman Ağazade?
- By email at peyman.agazade@solservices.hu, or through LinkedIn. The contact page lists which channel suits project, research and speaking requests.
Want totalk?
Building or financing utility-scale solar? For civil and geotechnical questions, research contact, conference panels and interviews, the contact page has the right channel.