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The World Bank
- Independent consultant & Senior international consultant
Washington
2017 - maintenant
Independent consultant Multiple Senior international consultant, specialized in policy analysis and advisory services,
* The World Bank. Renewable Energy Expert.
* Saudi Arabia. Renewable energy expertise for the Technical Support to the Saudi Industrial Property Authority. Design of business models for renewable energy projects in industrial cities.
* Uzbekistan. Rapid Assessment for the Renewable Energy Development Support. Power sector readiness evaluation for the integration of renewable sources.
* West Africa Power Pool. Definition of Terms of Reference for Solar Development in Sub-Saharan Africa - Phase 1 (Sahel). Terms of reference for the design of a large-scale regional solar campaign in support of Scaling Solar.
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* Georgia. Policy Review for the Energy Supply Reliability and Financial Recovery. Review of the renewable energy law, and its compatibility with the EU 2020 and 2030 (draft) legislation regarding statistical transfer.
* IFC. Team leader for the Haiti renewable energy sector Deep Dive. Analysis of the Haitian power sector and identification of potential for private investment in the renewable energy sector.
* UNDP GCF. Chief Technical Advisor for the operationalization of the Mauritius Renewable Energy Agency (MARENA). Support to the operationalization of MARENA, support to the establishment of the regulator (URA), regulatory reviews, grid code reviews, technical advisory.
* African Development Bank. Technical Advisor. Design of the 2-year work programme of a pan-African renewable energy initiative (confidential).
* IRENA, Technical Advisor. Opportunity analysis and technical design of an online rooftop solar simulator applicable in developing countries cities.
* IRENA. Renewable Energy Expert. Renewable Energy Readiness for Botswana.
* IRENA. Technical Advisor. Support to the redesign and rebranding of the Global Atlas for Renewable Energy.
* EuropeAid, ETI & COWI Consulting, Head of Mission. Minigrid project development for 318 villages in Togo, in support of the Togolese Rural Electrification Agency (AT2ER), Togo.
* ARMINES/ Mines ParisTech. Scientific and Technical Manager, European Commission H2020 project, Europe: Part of the Project Management Team of the EuroGEOSS Showcases (E-SHAPE) project, regarding the design of climate and environmental services based on earth observation data. 55 partners, 27 pilot services, EUR 15 million budget.
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International Renewable Energy Agency
- Team Leader & Team leader
2010 - 2017
International Renewable Energy Agency Team Leader Team leader and senior advisor in renewable energy. Advisory services for governments. Responsible for an annual budget of USD 5 million per year; lead a team of up to 15 professionals. Managed international programmes involving 67 member countries and 100 partners (research, private entities, NGOs.
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* Policy advisory: National renewable energy policy and market framework audits in order to propose legislative adjustments, capacity reinforcement and governance efficiency.
* Spatial planning, solar and wind: For policy makers and investors, production of regional geospatial analyses for future tenders and tarriffs - identification of zones (West Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and South East Europe). (solar and wind energy, ongrid and offgrid).
* Policy analysis and recommendations: Assessment of the wind energy policies for 12 countries for the last 30 years and production of policy advices, trends and good practices in creating enabling environments for renewable energy technologies.
* Integration of RES into the grid: Development of the Africa Energy Corridors, including addressing the shortcomings of energy policies; planning in terms of renewable energy capacities, zoning sites for potential auctions.
* Financial analysis: Conceived and developed advanced cost-effective methods to assess the bankability of potential renewable energy sites. Produced bankability analysis for ongoing wind energy tenders in e.g. Cape Verde. These enable to assess the Internal Rate of Return for the proposed projects, allowing to benchmark the various proposals according to financial risk / return and pricing (ongrid and offgrid projects). Review of offgrid project proposals in Senegal for the joint IRENA/Abu Dhabi Fund for Development.
* Training: Development and delivery of training sessions for government energy planning (e.g. Cairo, Djibouti, Namibia, Mauritania, Peru, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, The Philippines). Development of e-learning materials and public webinar sessions.
* Data management, Information systems, outreach, communication: Coordination of large online Information Systems, such as the Global Atlas for Renewable Energy (170,000 users, 2,500 renewable resource maps published online, advanced simulation tools - wind energy project simulator, bioenergy project simulator, several solar simulators); the IRENA Renewable Energy Knowledge Hub (100,000 users, country profiles, global statistics and global hub on renewable energy); the IRENA Learning Platform (300,000 users); the IRENA Statistics Database (80,000 users); the IRENA project market place (70,000 users). Development and coordination of communication campaigns through leaflets, brochures, Youtube, FaceBook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
* Energy efficiency: Analysis of PV rooftop potential in cities, assessing positive net-metering areas for e-mobility and building efficiency
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European Wind Energy Association
- Team leader, European Wind Energy Association, Brussels, Belgium.
2007 - 2010
Secretary General of the European wind R&D network (European Wind Energy Technology Platform): Started the initiative from scratch, and grew the network to 200 active contributors. Delivered the 2030 industry investment plan to the European Commission (EUR 6 Bn investment plan).
Lead a team of 10 project managers, specialized in wind energy. Day-to-day supervision of up to 7 European-funded projects.
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European Wind Energy Technology Platform
- Secretary General & Team Leader
2007 - 2010
European Wind Energy Technology Platform,
European Wind Energy Association-- Team Leader Team leader for policy analysis, European-funded projects and Secretary General of the European wind R&D network (TPWind). Lead a team of 10 project managers, specialized in wind energy. Day-to-day supervision of up to 7 European-funded projects on e.g. policy advice, environmental impact assessment, offshore wind, grid integration, market integration.
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* Policy advice regarding grid integration, regional integration: Assessed the integration of 300 GW of wind power to the EU-electricity grid; including policy recommendations for wind power integration and exchange in the trans-European power markets; and complementary analyses on the impact of wind power on the EU-electricity prices, due to the merit-order effect;
* Policy advice on the European Innovation Strategy: Assessment of the feasibility of very large wind turbines (10 MW and more), which helped accelerate technology innovation to the levels we are today;
* Policy advice regarding legislative gaps and barriers to the deployment of large scale wind power in the EU-27, in line with the 2020 targets; analyses of the EU offshore wind industry and policy advices on the creation of an offshore SuperGrid in the North Sea.
* Coordination of stakeholder engagement: Design and coordination of the European Wind Energy Technology Platform (200 experts, 6 working groups - energy resource, grid integration, offshore wind, rotors, drivetrains, policy and markets). Recommendations to the European Commission and EU Member States formulated through the European Wind Energy Research Agenda and the EUR 6Bn European Wind Initiative to 2020.
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ADEME
- National Expert
Angers
2003 - 2007
ADEME National Expert - Wind, Marine and Small Hydro National expert wind energy, small hydropower, marine energies. Grant programme manager for SME-led projects, through a EUR 3 million annual grant scheme.
(National Agency for Clean Energy and Environmental * Coordination of the national wind energy R&D agenda in partnership with the industry, academia an environmental NGOS.
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matters) * Support to R&D and innovation in SMEs, seed-funding for innovative projects in RE and energy efficiency in e.g. wind lidar measurements, marine devices, fish-friendly hydropower turbines, smartgrids.
* In charge of the inter-minieterial maritime zoning process preparing upcoming offshore wind auctions. Analysis of the legislation, and creation of an information system on maritime spatial planning. My partners included Ifremer, MeteoFrance, SHOM, Ministry of Industry, Maritime Affairs, Ministry of Ecology.
* National expert representing France to the IEA Wind Implementing Agreement and EC-FP6 programme committee.
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Thales and Mines ParisTech
- R&D engineer & PhD researcher
2000 - 2003
Thales and Mines ParisTech R&D engineer * For Mines PariTech: PhD researcher, specialised in the use of remote sensing data to model offshore wind fields. Compilation of wind statistics used by project devleoppers to analyse offshore wind projects.
* For Thalès (former Alcatel Space): Created a methodology to model cities in 3 dimensions from high-resolution satellite images. Such 3D city-models are currently being used for urban planning, including for the creation of solar cadasters and simulatiing efficient solar policies and tarriffs to address the issue of energy access in fast-growing cities.
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