Power to X

• TRANSfer Project
• TraCS
• MobiliseYourCity Partnership
• EUROCLIMA+
• Moving Chile
• Power to X
• NDC-TIA

Programme Director Transport and Climate Change,
based in Bonn, Germany

I am currently heading GIZ‘s global projects on transport and climate change TraCS and TRANSfer – both funded by the German Ministry for the Environment. From 2011 to 2015, I have lived in Beijing and headed various sustainable transport projects in China. Interested in a broad range of topics (e.g. urban mobility, freight and logistics, green hydrogen (PtX), electromobility), my passion is to understand and reduce transport emissions. Before joining GIZ in 2009, I researched sustainable mobility at the German think tank Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy.

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• TraCS
• Power to X

Advisor on Synthetic Fuels
Based in Bonn and Berlin, Germany

I advise on synthetic fuels in the newly established International PtX Hub in Berlin. The hub’s main goal is to catalyse green hydrogen on a global scale. It is funded by the German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and implemented by the GIZ.

Before joining GIZ, I was the Deputy Managing Director and Head of Transport Policy at Green Budget Germany, a German environmental think tank, where I focused on economic instruments in air and road transport.

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Intern in the field of green hydrogen and Power to X (PtX)

Based in Bonn, Germany

Meeting the commitments under the Paris agreement, innovative and sustainable solutions like Power-to-X are needed. Therefore, I am very excited to work for GIZ. I will support the Team by analysing the PtX potentials of selected countries to target a sustainable and long-term decarbonization of all sectors. Before joining the Changing Transport Team, I gained experience in the transport sector with the implementation of Well-to- Wheel analyses. Additionally, I wrote a concept study for GIZ on a solar powered E-Bike rental to improve the mobility in rural Namibia. I hold a Bachelor´s degree in environmental engineering and am currently a Master´s student at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna. I am very happy to join the team and contribute to a sustainable development where no one is left behind.

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• TraCS
• Power to X

Advisor of Sustainable E-Fuels and Feedstock
Based in Berlin, Germany

I advise on sustainable e-fuels and feedstock and support the implementation of the international Power to X Secretariat. With our partners, we identify PtX business cases and initiate projects. My goal is a sustainable production, sourcing and allocation of PtX inputs, processes and products, as well as global win-win partnerships.  I’m passionate about sustainable transport and love to use my bicycle for commuting regardless of weather conditions and baggage dimensions. Before joining GIZ, I worked for five years at Ecofys/Navigant – a consultancy for the energy transition – and at the Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto (USA) on energy storage.

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Senior Advisor on Renewable Energies and Climate Protection through Renewable Fuels
Based in Bonn, Germany

As I was always interested in environmental and climate protection and fascinated by related questions of how the world can adequately secure energy supplies, I have found the perfect job here at GIZ targeting comprehensive and long-term decarbonisation solutions for the whole economy. At the moment I am working to build up a secretariat for sustainable synthetic fuels, otherwise known as PtX. Before joining GIZ in 2015, I supported a renowned Indian think tank in New-Delhi and practiced energy economics both in the German energy industry and at the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne (EWI). As an economist, I am convinced that effective climate protection is not possible without putting a reasonable price on GHG emissions.

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Young professional at the International PtX Hub Berlin,
Based in Berlin, Germany

Since June 2020, I support the International PtX Hub Berlin as a Young Professional Intern. I currently am a Master of Public Policy candidate at the Hertie School. I have a BSc in International Relations and Diplomacy, and during my undergraduate studies I’ve been working as a volunteer with various NGOs in the human rights field.

I believe that climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our time. Some sectors in particular will pose great challenges to decarbonisation and PtX fuels will have to play a key role. I am therefore very happy to join the International PtX Hub and contribute to global climate action.

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Head of Global Relations and Networking
Based in Berlin, Germany

I enjoy being part of the highly competent and creative start-up team of the International PtX Hub Berlin. Our mission is to catalyse green hydrogen solutions on a global scale, focussing in particular on sustainability along the entire value chain.  My role as Head Global Relations and Networking is to liase and partner with international institutions, initiatives, and individuals engaged in Power to X development advancing S4F:  Sustainable fossil-free fuels and feedstocks.  Prior to working with GIZ, I was a Senior Economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for three decades. From 2002 to 2019, I served as Head of the OECD Berlin Centre.

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Intern in the field of green hydrogen and Power to X (PtX)

Based in Bonn, Germany

Since October 2020, I support the International PtX Hub Berlin as an Intern. I am an international experienced, open-minded European energy graduate with a high interest in developing and implementing sustainable energy solutions on a local, regional as well global level. I received my master’s degree in International Energy from SciencesPo Paris and I have a BSc in International Relations.

Prior to working with GIZ, I already gained valuable working experiences as a local assistant at the European Parliament as well as working with a consultancy firm specialised in energy & digitalisation.

I am grateful to have the opportunity to catalyse green Power-to-X solutions on a global scale together with the PtX Hub Team.

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• TRANSfer Project
• TraCS
• EUROCLIMA+
• Power to X
• NDC-TIA

Intern in portfolio management of the BMU Project Cluster Transport and PtX, based in Bonn, Germany

Since October 2020, I have been supporting the Changing Transport Team as an intern in portfolio management. As a current student of International Economics and Development (B.A.) at the University of Bayreuth, I have a great interest in international cooperation as well as climate policy.

In order to tackle the climate crisis, I believe that humans from the Global North and South have to cooperate more closely in climate change mitigation and share their knowledge. Both transport and energy sectors play a crucial role in this and need to be decarbonised to limit global warming.

I am therefore very happy to join the team and to contribute to the realization of international climate protection within GIZ’s mobility and PtX projects in the Global South.

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Coordinator of “PtX Hub”
Based in Berlin, Germany

Torsten Schwab is the new coordinator of the “PtX Hub”. The last years he managed the IKI-project “Climate Neutral Alternative Fuels” in Brazil – BMU’s first PtX project within the PtX Action Program. He has been with GIZ since 2004, promoting the use of renewable energies, first in rural electrification, then in energy planning for specific technologies (solar, wind, bioX), and lately renewables as a source for clean aviation fuels. He holds MSc degrees in both Engineering Cybernetics and WASTE („Water, Air, and Solid Waste Treatment Engineering“), both from the University of Stuttgart.

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• TRANSfer Project
• TraCS
• Power to X

Office Manager
Bonn, Germany

I have been supporting the team since June 2020 as office manager.

Since August 2016, I have been working for G520 in the area of rural development, agriculture. (Global project and sector project soil). Before that, I worked for Deutsche Telekom with a focus on business customer care and complaint management.

I am very pleased to be able to support my colleagues.

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