Dr Sven Teske is a Research Director at the Institute for Sustainable Futures. Dr Teske has 25 years' experience in technical analysis of renewable energy systems and market integration concepts. He has published over 50 special reports in renewable across the world, including the global 100% renewable energy scenario "Energy [R]evolution", a grid analysis for the Chinese province Jiangsu in cooperation with the China State Grid Company and a 100% renewable energy pathway for Australia. Dr Teske was a lead author for the IPCC Special Report Renewables (Chapter 10: Scenario analysis), which was published in 2011. Sven also has practical experience in small-scale utility development. He originally developed the concept for a green utility and founded in 1999 the "Greenpeace energy eG"- Germany's first cooperative in the power sector. Sven has a PhD economics from the University of Flensburg in Germany; he focused for his thesis on Integration of high penetrations of solar photovoltaic and wind into power systems.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
* Decentralized energy and renewable energy system analysis
* Power grid integration for decentralized energy systems and smart grids
* Modelling, economics, planning and policy for delivering distributed energy
* Energy policy and regulations for electricity markets
* International renewable market development
* Electrification concepts for least developed countries
* 100% renewable energy pathways for CVF countries