Germany
eceee Ambassadors in Germany are:
Dr. Stefan Thomas is a physicist and political scientist, and since November of 2003, he has been Director of the Research Group "Energy, Transport and Climate Policy“ at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, located in Wuppertal, Germany. He has been working with the Institute since 1993. His main fields of scientific work are analysis, development and testing of policy instruments to promote energy efficiency, from the local to the global level; energy efficiency evaluation; and new energy efficiency business concepts for energy supply companies.
Martin Pehnt is a trained physicist, engineer and energy manager, and is a Scientific Director of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research in Germany, where he heads the Energy Department. He previously worked at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). He now serves as an advisor for many national and international organisations and companies, including German federal ministries, the Environmental Protection Agency, environmental NGOs, utilities, manufacturers, the World Bank, and the GIZ. His research is focused on technical, environmental and economic assessments of energy conservation and renewable energy systems as well as national and international policy strategies to increase the dynamics of the energy transition. Pehnt teaches at various universities, including the University of Kassel and the University of Freiburg.
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