Dr. David Jacobs Email & Phone Number

Dr. David Jacobs is Managing Director and founder of the consulting firm IET – International Energy Transition GmbH. He has 20 years of experience in energy policy design. Previously, he was lecturer for energy and climate related topics at the Freie Universität Berlin, Hertie School of Governance, and the University of Applied Sciences HTW (Berlin). In addition, he was acting project director of the Transdisciplinary Panel on Energy Change at the Institute of Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam and director of renewable energy projects at the consulting firm IFOK. His research focuses on finance, policies and framework conditions for renewable energy sources. Mr. Jacobs has an academic background in economics and languages and a PhD in political science. He worked as a renewable energy policy consultant for governments in many countries (e.g., Azerbaijan, DRC, Germany, Ghana, India, Nigeria, Malaysia, Mali, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, Tunisia, Taiwan, Ukraine, and Vietnam) and international organizations (e.g., IRENA, IEA-RETD, World Bank, UNDP, UNEP, SE4ALL, etc). He authored more than 85 articles, reports, books and book chapters on sustainable energy policy design. In addition, he presented on renewable energy framework design in more than 35 jurisdictions and gave advice to policymakers from more than 65 countries world-wide.

Listed skills include Solar Industry, Economics, Policy, Research, and 18 others.

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  Freie Universität Berlin

  Political Science And Government