Dr Ausilio Bauen
Director - London
Ausilio Bauen has extensive research and consulting experience on technical, economic, environmental and policy issues relating to decentralised generation and alternative fuel production and infrastructure. His focus is on biomass energy, fuel cells and related fuels for stationary and transport applications, and decentralised generation integration into energy systems. Ausilio has worked with industry, government, non-government and international organisations. He has co-authored journal articles and books, including two Financial Times Energy reports.
Ausilio holds degrees in Physics and Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, in Environmental Technology with Energy Policy from Imperial College, and has a PhD on techno-economic and environmental aspects of biomass energy from King's College London. He is a Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London’s Centre for Energy Policy and Technology. Ausilio has also worked in Switzerland and Brazil and speaks English, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
Expertise
New and renewable energy technologies and systems, fuel cycle analysis,
environmental impacts and external costs, energy and environmental policy, sustainable development.
Adam Chase
Director - London
Adam Chase leads our work on energy policy, strategy and finance and has degrees in Economics, Engineering, Energy & Environmental Technology. Adam has been a Director of E4tech since joining in 2000 and he has played a role in most of the projects which E4tech has undertaken through its London office. His project work often relates to corporate or national strategy and involves an understanding of how energy systems operate, rather than technologies in isolation. Adam’s particular interest is low carbon innovation in the energy and automotive sectors. He also has operational responsibility for the London office.
Adam was previously a manager with the global management consulting firm A.T.Kearney, where he took part in and led teams engaged in a wide range of strategic and operational projects across the international energy and chemicals sectors. Prior to this, Adam worked for seven years in the upstream and downstream oil and gas industry and also spent time as a journalist with the Financial Times organisation, focusing on energy, environment and automotive issues. He speaks English and French.
Expertise
Strategy and operations consulting, project management, market assessment, business growth, oil and gas industry, automotive industry, energy technology, hydrogen energy systems.
Dr David Hart
Director - Lausanne
David Hart has consulted and carried out research on fuel cell and hydrogen issues for a wide range of organisations worldwide, including national governments, major industrial companies, financial organisations and NGOs. In addition to his work as a Director of E4tech, he is also Head of Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Research at Imperial College London's Centre for Energy Policy and Technology (ICEPT), and sits on the Steering Committee of the Grove Fuel Cell Symposium, one of the leading global fora for fuel cell experts.
David is recognised as one of the leading experts in hydrogen energy technology and infrastructure, and the associated policy and environmental issues; and in fuel cells used for transport, portable and stationary decentralised power generation. He has led over a dozen fuel cell and hydrogen assessments for due diligence work, in addition to strategic analyses and a wide variety of reports and papers, and has been an invited keynote speaker on fuel cell and hydrogen issues on five continents. David holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering with German from the University of Bath and in Environmental Technology from Imperial College, and his PhD at Imperial College was in Hydrogen Energy Systems. He has worked in Germany and Japan as a control systems engineer, and speaks English, German, Japanese and French.
Expertise
Strategic, technical, economic, environmental, market and policy analysis of
fuel cell and hydrogen energy systems.
Hermen M. Westerbeeke
Principal Consultant - Lausanne
Hermen Westerbeeke has been professionally active in the aerospace, ICT, Earth observation, environmental conservation, and carbon trading sectors, and conducted business in Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East. In his career prior to joining E4tech he ran his own consultancy company, held management and commercial positions in both the public and private sectors and was involved in several technology start-ups. His strategy consultancy work focuses on cross-functional issues involving technological, commercial, operational, regulatory, legal, social and intercultural aspects.
Hermen holds an MSc in Aerospace Engineering from Delft University of Technology, has taught at the International Space University, and helped to create the Master of Space Systems Engineering programme for Delft University's School of Executive Education. He speaks English, Dutch, French and German.
Expertise
Strategy and operations consulting, market and competition analysis, business planning and development, due diligence, systems architecting, technology appraisal, programme management, team building, marketing communications, satellite applications, geomatics, telecoms, carbon trading.
Dr Luca Bertuccioli
Managing Consultant - Lausanne
Luca Bertuccioli has a background in fluid mechanics and thermal sciences. Prior to joining E4tech he worked at United Technologies Research Center where he participated and managed projects in a wide range of areas such as the thermo-economic analysis of aircraft and building energy systems, the aerodynamic design and aerothermal analysis of gas turbine components, and the concurrent engineering of synthetic fuels and thermal systems for hypersonic engines. He also has experience developing intellectual property strategies and preparing patent filings and has been awarded six patents. Luca holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, a Post Graduate Diploma from the von Kármán Institute for Fluid Dynamics and an MA in Engineering from Cambridge University. He speaks English, French, Italian and German.
Expertise
Thermo-economic analysis, modeling and analysis of energy systems, concurrent engineering, development of intellectual property strategies.
Dr Jeroen Daey Ouwens
Managing Consultant - London
Jeroen Daey Ouwens is a Managing Consultant with extensive expertise in several renewable energy technologies in particular solar energy and energy from biomass and waste. Jeroen has worked for both the public and private sectors and has research experience in thin film solar cells, commercial expertise in crystalline silicon solar cells and consulting experience in technical, economic, environmental, social and policy issues relating to energy from biomass including biofuels, (solid) biomass heat and power and biogas. In his previous consulting career in the Dutch offices of Ecofys and then Ecorys, Jeroen led projects for major organisations such as the European Commission, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and different Government Ministries. Prior to his consulting career Jeroen was a programme manager at SenterNovem (former Novem) focusing upon governmental intervention actions (amongst others the Dutch Biomass Action Plan) supporting the implementation of renewables and other low-carbon pathways. Further, Jeroen worked as a researcher on efficiency improvements of thin film amorphous and crystalline silicon solar cells at the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands and Utrecht University.
Jeroen holds a degree in Theoretical Physics from Nijmegen University, a PhD in Applied Physics from Utrecht University and a Master’s in Business Administration from Nyenrode University. Besides Dutch and English, Jeroen has basic language skills in German, French, Italian and Spanish.
Expertise
Financial analysis, cost calculations, technology, permitting, subsidies, environmental and economic impact assessment and policy.
Dr François Vuille
Managing Consultant - Lausanne
François Vuille's activities have largely focused on projects in the fields of photovoltaics and bioenergy, particularly on understanding the prospects and barriers (technical, policy and socio-economic) to novel technology deployment. François is one of the lead authors of the IEA Bioenergy Review commissioned and published by the International Energy Agency. François has worked with industry (automotive OEMs, power utilities, oil majors), financial organisations (investment banks, PE/VC funds, etc.), governments (Swiss, UK, Chile, etc.), non-government and international organisations (IEA, European Commission, European Space Agency). He has been increasingly helping finance institutions understand the complexities and seize the opportunities in the energy sector, developing sector reviews and conducting due diligence support and technology scouting. François holds masters degrees in Physics and in Energy Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, as well as a PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Cape Town. He speaks French, English and German, as well as some Spanish and Swiss German.
Expertise
Photovoltaics and bioenergy technologies, technology deployment strategies, technology appraisal, sector reviews, techno-economic analysis, market analysis.
Fabio Montemurro
Senior Consultant - London
Fabio Montemurro has a background in industrial and aerospace engineering. His work focuses on innovation and optimisation of energy systems, due diligences and techno-economic assessment of new energy storage, biomass to energy and photovoltaic technologies, and broadly on low carbon transport and grid decarbonisation. Prior to joining E4tech he worked in the Systems and Technologies Division of EADS Astrium Satellite in Germany as a system engineer and simulator developer for scientific space missions, and as an independent consultant to the aerospace industry. Fabio holds degrees in Aerospace Engineering (cum laude) from the University of Pisa and Industrial Engineering (cum laude) from the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, and obtained an MSc (Dist) in Sustainable Energy Futures from Imperial College London. He also holds two patents in the field of control engineering. Fabio speaks Italian, English, German and French.
Expertise
Energy systems and innovation, modelling and optimization, energy storage, vehicle electrification,
smart grid, lifecycle GHG analysis, demand side management, novel photovoltaic
technologies, biomass combined heat and power.
Robert Ball
Consultant - London
Robert Ball has an MSc in Energy and a BEng in Mechanical Engineering with Energy Resource Engineering from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. His studies covered a wide range of renewable energy topics and his MSc dissertation focused on the role heat pumps could play in meeting the UK’s domestic heating demand. Robert’s BEng Honours project involved the design, manufacture and testing of low-cost thermal diode roofing insulation for use in dwellings in hot climates. He speaks English and French.
Expertise
Renewable Energy Technology, Energy in Buildings and related Software Development.
Maarten van den Berg
Consultant - Lausanne
Maarten van den Berg has a background in sustainable development of energy and resources. His work focuses on the environmental impact of energy technologies and material use as well as supply chain optimisation. He has a broad knowledge of the energy system and has advised the board of an energy utility company on ways to translate its sustainability ambitions into concrete goals. Before joining E4tech Maarten was a consultant for Ecofys, where he advised corporate clients on energy and carbon management and carried out environmental impact assessments of products. He also worked on a feasibility study and pilot project for offshore seaweed cultivation in the North Sea. Maarten holds an MSc in Sustainable Development of Energy and Resources from Utrecht University. In his MSc dissertation he analysed the environmental performance of bio-based packaging films in comparison to their fossil-based counterparts. Maarten's Biology BSc thesis focused on the carbon balance in ecosystems. Maarten speaks English, Dutch and some French and German.
Expertise
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA); organisation and product carbon footprinting;
sustainable energy technologies; bioenergy, including aquatic biomass
cultivation; and demand side management.
Brian Denvir
Consultant - London
Brian Denvir has an MSc in Sustainable Energy Futures from Imperial College London. His studies encompassed technological, policy and economic issues associated with bioenergy, low-carbon transport, carbon capture and storage, and nuclear energy. Brian has a first degree in Theoretical Physics (Trinity College Dublin, first class) and his final year project investigated the potential for generating electricity from waste heat recovered via thermoelectric materials. His Master’s degree thesis focused on developing more stable design configurations for organic solar cells. He speaks English and Spanish.
Expertise
Organic and thin film photovoltaic technologies, fuel chain emissions analysis, bioenergy, nuclear energy.
Franz Lehner
Consultant - Lausanne
Franz Lehner worked on the development of a novel monograin membrane solar photovoltaic technology and project-managed its commercialization at a start-up company in Austria and Estonia before he joined E4tech. He also worked at the German Sonnenhaus Institut promoting primary energy efficient building technologies with a focus on solar thermal energy. Franz has a BSc in Eco-Energy Engineering from the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, and an MSc in Materials and Processes of Sustainable Energetics from Tallinn University of Technology and the University of Tartu. He speaks English, German and some Russian.
Expertise
Renewable energy technologies with a focus on solar cell
materials, solar thermal heating engineering, and energy efficiency in buildings.
Ralph Ripken
Consultant - London
Ralph Ripken has worked on projects such as reviewing biomass gasification technologies, evaluating EPC contractors for a biomass CHP plant and assessing strategic linkages between water and energy. Prior to joining E4tech he worked for ABO Wind France, developing a techno-economic tool for wind project development, and interned at a German wind project developer, BASF and Daimler. Ralph holds a degree in International Business from ESB Business School (Germany) and Reims Management School (France) and a jointly-awarded MSc in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management with a focus on Energy Policy from Lund University (Sweden), Manchester University (UK), and Central European University (Hungary). In his MSc dissertation he analysed the potential risk from the DESERTEC solar project for countries in the MENA region, combining economic, political and technical perspectives. Ralph speaks German, English and French.
Expertise
Sustainable energy, in particular wind and concentrated solar
power, techno-economic assessments.
Richard Taylor
Consultant - London
Richard Taylor has developed UK and global biomass supply cost curves, conducted reviews of gasification technologies, surveyed the state-of-play in novel hydrogen storage materials research, and evaluated the carbon savings of wind-electrolyser systems. Recent projects include assessing the Indirect Land-Use Change impacts of European rapeseed biodiesel production and of Brazilian biochemicals from sugarcane, and conducting a 'Technology Innovation Needs Assessment' across the bioenergy sector for the UK Government. Richard is currently leading E4tech's technical management support to the Carbon Trust's Polymer Fuel Cells Challenge, and a techno-economic assessment of biomass power with CCS for the Energy Technologies Institute.
Prior to joining E4tech, he worked for REpower UK, monitoring wind turbine operations, and has also undertaken an internship at the investment bank Rothschild. Richard holds an MMathPhys from Warwick University (specialising in applied Mathematics and theoretical Physics) and an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College, London (specialising in Energy Policy). His thesis focused on reliability modelling of electricity networks with the integration of renewable energy and microgrids.
Expertise
Bioenergy conversion technologies, ILUC modelling, biomass resources and prices,
polymer fuel cells, renewable energy integration.
Sabine Ziem
Consultant - London
Sabine Ziem has a background in corporate sustainability strategy, reporting, and stakeholder engagement processes, which she developed and implemented for clients in the energy and other sectors in Colombia. She then completed an MSc in Sustainable Energy Futures from Imperial College London, including a detailed techno-economic assessment of dye sensitised solar cells, evaluating their suitability and performance as building, vehicle, and product integrated PV. She has also worked in the non-corporate sector at AIESEC in Switzerland, Colombia and AIESEC International based in the Netherlands, focusing on cross-cultural youth leadership and international development programmes. Sabine has a BSc in Philosophy and Economics from the London School of Economics. She speaks English, German, Spanish and some French.
Expertise
Sustainable energy technologies with focus on photovoltaics, techno-economic assessments. Corporate sustainability management, reporting and stakeholder engagement process design and facilitation.