Christophe Merlo

Responsible for developing and growing Stem's business in Italy the French-speaking market and wherever I can help, covering the full portfolio of intelligent clean energy solutions. Stem (NYSE: STEM) is a global leader reimagining technology to drive the energy transition, helping asset owners, operators and developers get the full value of their energy portfolio. 28+ GW of solar and 6+ GWh of BESS under management across 55 countries, with nearly 20 years of experience in the field. Solutions covered: - Utility-scale PV, Battery Energy Storage (BESS) and hybrid assets - Energy Management Systems (EMS) and site-level controls - PowerTrack: Stem's industry-standard software platform for clean energy asset performance management and AI-driven optimisation

• Business Development activities in Germany - Focus on BESS (Target of 800MW in Germany by 2030) and OCGT/CCGT(Target of 2 GW of capacity in central Europe by 2030) - Growth opportunities, strategic partnerships and development strategy. • Manage M&A projects encompassing various areas, including BESS, GT, and biomethane.

As a business development manager at Storengy in Germany, my main tasks are: • Development and implementation of new business fields in Germany, in particular in the areas of energy storage, power-to-x, green H2, BioCH4, BioLNG, GHG quota and avoidance. • Improving the energy and digital transitions of the company (renewable energies (PV, Wind), use of new technologies and new methods...) • Head of project combining PV, AWEC and RedOx-Flow battery, funded by the Innovation Fund Small-Scale program of the European Union • Collaborating on M&A projects - from screening to closing

Senior Associate part of the commercial dispatching of Storengy in Germany. My tasks are: • Project manager for the installation of 3 PV facilities on sites: 1st project of this kind of the compagny - project team of 6 collaborators through all the compagny - budget> 1.300.000€ - a total of more than 800 kW peak • Project support Power-to-gas (Feasability study, technology overview, strategy) • Electricity purchase (Budget 10 Mio. €): definition of the purchase strategy, evaluation of the electricity consumption, risk mitigation, call for bids • Electricity grid fee optimisation (more than 5 Mio. € savings since 2014) • Physical and economical optimisation of the gas storages. • Preparation of the work for the commercial dispatching 24/7 (IT-Development of tools (Forecast, communication, reporting...), planification of maintenance actions, support in the daily decision process) • First-level-support for the commercial dispatching trough on-call duty • Training

Engineer in the technical department of Storengy Deutschand Betrieb GmbH, a GDF Suez Company, as VIE (a French international corporate placement program for young professionals) For the European leader for gas storage, dealing with several projects: • Environmental reporting for Storengy (collect of relevant and accurate data, environmental calculation (gas emission (CO2, CH4, GHG, SF6...), waste, water, biodiversity...), analysis and critics of results) • Environmental communication top-down & bottom-up • Part of the redaction committee of the sustainable report 2012 for Storengy, contact person for Germany • Environmental projects (environmental management and technical projects) • Integration projects post-merger • Part of the leading committee for the introduction of SAP-pm in all the company (Project planning, Control, Development of tools) - VIE Award 2012 Germany (Category Performance)

Subject: Feasibility study of using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) for treatment planning of congenital heart diseases: From MRI images, I have done 3-dimensional numerical reconstructions. With the suitable parameters, I have done computational studies of blood flow in them and then made analysis of results in order to prove the practicability of using the CFD within the framework of congenital heart diseases.

Subject: Freely decaying stratified turbulence: I studied the turbulence in a stratified fluid thanks to the PIV 2D Method (Bidimensionnal Particles Images Velocimetry) in order to have a better understanding of it.

Education Program: • Hydraulics (fluvial, urban, industrial) • Fluid mechanics • Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) • Environmental Class (Water treatment, GHG study...) • Project managment

Exchange Erasmus semester