Valentina Puccini

Senior Energy Specialist @ European Investment Bank (EIB)

About

- Energy Transition Specialist. Climate Risk and Environmental Assessment Advisor at the European Investment Bank. - Previously Solar Manager at Mott MacDonald Ltd. - Fluent in Italian (Mother tongue), Spanish, and English. Knowledge of Portuguese and French. - Previously, has worked as System Engineer at General Electric (GE Energy and GE Oil and Gas) and as Renewable Energy Project Manager in ÅFRY/PÖYRY. - MSc qualified chartered Energy and Environmental Engineer

Country

Luxembourg

City

Luxembourg

Industry

Banking

Skill

Photovoltaics, Solar Thermal, Due Diligence, Project Planning, Renewable Energy, Biomass, Solar, Energy, Sustainability, Spanish, English, Italian, Portuguese, PVSyst, EPC, O&M, Wind, Lender's Engineer, Owner's engineer, Renewable Energy Markets

Experience

Senior Energy Specialist

European Investment Bank (EIB)

2018-9 - Present · 8 yrs 1 mo

Luxembourg

Renewable Energy / Energy Transition Senior Executive in the Project Directorate of the European Investment Bank.

Solar Manager at Mott MacDonald

Mott MacDonald

2013-7 - 2018-9 · 5 yrs 3 mos

United Kingdom

Lead a team of ca. 20 solar specialists within Mott MacDonald’s Renewables division. Providing advice on solar/renewable projects for multilateral agencies, governmental entities, financial institutions and many private companies. Acting both as a project manager and project director for a number of renewable energy projects in over 30 countries in Europe, Middle East, Latin America and North America, China, Southern East Asia and Africa.

Renewable Energy Advisor - Project Manager

Mott MacDonald

2010 - 2013-7 · 3 yrs

United Kingdom

Experienced project manager and advisor fully skilled in due diligence, lender's engineer and owner's engineer services, feasibility studies, technology selection and bankability, commercial contracts, project finance. Providing key inputs, acting both as a project manager and technical advisor, to a number of different renewable energy projects including solar PV, solar thermal, biomass, biodiesel, biogas, energy from waste, micro- cogeneration, carbon capture and storage.

Project Manager

ÅF

2007-11 - 2010-6 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Madrid Area, Spain

Project Manager, focusing primarily on engineering process and installation, but also on economic analysis/feasibility and business development. Project planning. basic and detailed engineering, tendering, feasibility studies, project management. Experience in Thermo-solar plants, Waste to Energy plant, Biomass and Biodiesel plants, Photovoltaic plants, Micro cogeneration plants.

Edison Engineering Development Programme (EEDP) - Process Engineer

2005-7 - 2007-9 · 2 yrs 3 mos

A two-year, entry-level leadership program providing three rotational assignments Process Engineer in Plants' Engineering Unit. Design Engineer in Turbo Machinery Unit. Project Quality Engineer in the Commissioning Unit. Six Sigma Green Belt

Renewable Energy Engineer

Università degli Studi di Firenze

2004-10 - 2005-6 · 9 mos

Florence Area, Italy

◦ HyWays - The European hydrogen roadmap - Project Manager. ◦ Research and Development activities focused on: CO2: Carbon partial capture systems from turbo gas, Climate change, and energy market development. Carbon storage. Climate change levy and emissions trading scheme.

Trainee for Master Thesis

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

2004-1 - 2004-9 · 9 mos

Karlsruhe Area, Germany

Training for Master’s Thesis in the context of the Leonardo da Vinci Project ◦ Biomass treatment and technologies. Laboratory experiences (set up, run experiments and analyze results). Catalytic conversion of biomass heavy gas to a hydrogen rich synthesis gas.Biomass gasification systems and pyrolysis analysis; study on air pollutant removal system (CO2, H2S, NOx). Gas to liquid systems