Christian Breyer

Christian Breyer is professor for Solar Economy at Lappeenranta University of

Technology, Finland. His major expertise is the integrated research of technological

and economic characteristics of renewable energy systems specializing in energy

system modeling for 100 percent renewable energy, on a local but also global

scale. His team published the most studies on 100 percent renewable energy for

countries or major regions globally. His academic background is in physics, energy

system engineering and general business. He worked previously for Reiner Lemoine

Institut, Berlin, and Q-Cells (now: Hanwha Q.Cells). He is member of ETIPPV,

IEA-PVPS, scientific committee of the EU PVSEC and IRES, chairman for renewable

energy at the Energy Watch Group and reviewer for the IPCC.

He can be reached at christian.breyer@lut.fi.