Jan Matthiesen

Director, Offshore Wind and Maritime Decarbonization, The Carbon Trust
Jan Matthiesen

Jan Matthiesen

Director, Offshore Wind and Maritime Decarbonization, The Carbon Trust
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Biography

Workshop: Solutions for the Future: How Policy can Support the Development of Meshed Grids

Jan Matthiesen is passionate about wind energy. He started in the onshore sector but has gotten his feet wet managing all offshore wind activities at the Carbon Trust, including the world-leading Offshore Wind Accelerator and helping to set up the U.S. National Offshore Wind R&D Consortium. He combines his electrical engineering degree with his Master of Business Administration to grasp complex technical problems and develop industry solutions. He joined the Carbon Trust in 2010 and was previously Head of Onshore at RenewableUK, the wind energy industry association, and accountable for all issues affecting the deployment of onshore wind energy development.