Secretariat

Antonella Battaglini is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Renewables Grid Initiative.

Antonella is currently a member of the European Commission's expert group on electricity interconnection targets and has previously been an expert member of the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s 2014-2016 Global Agenda Council on the Future of Electricity. In 2015 she was named one of Tällberg's 2015 five Global Leaders for her commitment to a sustainable energy future and combating climate change. She is also a senior scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) where she leads the SuperSmart Grid (SSG) process, a concept she developed together with her team to reconcile different approaches to the system integration of renewables. By adopting a holistic approach, the SSG addresses the challenges of the transformation of the power sector considering generation, transmission and demand management. In this concept, both centralised and decentralised options play an undisputed role.

Stephanie joined the Renewables Grid Initiative in 2013. Her main responsibilities lie with RGI’s communications and media work and she is leading the good practice award activities. She previously worked in the communications team of the European Climate Foundation.
Stephanie has studied at the Universities of Marburg and Hamburg, Germany, and the University of Southern Queensland in Australia. She holds degrees in political science and journalism.

Dení joined RGI in April 2018. She is responsible for RGI's fundraising strategies. Prior to RGI, Deni worked as a Consultant, managing and implementing international projects in diverse sectors, including programmes founded by the EU Commission. Deni studied Sociology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and La Trobe University in Australia, and she holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from Xiamen University in China. Before coming to Berlin, she lived and worked in the Asia -Pacific region for over 8 years.

Andrzej has been working at RGI since June 2017, having previously cooperated as researcher in the INSPIRE-Grid project since 2014 at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). In his work he combines aspects derived from social and political realities with the functioning of the energy systems. Currently, he is managing the Sustainable Energy Transitions Laboratory (SENTINEL) project, aiming to improve existing energy models by applying diversified stakeholders' perspectives to them. He holds a Master Degree in International Relations from the Wrocław University and is completing his PhD degree at the Bavarian School of Public Policy at the Technical University of Munich.