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André Faaij

André P.C. Faaij (1969) is appointed as Professor ‘Energy System Analysis’ at the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development (Faculty of Science) of the Utrecht University. He has a background in chemistry and environmental sciences and holds a Ph.D. on energy production from biomass and wastes. He worked as visiting researcher at the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies - Princeton University and at King’s College - London University.

 
His main research experience and interests concern energy system and scenario analysis and modelling, bio-energy and other renewables, bio-energy markets and international trade, land use and land use change, sustainability assessments of energy systems, alternative transport fuels, decarbonization of fossil fuels (capture and storage of CO2, hydrogen economy), waste treatment, material & energy efficiency, technological learning and innovation in energy systems, GHG balances & accounting, energy and research policies. He is in particular experienced in research and management of research in a multidisciplinary as well as international setting
 
He coordinates a research unit on energy supply and system studies (~25 research staff involved), covering bio-energy, sustainable use of fossil fuels, intermittant energy sources and energy system studies and modeling. In 2000, 2004 and 2007, external evaluations qualified this research as Very Good – Excellent’ with respect to ‘Productivity, Quality, Viability and Societal Relevance’, showing strong international leadership in its’ core areas as Bio-energy and Carbon Capture and Storage.
 
He is a member of a variety of expert groups in bio-energy and energy policy, research and strategic planning. He works as an advisor for governments, the EC, IEA, the UN system, GEF, OECD, WEF, the energy sector & industry, strategic consultancy, NGO’s, etc. He is Task Leader of Task 40 under the Bio-energy Agreement of the International Energy Agency on ‘Sustainable International Bio-energy Trade’ and, in the same framework, acted as national representative in several other tasks. He is an advisor to the UN’s (UNEP, UNIDO, FAO) bioenergy activities and the G8 Global Bio-energy Partnership. In 2008, he joined the IPCC team as Convening Lead Author to draft the Special Report on Renewable Energy as well as the new Global Energy Assessment (GEA). He is appointed Young Global Leader at the World Economic Foruma and a member of the Global Agenda Council on Alternative Energies for the same organisation.
Earlier, he was Lead Author for the World Energy Assessment of the United Nations, the WorldWatch Institute’s book on Biofuels for the 21st Century, the IPCC 4th assessment report and IEA’s World Energy Outlook.
He is board member and works as guest editor for the journal Biomass & Bioenergy and is reviewer for a variety of journals, scientific (including the National Science Foundation and the Royal Academy) and government bodies. He published over 500 titles in scientific journals, reports, books and proceedings, (co-) organized a range of international workshops and conferences and is frequently lecturing across the globe.