Stefan Krauter

Prof. Stefan Krauter (2015)

Stefan Krauter (born 1963 in Göppingen, Germany) is Professor and Entrepreneur in the area of Renewable Energies. His activities in research, teaching and business are directed to establish a global sustainable energy supply. He specialized in the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity - photovoltaics. He initiated and organized in Rio de Janeiro several congresses (RIO 02/3/5/6/9/12/15 - World Climate & Energy Events) and the Latin America Renewable Energy Fair (LAREF), to sustain the vision of the UNCED Earth Summit of Rio 1992 in that area.

Life

From 1982 until 1988 Krauter studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Technology Munich (TUM). During 1989 until 1994 he served as scientific assistant at University of Technology Berlin (TUB) at the Institute for Electrical Engineering. In 1993 he terminated his Ph.D. thesis about the optical, thermal and electrical operation model for photovoltaic modules at TUB with Prof. Rolf Hanitsch. In the beginning of 1994 he performed post-doc studies at Prof. Martin Green at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. In 1996 he co-found Solon AG, the first cooperation for solar technology in Germany that went public (in 1997). Solon AG is listed since 2006 in the TecDAX at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange via ISIN DE0007471195.

In 1998 he achieved habilitation from University of Technology Berlin with a thesis about the energy and CO2 balance of photovoltaic power stations. From 1998 until 2005 he held the position of a visiting professor for Alternative Energies at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ-COPPE-EE) and at the State University of Ceará (UECE) in Brazil. In 1999 he found in Rio de Janeiro Riosolar Ltd, a company for planning, installation and operation of photovoltaic energy supply systems. During the years 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015 he chaired and organized RIO - World Climate & Energy Events (climate protection via sustainable energies) and the Latin America Renewable Energy Fair (LAREF). Since 2005 he is associate professor for Photovoltaic Energy Systems at Technischen Universität Berlin. In 2006 he found together with Paul Grunow, Sven Lehmann, and Jürgen Arp the Photovoltaic Institute Berlin AG (PI-Berlin AG). From 2008 until 2010 he has been full professor for Photovoltaic Energy Systems at the University of Applied Sciences Biberach. Since 2010 he is full professor and director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy Concepts at University of Paderborn.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.tu-berlin.de/presse/pi/1996/pi12.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.greenmeeting.org/premio.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.ieee-pvsc.org/PVSC42/

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