Dr. Simone Peter

President of German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE)

Dr. Simone Peter, who holds a doctorate in biology, found her way to renewable energy by working for the European Renewable Energy Association (EUROSOLAR) in Bonn from 2001 to 2004 and as managing director and project manager of the Renewable Energy Agency in Berlin from 2004 to 2009. From 2009 to 2012, she was Minister for the Environment, Energy and Transport of Saarland in the cabinets of Müller III and Kramp-Karrenbauer I. From 2012 to 2013, she was a member of the Saarland state parliament as deputy chairwoman and parliamentary manager of the Bündnis90/Die Grünen parliamentary group; and from 2013 to 2018, she was federal chairwoman of Bündnis90/Die Grünen. Since March 2018, she is President of the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) and chairwoman of the Renewable Energy Agency (AEE) in Berlin, and since September 2020, vice-president of the Austrian Energy Agency (AEA) in Vienna and since 2022 board member of the European Renewable Energy Federation (EREF) in Brussels. She is also a member of the scientific advisory board of IZES gGmbH in Saarbrücken and a member of the supervisory board of naturstrom AG in Düsseldorf.