Stathis Peteves is Head of the Knowledge for the Energy Union Unit in the Directorate C – Energy, Transport & Climate of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. He has been working for the Commission since 1987 addressing issues such as advanced
materials technologies, power generation, alternative fuels, energy technologies assessment and modelling in support of energy technology and energy policy. His Unit supports the Energy Union strategy & its policies by mapping, collating, analysing, quality checking and communicating in a systematic and digestible way all the relevant scientific data, methods, tools and knowledge available within the institution and worldwide of relevance to the Energy Union 5 thematic dimensions. He leads the Commission's SET-Plan Information System (SETIS), the scientific and technical support tool to the decision making of the SET-Plan governance and the monitor and assessor of EU's energy technology innovation progress. Stathis holds degrees from the National Technical University of Athens, the George Washington University (MSc) and the University of Florida (PhD). He has authored more than 100 publications and 4 books.