Adrian Meier

Executive Director Operations

Paris, Île-de-France, France

About

Power market and infrastructure development Project and Construction Management Business process management Gas & power markets Power generation renewable and thermal Environmental regulation Master of Science in Electrotechnical Engineering at ETH Zürich (Switzerland) Executive master Oil&Gas&Power at ESCP-EAP Paris/ Institut Français du Pétrol/ BI (Norway)

Experience

  • Executive Director of Operations at URBASOLAR
    Aug 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

  • Asset Manager Wind France - BKW Energie SAS at BKW AG
    Feb 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 6 mos

    Managing Director of BKW's French wind assets. Setup of asset management and technical & commercial management. Greenfield construction management. Process engineering and asset quality review. Coordination of corporate services in Swiss headquater. Due Diligence and project acquisition.

  • Consultant (Savoir-Faire & CIE) at Direct Energie
    May 2016 - Dec 2016 · 8 mos

    Integration commercial and O&M activities for thermal power plants Bayet (F) and Marcinelle (BE).

  • Alpiq (13 yrs 3 mos)
    • Asset Management Director
      Jan 2011 - Apr 2016 · 5 yrs 4 mos

      Commercial start-up of 400MW gas fired combined cycle power plant. Setup of asset management, commercial plant scheduling-dispatch, power plant performance monitoring, quality control and contract management. Handling of environmental & energy market regulation and power&gas grid access.

    • Permitting & Communication Director
      Jan 2007 - Dec 2010 · 4 yrs

      Development of 400MW green-field combined cycle power plant Bayet (F) covering environmental permits including public hearing, land acquisition, tendering, grid access and coordination with local authorities. Tendering (Ansaldo Energia, Siemens, Alstom, GE and Mitsubishi) and launch of second combined cycle project. Launch of renewable energy wind and hydro projects. Management of electricity grid and gas grid access.

    • Operations Director Electricity retail business (Atel Energie France SAS)
      Feb 2003 - Dec 2006 · 3 yrs 11 mos

      Start-up of Atel group's electricity retail business in France with delivery to large industrial customers. Management of sales contracts, customer relationship, data acquisition, back office and power grid access. Coordination of corporate centers, System&Settlement, risk management and scheduling in particular. Work in various regulatory working groups (ENEDIS/RTE/CRE).

  • Project Engineer at COFELY GDF-SUEZ (former ELYO)
    Jan 2000 - Jan 2003 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Start-up of electricity retail business at power market opening in France. Business support for cogeneration plants, waste incinerators and power utilities abroad. Participation in CRE, RTE, ERDF regulatory working groups.