Founder and director of Institute for Renewable Energy (IEO) – a research centre and sustainable energy think-tank in Warsaw. Mr Wisniewski graduated from Warsaw University of Technology (process engineering) and Warsaw University (MBA). He specialises renewable energy technologies (solar, wind, bioenergy/biogas), energy economics, energy systems modelling and forecasting of energy prices. He co-authored Polish National renewable energy strategy (2001), some key renewable energy regulations (energy law- green certificates, support for prosumers, economic part of auctioning system). He was managing director (1997-2005) of the EC Baltic Renewable Energy Centre (Warsaw), chairman (2007/2008) of the ManagEnergy Reflection Group (MERG) – an advisory group of the Directorate General for Energy at the EC (Brussels) and chairman of energy advisory group for the Polish Minister of Environment. In 2016 he was appointed to the National Development Council (advisory body to the President of Poland). For his overall contribution to the promotion of renewable energy technologies he was awarded the statuette of Promoter of Renewable Energy (by Polish “Clean Energy” Journal), distinction New Impulse (by Polish “New Industry Journal) and has got award the Man of Polish Ecology.
TOMASZ MROSZKIEWICZ
Proxy of EC BREC Institute for Renewable Energy. He graduated from the Faculty of Management at Warsaw University, specializing in financial management. Tomasz works at IEO since 2004. He is an expert in the field of financial law and tax law, as well as the specific legal issues relating to renewable energy in Poland and in Europe. He specializes in legal services programs at the IEO. Directly supervises the implementation of projects from formal and financial side, among others: optimizing costs, analyzing the profitability of projects. Tomasz Mroszkiewicz works with external stakeholders, IEO partners. He is also co-author of numerous projects in the field of renewable energy development in Poland, for example: "The business model of investment in renewable energy sources", "Renewable Energy Farms and Intelligent Networks", "Expert analysis of the adoption effects of the government's draft law on renewable energy sources, together with the proposed support system. "