Dr Mercè Labordena

Mercè is a Senior Manager at Smartenergy with over 10 years of experience shaping carbon reduction strategies, with expertise in government relations, policy, finance, research, and engineering. Smartenergy is a Swiss-based investment and development company developing and structuring a GW-scale solar PV portfolio in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Germany and developing a pipeline of hydrogen projects in the same markets. At Smartenergy, she is part of the CTO organization and contributes to bringing these renewable energy and hydrogen projects to the next stage of development.

Previously, she worked as a Senior Policy Advisor at SolarPower Europe, the European solar industry association, and the Climate Policy Group at ETH Zurich, where she obtained her PhD in Climate Policy. She holds a Double Degree MSc in Renewable Energy, specialising in Energy Innovation and Energy Engineering.