Philippe Malbranche

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT PHILIPPE MALBRANCHE

Philippe Malbranche is currently an international expert, providing strategic advice and mentoring both countries and corporates, with a background of more than 40 years in solar energy. He is the former Deputy Director General of ISA, the International Solar Alliance, headquartered in Delhi, India, with a focus on knowledge management and capacity building in contact with the member countries. He was previously Director General at INES, the main French Solar Energy Research Institute at the forefront of solar innovation. He is also a member of the Steering Committee of the European Photovoltaic Technology and Innovation Platform, participates to the Visiting Committees of several European Solar Energy research Institutes and advises various organisations regarding roadmap development and project selection. Philippe Malbranche made engineering studies at the French Ecole Centrale de Paris, where he graduated in 1979. He began working at the South Pacific Institute for Renewable Energy in Tahiti, French Polynesia, designing and managing rural electrification projects, and providing training and technical advice for solar implementation in the South Pacific countries. In 1989 he moved back to France at the French Ministry of Energy, as advisor on renewables and energy efficiency in transportation. In 1991, he joined the Photowatt company, the French PV cell and module manufacturer, and three years later CEA-GENEC, a research laboratory with 25 people focused on PV systems and storage systems, which he managed until 2004. Then, he participated to the setting up of INES, which now hosts 400 researchers involved in all the value chain of solar energy and its applications in networks, buildings and transportation. His initial position was Research Programme Manager, then became Director General, for which he received the French award \"Legion of Honour\" in 2021. The goal of my professional activities is to contribute to the rapid transformation of our energy system to a sustainable system, based on the efficient use of renewable energies.