Sven Ernedal

Since November 2024, Sven Ernedal is the Manager of the GIZ programme “Renewable Energy in Central Asia” (RECA), Commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union.

Before joining RECA, he was Chief Technical Advisor for the GIZ Commercial and Industrial Rooftop Solar Project in Viet Nam in parallel to his duties as Director of the GIZ project “Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency” / “EU-Vietnam Energy Facility” (2018-21), co-financed by BMZ and the EU. He was responsible for the overall management, planning and implementation of all project activities and for the cooperation with international and local partners and providing policy advice in the areas of renewable energy and energy efficiency. He also led the Offshore Wind Development Task Force under the Technical Working Group 2 on Renewable Energy of the Viet Nam Energy Partnership Group (VEPG) since December 2022 and he worked as International Coordinator of the VEPG Secretariat from June 2021 to June 2022.

Prior to Vietnam, Sven worked as Programme Director of the GIZ Sustainable Energy Project in Tanzania for five years and as Programme Director for the GIZ Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Programmes in Mongolia for six years. Earlier, he worked both as the EU Co-Director for the EU-China Energy and Environment Programme and as First Secretary in the Cooperation Section of the EU Delegation in China. Sven holds a MSc degree in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering from Linköping Institute of Technology in Sweden. He speaks Swedish, English, German and basic Mandarin.