Stefan Kratz

Building and leading a team developing BESS and solar PV projects in Germany.

An independent power producer, developing, constructing and financing large-scale rooftop solar projects (25 MWp to date).

A four year journey with the world's first solar-powered mobile home to travel to 90 countries and 6 continents, visiting 1,000 climate pioneers with solutions to stop global warming. We will tell the story of these climate pioneers, connect them to a global network, and inspire others around the world to take action to stop global warming. In 2022, we travelled 25,000 km and attended 145 events in 27 European countries. In 2023, our tour will start in Europe and continue to North and Central America.

Strategic consulting in renewable energy, solar and storage.

Responsible for new product in our company, including energy storage, home energy management, and home energy insights and software.

Corporate strategy and sales

Developed M&A strategy for commercial EPC segment in the U.S. Managed commercial systems and module sales team with signification traction within 10 weeks of assuming responsibility for commercial sales.

Built and led China team in strategic purchasing, supplier quality control, business development, sales, marketing, and investor acquisition, growing the business six-fold in three years to $450+M; Developed and managed 10-year, $5B dollar strategic relationship with LDK Solar, including successful renegotiation of supply contract in December 2009, saving company hundreds of millions in contract liabilities; Signed MoU with Datang Overseas Investment Co., and developed strong relationships with

Managed 8-fold increase in purchasing volumes in China from 2007 to 2008 (several hundred million Euros); Co-architect of supply contract worth more than 5 GW over ten years, representing the largest such contract in the industry at the time; Built highly professional in-country technical supplier management across multiple suppliers and processing partners.

Led team of 14 staff in finance, HR, IT and administration across six offices in China, with an operations budget of $800K; Led in-country fundraising and communications, overseeing an increase in annual funding by $2M in 2 years; Co-managed relationships with Applied Materials, Cargill, Caterpillar, Citigroup, Dragonair, General Motors, Bank of America and other high-profile corporate and individual donors representing several million dollars in multi-year donations.

Led recruitment and training of three successive project managers, acquired crucial project funding, and maintained strong relations with local government as one of the few U.S.-registered NGOs allowed to operate in Tibet; Served as administrator of rural health clinic which served nomadic population of 30,000 and treated 600-900 patients/month; Built a two-story local village school in three months, serving a local population of 100 families.

Original research/analysis in resource conflict management; Researched and wrote monthly and quarterly reports on German environmental policy; Co-Authored "Eco-Labelling in the Globalised Economy," International Politics and Society, No. 4/99, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn