Pedro Vasconcelos, Chief Executive Officer, EDP Renewables (EDPR) APAC, unveils a strategic roadmap to bolster renewables growth in Asia Pacific. The company has a goal to triple renewables capacity by 2026 and invest €20 billion in mature renewables.
- How do you see the role of EDPR APAC in facilitating the energy transition in the Asia-Pacific region?
How are EDPR APAC's solar projects contributing to Singapore’s energy transition?
- Looking ahead, what are the key milestones and goals that EDPR has set for APAC to achieve the energy transition towards a net zero world?
About Pedro Vasconcelos, Chief Executive Officer, EDP Renewables APAC
Mr. Pedro Vasconcelos is a member of EDP Executive Board of Directors and a member of EDP Renewables Management Team.
He was most recently appointed Executive Board Member of EDP in April 2023 and has been EDP Renewables’ Chief Executive Officer for the Asia Pacific region and member of the board of Ocean Winds, EDPR’s dedicated offshore joint venture with Engie, since November 2021 as well as Executive Chairman of Sunseap Group (Singapore) since February 2022.
Previously, Head of M&A and Corporate Development (2017-2022) and Head of Solar Strategy (2016 2017) at EDP Renewables and has held executive roles at both EDP International and Hydro Global as Chief Business Development Officer since 2014. Joined EDP in 2007, working as an M&A Project Manager until 2009. He was then seconded to NGEN Partners, a California-based cleantech US venture capital firm, as an Associate, before returning to Lisbon two years later to become EDP's Chief Executive Officer Chief of Staff until 2013.
Mr. Pedro Vasconcelos has an MSc in Aerospace Engineering from Instituto Superior TĂ©cnico, Portugal, and an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD, Singapore/France.