Ruggero Schleicher-Tappeser
consultant & writer
sustainable strategies in a systemic perspective:
- energy, transport, climate, digitalisation
- government, business, foundations, NGOs
- policies, regulation, markets, technologies
- interdisciplinary and intercultural communication
working languages: German, English, Italian, French, (Spanish)
Berchtesgadener Str. 8, D – 10779 BERLIN
office +49-30-86432487
mobile +49-176-4306030
ruggero.schleicher-tappeser@sustainablestrategies.eu
Ruggero Schleicher-Tappeser is working as freelance strategy consultant Berlin, focusing on energy and transport.
Born in 1952, he grew up in Italy. After his degree in physics at the University of Bern/Switzerland, he first worked as journalist and consultant on energy issues and was member of the board of directors of the Swiss Energy Foundation.
Moving to Germany in 1985, he turned to research on technology policy, regional development and European environmental and transport policies. For fifteen years he was founder and director of the EURES Institute for Regional Studies in Europe in Freiburg/Germany. Later, he served as Acting Secretary General of the Alpine Convention, an international treaty for the sustainable development of the Alpine area, with offices in Innsbruck, Bolzano and Chambéry. Back as consultant in the energy debate in 2008, he focused on renewable energies and photovoltaics: foundation process of IRENA, European Alliance for 100% Renewable Energy, foundations, industry, associations.
2013-2015 he coordinated “xGWp European Gigawatt Fab”, a European industry initiative for establishing a Gigawatt scale production of heterojunction PV cells and modules.
In 2015 he co-founded PSC Technologies GmbH, a startup specialising in silicon carbide technologies. Until 2020 he was co-director responsible for strategies and business development and co-authored several patents.