Florian Paffenholz

Technical Advisor
GIZ Togo

Florian has recently joined GIZ Togo as a Technical Advisor. Based at the Togolese Agency for Renewable Energies and Rural Electrification (AT2ER), he is principally working on issues to improve the business environment for decentralized energy solutions, specifically solar home systems and mini-grids. Before joining GIZ, Florian worked with Physikalisch-Technische-Bundesanstalt (PTB), where he was working in standardization, testing, and other quality aspects for renewable energies and for KfW Entwicklungsbank, where he was involved in the financing of the NOOR I, II and III projects in Ouarzazate, Morocco. Florian has a German Diplom in Geography, Politics and Economics.