Peter Baum

Peter Baum is a Senior Energy Specialist at the Asian Development Bank, where he works in the Emerging Areas Team focused on advanced technologies (including smart grid applications, EV grid integration and floating solar PV) and cross-sectoral energy solutions. Prior to ADB, Peter worked on modelling power markets and systems with Aurora Energy Research, advising investors and lending banks on major renewable energy projects (M&A, project finance, PPAs) across Europe and on energy and infrastructure projects with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 

Peter also spent four years at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, working on energy and infrastructure projects in Central Asia as well as North Africa and the Middle East. Peter undertook his undergraduate studies at ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and earned a double master degree in Energy Policy and International Economics at Yale University in the USA.