Europass Curriculum Vitae

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1 Europass Curriculum Vitae PERSONAL INFORMATION Name Address Telephone Nationality Date of birth Mats Rydehell Kolonigatan 7B, Göteborg, Sweden + 46 (0) mats.rydehell@chalmers.se Swedish WORK EXPERIENCE Dates (from to) 2016 present (80%) Dates (from to) 2014 present (20%) Research and innovation Director Energy Area of Advance Responsible for coordination of research and education activities in the field or Energy, including initiation and collaboration with industrial and public partners, utilisation of research results and impact commuication Innovation Innovation Advisor - - Page 1 - Curriculum vitae of Responsible for a programme using developed tools to change attitude to and work with innovation in integrated research, education and innovation activities amongst researchers. This includes inventory activities for intellectual assets, verification of assets, research resilience reviews, freedom to research, integrated innovation design etc. Proactively and reactively working with research industry/society collaboration to enhance utilisation of research results. Responsible for follow-up of strategic innovation areas for Chalmers. Development of new activities to enhance the student/educational activities to enhance utilisation of Chalmers activities towards society. Working in all knowledge and research disciplines

2 Dates (from to) (part time) Biomass Gasification Co-ordinator (20% of full time) - Co-ordinator for the Swedish Centre for Indirect gasification of biomass (CIGB) located at Chalmers. This is one of three nodes on biomass gasification in Sweden under the umbrella Swedish Gasification Centre. - Agreements, project management, communication - Contacts with industry and authorities Dates (from to) KanEnergi Sweden AB, Skara, Sweden Energy Consultancy Founder; Senior energy consultant - Renewable energy technologies (solar, wind, PV, wave, bioenergy, biofuels, geothermal) - Planning, management and evaluation of energy efficiency programmes and projects, including procurement of energy technologies for private and public bodies; - Market analysis and evaluations of investments in energy technology projects for investment companies; - Renewable energy projects in developing countries; feasibility studies, strategy development; - Co-ordination of energy related projects proposed to the European Commission (Intelligent Energy for Europe, 5 th, 6 th and 7 th Framework Programme, Interreg, LIFE etc) - Evaluator for EU programmes such as Altener, IEE and Framework Programmes (proposal, project (finalised) and programme evaluation) - Education and info packages for the private and public sector. The company was sold to Asplan Viak AS in Norway in Between Mats worked to establish energy consultancy businesses in United Emirates, Oman, UK and Easter Africa (Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya). Dates (from to) Research and innovation Co-director Energy Area of Advance Responsible for co-ordinating research and educational activities in all disciplines related to energy. This is mainly related to: - Innovation and developing strategies for increased impact of energy research, including development of research and innovation strategies for researchers and/or research groups and bridging between research activities and the innovation system (such as incubators and seed funding) - Corporate research; leading the discussions between industry and researchers for long term collaborative contracts of mutual interest, including development of different options for collaboration - Communication; development of communication plans and strategies for increased outreach activities relating to research results - Administrative responsibility for the management team including personnel, economy etc Page 2 - Curriculum vitae of

3 Dates (from to) Dates (from to) Type of business or sector Innovationsbron AB, Göteborg, Sweden Authority for commercialisation of research innovations Senior Innovation Advisor Energy & Environmental Technologies Through contacts with researchers in Göteborg (Göteborg University and Chalmers University of Technology) and regional universities in west Sweden (Västra Götaland), ideas and results of commercial interest are brought into the innovation system or to systems for seed money or risk capital. It should be emphasised that not all research end up in commercial products, so part of the work is to build innovation strategies to ensure strong and clear utilisation of the results. Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Administration (NVE), Oslo, Norway Governmental Special advisor Dates (from to) Type of business or sector Main areas: - Responsible for new renewable sources of energy in Norway, with emphasis on biomass, solar energy, wave and wind energy; planning and evaluation of projects, establishment of bio energy strategies for Norway, evaluation of Norwegian strategies and actions in the area; - Responsible for market introduction of energy efficient technologies in Norway; technical and market evaluation, evaluation of investment decisions, project evaluations, evaluation of Norwegian strategies and actions in the area; - Responsible for Norwegian international activities - energy efficiency; Norwegian representative in two EU programmes, Chairman in an IEA programme, co-ordinating international activities in the area of renewable energy and energy efficiency (market introduction and information dissemination); - Partly responsible for governmental strategies concerning means and measures for renewable energy and energy efficiency in a deregulated market. SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Borås, Sweden Research Institute Physicist and engineer Main areas: - Responsible for testing of solar collectors; technical evaluation; - Responsible for testing of photovoltaic systems; technical evaluation; - Responsible for feasibility study on commercial testing opportunities for wind turbines. Page 3 - Curriculum vitae of

4 EDUCATION AND TRAINING Dates (from to) Name and type of organisation providing education and training Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Title of qualification awarded Chalmers University of Technology & University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden Physics with emphasis on nuclear physics- experiments, arithmetical problems and lectures PhD Dates (from to) Name and type of organisation providing education and training Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Title of qualification awarded University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden Physics and Mathematics MSc Page 4 - Curriculum vitae of

5 PERSONAL SKILLS MOTHER TONGUE Swedish OTHER LANGUAGES Understanding Speaking Writing Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production English Very good Very good Very good Very good Very good German Feasible Good Feasible Feasible Feasible Norwegian Very good Very good Very good Very good Very good SOCIAL SKILLS ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS - All possible training and leadership courses within the Swedish Handball Association have been passed, and I have been active trainer in handball since This includes all ages, from children age 8 all the way through teams at highest national level and the Swedish National Team for Juniors. All teams are women only. - Involved in the Red Cross educating youths in first aid as well as leadership - Administrative for the service provider for EU initiative ManagEnergy and OPET network projects for the Swedish Energy Agency. - ExCo Chairman for IEA Implementing Agreement EETIC (Energy and Environmental Technology Information Centre) and CADDET (Centre for the Analysis and Dissemination of Demonstrated Energy Technologies) - Board member of the following: o Green IT Homes AB; (2014-ff; IT & energy) chairman of the Board o Chalmers Professional Education (2011- ff; education) o KanEnergi Sweden AB ( ; consultancy) o KanEnergi AS, Norway ( ; consultancy) o Vigor Wave ( ; wave energy technology) o Borevind ( ; investment company) o Miljöpunkten Skaraborg ( ; network for cleantech companies) o Sparbanksstiftelsen Skaraborg ( ; banking) o Gällivare Photovoltaic ( ; PV module producer) o Västergötlands Handbollsförbund ( ; regional handball federation) TECHNICAL SKILLS General computer knowledge, including all most common computer programmes (Microsoft products) Page 5 - Curriculum vitae of