Michel CRUCIANI
Former Associate Research Fellow, Center for Energy & Climate
Research Interests:
- renewable energy
- energy efficiency
- electricity grids
- European energy policy
Michel Cruciani was associated to Ifri's work at the Center for Energy & Climate from 2009 to 2020. Michel Cruciani was also a Senior Advisor at the Centre of Geopolitics of Energy and Raw Materials (CGEMP), University Paris-Dauphine, where he contributed in particular to studies, conferences, and publications, while teaching a course on Renewable Energy for students in the "Energy, Finance, Carbon" Master's programme.
Michel Cruciani graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers. Prior to the CGEMP, he worked at Gaz de France (Technical Services, then Economic Studies), CFDT (Member of the Board of Gaz de France, then Deputy Secretary General of the Federation of Gas and Electricity), and finally within Electricité de France (Department of European Affairs). In these positions, he followed the liberalization of the gas and electricity industry in the United States and in Europe, as well as the rise of environmental concerns, leading to the adoption of climate policies, a new role for nuclear energy and the promotion of renewable energy.
Énergie & Climat