Vincent Petit

Vincent Petit
Senior Vice President, Climate and Energy Transition Research
Vincent has had a 20-year diverse career at Schneider Electric. Since 2017, he has taken on the role to develop global thought leadership and prospective on the Energy Transition. He is running the Schneider Electric Sustainability Research Institute. From 2015 to 2017, Vincent ran the global Energy Automation business, an activity focusing on Smart Grid technologies and made up of a diverse and specialized team across all geographies, including marketing, research and development, and operations. From 2011 to 2014, he led the Solutions business operations for the CIS zone, including Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Before, he held multiple roles in...
Vincent has had a 20-year diverse career at Schneider Electric. Since 2017, he has taken on the role to develop global thought leadership and prospective on the Energy Transition. He is running the Schneider Electric Sustainability Research Institute. From 2015 to 2017, Vincent ran the global Energy Automation business, an activity focusing on Smart Grid technologies and made up of a diverse and specialized team across all geographies, including marketing, research and development, and operations. From 2011 to 2014, he led the Solutions business operations for the CIS zone, including Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Before, he held multiple roles in international projects management and global offer development. Vincent is the author of 4 books: “The Age of Fire is Over: a new approach to the Energy Transition” published in 2021, “The Future of the Global Order: the six paradigm changes that will define 2050” in 2021, “The New World of Utilities: a Historical Transition towards a New Energy System” in 2018, and “The Energy Transition: An Overview of the True Challenge of the 21st Century” in 2017. He graduated from France’s Supéléc engineering school and from the University of Texas at Austin, USA in 2001, with a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering.
Articles

Customer-sited solar: four pathways to maximize the green energy revolution’s potential
4 min read | Vincent Petit

The 2030 Climate Change Imperative: Three actions to take before time runs out
3 min read | Vincent Petit

The transition to an all-electric world: so much more than decarbonization
4 min read | Vincent Petit
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