Nicolas, Claire

Power System Planning, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)
World Bank

Claire is a core member of the power system planning team at the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) of the World Bank where she leads analyses on decarbonization, regional integration, renewable energy pipeline identification. She is also co-leading a program aiming at accelerating RE deployment and the energy transition in developing countries (SRMI). Before joining ESMAP, Claire worked in the Sustainable Development Chief Economist’s office for almost 2 years focusing on Climate Change mitigation, infrastructure resilience and decision making under deep uncertainty. Prior to the World Bank, Claire worked for four years in the oil refining industry as a strategic marketing engineer. Claire holds a PhD in economics on “Robust energy and climate modeling for policy assessment’ from Nanterre University (France), an engineering degree from ENSTA ParisTech, and an M.Sc in Economics from Ponts ParisTech.