Daniel Schnitzer | TEDxPittsburgh
Bringing clean energy to the people of Haiti
Dan is Founder and Executive Director of EarthSpark International which focuses on promoting the development of country–wide energy supply chains in Haiti. He is also a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University where his research focus is on solutions to increasing the utilization of renewable energy in the U.S. electricity sector. He was formerly employed in the Netherlands by KEMA, Inc. working on energy efficiency and renewable energy policy, engineering, and systems analysis. He earned his B.S.
in Physics, Economics, and Environmental Studies from the University of Chicago.