Bio
Marco Dell'Aquila is Senior Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe
Co-Founder and Chairman, inspiratia
Founder and Chairman, Power Capital
Co-founder and board member, Protium
Professor Dell'Aquila has taught at SAIS since 2011 and is a member of the SAIS Europe Advisory Council. As Chairman of inspiratia and previously IJGlobal, Dell’Aquila has spent 30 years as an author and commentator on the evolution of energy and infrastructure markets, as well as regulation and emerging technologies to combat climate change. He spent a decade at GE Capital and subsequently founded Power Capital, where he has advised on numerous energy transactions around the world spanning virtually all forms of cleantech and renewable technologies. He co-founded and is a board member of UK green hydrogen company Protium. Marco has a BSc (Tech) in Civil and Structural Engineering from the University of Manchester and an MA in International Relations and Economics from SAIS.
Courses
- Decarbonising Energy: Historic Perspectives and Future Challenges
This course provides an overview of the transition from a fossil fuel reliant electricity system, to one with increasing levels of renewables and storage. Students will learn about how electricity markets work and how new technologies have changed the market from a contractual, regulatory, and physical perspective, with a specific focus on the solar, wind, storage, and hydrogen sub-sectors. Students will also be given a primer on how these and other new technologies and projects are developed and financed. The learnings of the class are combine into an end-of-semester simulation focused on building a portfolio of renewable technologies in an emerging market. The course is multi-disciplinary in nature and global in scope. When possible, the professor will also invite experts in the field – some of whom are SAIS alumni – to share their professional perspectives on topics that form part of the syllabus.
