Helen Heinz

Bio

Helen Heinz holds a PhD in Business Innovation from Nottingham Business School, focusing on community microgrids in island energy transitions. She combines expertise in PV, wind, smart grids, sustainable mobility, and energy justice. Passionate about knowledge sharing, she bridges academia, policy, and industry to drive business innovation, inform policy, and create tailored solutions for equitable and sustainable energy systems.

• Projectengineer Energy

  Rapp AG - Full-time From February 2025 to Present

  • Acquire projects in energy planning and consulting, foster close collaboration with authorities, and drive the implementation of energy-efficient measures.rn• Monitor regulatory developments and technological trends, analyze their impact, and provide valuable insights to create strategic collaborations and market opportunities.rn• Conduct feasibility studies for PV projects, including simulations and economic analyses, and prepare reports with recommendations for measures and strategies

• Doctoral researcher

  Nottingham Business School - Full-time From January 2020 to December 2024

  -Developed a conceptual framework that serves as a tool to align investor and citizen perceptions and to foster their engagement by designing sustainable business strategies that maximize benefits and minimise risks.rn- Developed attractive technology and business model solutions for 2 island case studies (UK and Spain), using the tool, analysing secondary data, surveys, and over 30 interviewsrn- Presented at 8 academic conferences,for 5 webinars, and three times at Enlit Europe; Published 1 paper

• Researcher | Positive energy districts

  Institute of Technology Canary Islands - Innovation Department - Full-time From November 2019 to November 2022

  - Was one of 15 international early-stage researchers (ESRs) within the funded Horizon2020 Smart-BEEjS project, where I actively developed and contributed to the 3 'Work Package 6' deliverables and the PED Case Study Library.rn- Co-authored a regional foresight report and therefore managed the ESRs and their local primary data collection to investigate diverse energy transition pathways across Europern- Co-organised the final workshop celebration event in Tenerife for the consortium

• Consultant | Sustainable urban mobility | Secondment

  the Independent Transport Commission - Internship From May 2021 to October 2022

  - Managed team and client (the ITC) communication. Lead-authored and presented a policy paper which highlights 10 key actions for the UK government, which received various endorsements.rn- Captured avoid, shift, and improve measures, funding needs, and inclusiveness into a conceptual framework to drive sustainable mobility in cities.rn- Demonstrated the applicability of the framework by qualitatively evaluating the current actions against the needed transition pathways of 3 cities

• Nottingham Business School

  Nottingham Trent University From January 2020 to December 2024

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