Before founding the think tank Future Cleantech Architects, Peter Schniering has worked on accelerating cleantech innovation ever since completing a PhD on “Climate Policy and Technology” at Bonn University, Germany.

He served as consultant to both the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat in Bonn and the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, working on topics from hydrogen infrastructure to carbon capture and storage. Upon completing the Carlo-Schmid-Fellowship Program by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, he joined Roland Berger, a leading European strategy consulting firm. His work with utilities and technology providers across Europe focused on the cost side (LCoE) and scalability of cleantech.

During the past years, Dr. Schniering served as Advisory Board Member to the World Economic Forum’s Sustainable Energy Innovation Panel and as Evaluation Board Member to the Forum’s Sustainable Energy Innovation Fund (SEIF). He has been supporting the expert panel of the Solar Impulse Foundation since 2018. In 2022, he was awarded membership in the Futurity Fellows cohort by BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt and is a member of the foundation’s Global Responsible Leaders network. In 2024, he was appointed as third-party expert on transformational technologies by the German federal government.

Dr. Schniering continues to consult a family-run SME company that he used to co-run, gives lectures on cleantech, and occasionally supports other non-profit organizations in strategic matters.