Dr. George Giannakidis worked initially as a senior consultant and then as the Head of Energy Systems Analysis Laboratory in the Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (CRES), Greece for a total of nineteen years. Since 2016 he is working as a freelance Energy Consultant. He has more than twenty years of professional experience in the sectors of renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy planning, energy modelling, energy systems analysis and energy statistics.
He has worked in Eastern European countries, in the Middle East, Africa and the Caribbean on energy planning issues, with a focus on the development of energy strategy using energy system models.
He is actively involved in the Energy Technology Systems Analysis Project (ETSAP) Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP) of the IEA as the Operating agent (2012 - 2016) and Project Head (2017-today).