In this episode of the REM Podcast, host Tom Essex speaks with Francisco Díez Quiralte, former Global Head of Business Development at Zelestra.
Francisco’s career spans three continents, having originated large-scale renewable energy projects across Spain, Germany, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, India and more.
They talk about:
- How he built a 100+ person team across Latin America from scratch
- Competing with global players like Enel and ENGIE, winning hybrid auctions
- Why India is years ahead of Europe in designing truly dispatchable renewables
- What Spain could have learned from Chile’s early grid failures
- What he misses about the chaos of a global career, and what he’s building next
Connect with Francisco: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisco-díez-quiralte-21863637/
Connect with Tom: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomessex/
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