Karolina Pietrzak

Karolina Pietrzak is Deputy Chief Development Officer for the Simply Blue Group. She has almost 10 years of experience in offshore wind farm development in different roles for utilities as well as consultants working on the German, U.S. and Polish markets. She was responsible for portfolio development on the East and West Coasts of the U.S. She has extensive market insight, networks and experience in defining market-entry strategies and partnerships, including all aspects of early-stage project development.

She has experience leading multi-functional teams during offshore wind auctions preparation. She led federal auction preparation for the last auction in Massachusetts in 2018 for a developer, and worked on the first “zero subsidy” offshore wind auction in Germany. Recently, she worked with a major U.S. utility on its 2.6 GW offshore wind project, focusing on technical concept development, construction and operation plan preparation, as well as FDR/FIR strategy. She has a power engineering degree from the Warsaw University of Technology, and speaks fluent English, German and Polish.