Araceli Fernandez has almost twenty years’ experience working on technology development in the energy field.
She currently serves at the International Energy Agency as the Head of the Technology and Innovation Unit within the Energy Technology Policy division. Araceli manages research, analytical and scenario modelling activities on clean technologies for end-use sectors in that Division.
She also supervises the process to monitor the readiness level of clean technologies across the energy sector and to track clean energy progress. In her previous role at the IEA, she led the modelling and technology analysis related to the industrial sector, in particular, in the same division.
Before joining the IEA in 2012, Araceli served in different roles in the Oil & Gas sector including process optimization, detailed engineering, new processes licensing and emissions monitoring for refinery and petrochemical projects.
Araceli holds a MEng in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnical University of Valencia (Spain) and a MSc in Process Engineering from Cranfield University (UK).