Krzysztof Kochanowski
President of the Management Board
Polish Chamber of Energy Storage and Electromobility (PIME)
An expert in the energy sector with over 30 years of professional experience. He has gained his experience in electricity distribution and transmission companies as well as in consulting firms. For many years, he has been a columnist on the energy market in leading business media (including Rzeczpospolita, Parkiet, Forbes, Wprost, Polityka, Gazeta Prawna, Puls Biznesu, WNP, CIRE, and Gram w Zielone). He is a consultant on systemic solutions in the power sector, cooperating with government institutions and Parliament. He is also a member of numerous working groups on energy storage established by, among others, the Ministry of Climate and Environment, the Polish Society for Transmission and Distribution of Electricity, and the National Chamber of Commerce.
He was the first President and co-founder of the largest organization in Poland bringing together companies operating in energy storage technologies (electricity, heat, hydrogen, cooling, CO₂), electromobility (vehicle charging infrastructure, battery and hydrogen technologies), and energy management within energy clusters (local balancing areas, independent energy distribution systems).
He currently manages the PIME organization and delivers specialist training in the energy storage market. He coordinates, among others, the following projects: The Electricity Energy Storage Market in Poland, the program “Hydrogen Economy in Energy and Transport – A Roadmap for Poland”, the Working Group for the National Energy Storage Financing Plan, “Roadmap for Heat Storage in Poland”, “Green Electrification of District Heating and Heating”, the Energy Storage Market and Fire Services Safety Working Group on fire safety of energy storage installations, and the PIME Team for cooperation with TSOs, DSOs, and the Energy Regulatory Office.
He was also the first President, initiator, and co-founder of Hydrogen Poland, an organization bringing together companies and institutions active in the hydrogen economy.