SET Team

Our mission

“Strengthening the impact of energy innovators in reaching climate neutrality.”

Through our activities, we support, promote, and create opportunities for start-ups in the energy sector to scale-up impact and accelerate the global energy transition in order to reverse climate change.

Our work

Since its inception, SET continues to enable connections through dena’s and World Energy Council’s unique position at the crossroads of the private and public sector. At its core, the SET platform is built on three pillars: the SET Award, the SET Tech Festival, and the SET Newsroom.

Our activities make SET an important and well-recognized international platform for innovation in the energy transition.

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SET Award

An annual international competition for start-ups and young companies innovating for the global energy transition. In the last eight years, the award has received more than 3,500 applications from more than 100 countries.

The SET Award Winners 2024
SET Tech Festival

SET Tech Festival

An annual one-day event bringing together innovators shaping the future of energy: the best start-ups in the field of energy solutions, innovation-driven corporates, investors, and public organisations leading the energy transition.

Relive the #SETTF24
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SET Newsroom

The SET team produces unique content (articles, videos and events) featuring news from the energy world, the successes and challenges of SET start-ups and other trending topics valuable to our network.

You want to share some good news? Feel free to contact us!

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  • Icon DENA SET Award

    SET Award

    An annual international competition for start-ups and young companies innovating for the global energy transition. In the last eight years, the award has received more than 3,500 applications from more than 100 countries.

    The SET Award Winners 2024
  • SET Tech Festival

    SET Tech Festival

    An annual one-day event bringing together innovators shaping the future of energy: the best start-ups in the field of energy solutions, innovation-driven corporates, investors, and public organisations leading the energy transition.

    Relive the #SETTF24
  • Icon SET Newsroom

    SET Newsroom

    The SET team produces unique content (articles, videos and events) featuring news from the energy world, the successes and challenges of SET start-ups and other trending topics valuable to our network.

    You want to share some good news? Feel free to contact us!

    Learn more

“We urgently need to push forward with the energy transition to reach net zero. The only way we will get there is through innovation on a massive scale. Start-ups and entrepreneurs, investors and corporates, policy makers as well as the entire innovation eco system all play a crucial role here. The SET Award has been bringing these innovators together for nearly ten years.”

Pia Dorfinger, Director Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)

Our team

We support innovation.

Our team is composed of passionate experts from a range of backgrounds with a common mission: to support start-ups and innovation in order to reach net-zero emissions as rapidly as possible.

 

Tania Baumann

Tania Baumann

COO, World Energy Council

Dr. Angela Wilkinson

Dr. Angela Wilkinson

Secretary General & CEO, World Energy Council

Pia Dorfinger

Pia Dorfinger

Director Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)

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Rolli Vogel

Rolli Vogel

Team Lead Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)

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René Böhm

René Böhm

Lead Expert Ecosystem Development and Growth, SET (dena)

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Mara Berg

Mara Berg

Senior Expert Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)

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Tahar Kechrid

Tahar Kechrid

Senior Expert Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)

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Dr. Susanne Kurowski

Dr. Susanne Kurowski

Senior Expert Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)

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Niklas Feierabend

Niklas Feierabend

Expert Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)

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Deborah Bartel

Deborah Bartel

Expert Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)

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Elias Schiafone

Elias Schiafone

Expert Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)

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Christine Krakau

Christine Krakau

Expert Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)

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Claudia Marks

Claudia Marks

Project Assistant Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)

Get in touch:

claudia.marks@dena.de

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Akanksha Ranjan

Akanksha Ranjan

Project Assistant Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)

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Sabina Godzhaeva

Sabina Godzhaeva

Student Assistant Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)

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Alicia Ayora Olmos

Student Assistant Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)

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Want to join the SET Team?

Check out our open positions:

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