In 2020, Dr. Stephan Schindele joined BayWa r.e. AG as Head of Product Management Agri-PV. In this function, he supports the global Agri-PV project development efforts by commercially, legally, and technically standardising BayWa r.e.’s Agri-PV solutions.Before joining BayWa r.e., Stephan worked at Fraunhofer ISE where he built up the new business field of Agri-PV (2010-2020), wrote numerous publications and finished his PhD on the topic of Sustainable Land Use and Agri-PV (2023). Stephan received several awards for his work on Agri-PV. Furthermore, he was Vice Chair for the Land-use and Permitting workstream at SolarPowerEurope (2022-2024), taught Energy & Climate Policy at Reutlingen University (2015-2020), worked as Site Event & Exhibit Assistant for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, 2009 & 2011) and was an Intern for the German Solar Industry Association BSW-Solar (2008).

He holds an MBA from the California State University East Bay (2011). Stephan is passionate about cross-sectorial collaboration along the Food-Energy-Water-Biodiversity Nexus.

Stephan is r.e.sponsible to develop Agri-PV solutions and shares knowledge across countries and functions to speed up BayWa r.e.’s Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation efforts.