Heike Hoedt

Laureate

Hoedt

Solare Bruecke / Simply Solar

Vice President Solare Bruecke, CEO Simply Solar

Germany

Sustainable Energy, Social Engagement, General interest in environmental issues

The Nuclear-Free Future Award, 2006

Since 1996 Heike Hoedt has been associated with Solare Bruecke e.V., a German non-profit organisation, which is developing and promoting technical know-how on Scheffler Reflectors and other solar thermal devices. She is board member of Solare Bruecke for over a decade now and has guided numerous projects around the world. She has dedicated her time to technology transfers and technical follow up to assist many NGOs and individuals in using solar energy through locally manufactured technologies. From 2005 to 2010 Heike was working extensively with the Afghan Bedmoschk Solar Center, implementing renewable energies in Afghanistan. She is an advisor to the India One Solar Powerplant in Rajasthan, India. In 2010 she initiated Simply Solar, an engineering and consultancy company that clubs together the efforts of various people in the field of alternative solar technologies.