Norela Constantinescu is Deputy Director at IRENA
Innovation and Technology Center. Until May 2024 she
was Head of Innovation Section with ENTSO-E, the
European Network for Transmission System Operators for
electricity for which she worked for 10 years, starting in
2014. In the period June 2022 – March 2024 she was
Chair of the European Technology and Innovation
Platform for Smart Network for Energy Transition.
Previously she worked with the European Commission DG
Energy on low carbon technologies, wind and smart cities and communities. She is an Energy
Engineer with post graduate studies in business administration and applied computer science.