Dr. Vasil Stoynov, Belgium

Dr. Vasil Stoynov, Belgium

European Energy Law (Module 8)

Vasil Stoynov is legal and policy officer in the Unit ‘Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy’ of the Commission's Energy Directorate-General. His unit is responsible for developing and coordinating policies to foster decarbonising the energy system and fostering EU’s industrial leadership in renewable energy, notably through the Renewable Energy Directive. He is responsible for the topic of financing renewables and manages few EU instruments for cooperation and investment in renewable energy projects, as well as for the legal enforcement of the Renewable Energy Directive.

Before joining DG Energy, he worked in the ministry of energy of Bulgaria and was member of the team of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council (2018), where he was involved in the work on the Clean Energy Package and was in charge of the negotiation and adoption of the Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union.

He is an alumni from the MBL program (class of 2015/2016) and holds a PhD from Sofia University with a topic on state aid in the energy sector.