Daan Peters
Managing Director, Common Futures
Daan is co-founder of Common Futures and an experienced consultant and energy system expert with 20 years of experience in energy policy, infrastructure and markets. Common Futures is an energy transition consultancy, specialising in system integration and optimisation. Founded in 2021, we currently have a team of seven. At Common Futures Daan supports energy and infrastructure companies with studies on biomethane and hydrogen markets and infrastructure and energy system analysis. Before founding Common Futures, Daan worked at Ecofys and Guidehouse, where he coordinated the Gas for Climate and European Hydrogen Backbone initiatives and performed several large system studies for energy infrastructure companies. He also supported the European Commission (DG Energy) with analysis studies on bioenergy and hydrogen market regulation. Daan also led science-based climate targets setting projects, including for McDonald’s global operations. Daan started his career as an MEP assistant in Brussels, where he was involved in the creation of the first EU Renewable Energy Directive.