Helmut Kantner founded AustriaEnergy – formerly called AustrianSolar – in 2006. He has more than 30 years of experience in the energy sector, mainly in Central and South-East Europe and Chile/Latin-America. From 1998 to 2004 he led Jenbacher Peninsula Iberica as Managing Director, coordinating the sale of the company tought by General Electric and integrating it into GE Power. Throughout his career, Helmut has managed the development and construction of over 1 GW of power plants, now owned by multinationals like ENEL/ENDESA, IBERDROLA, TOTAL, SOJITZ, among others, all in renewables projects avoiding CO2 emissions.