Anes Kazagić, PhD in energy engineering, has 20 y. experience working at JP Elektroprivreda BiH d.d. – Sarajevo (EPBiH power utility), today exercising the role of Head of the Strategic Development Dept. He also performs the duties of energy efficiency manager in the company. He was a participant in all projects of modernization of thermal power units in Tuzla and Kakanj power stations. He was the manager of several investment and development projects in EPBiH, including R&D projects from the European Commission Horizon 2020 program (projects CoolHeating, Upgrade DH and BIOFIT). He is an evaluator of European Commission on Horizon Europe program Pathfinder. He is the leader of the preparation of planning documents for decarbonization and long-term development of EPBiH power utility. He is the team leader for the project of the Just transition of the coal regions of EPBiH. He has a research background in the field of biomass co-firing and sustainability of energy systems. He has published over 100 papers in indexed world energy journals, with 660 citations. He is a member of several international and domestic professional and scientific associations.