Peter Freed

Peter Freed has over 20 years of experience working at the nexus of clean energy and climate. He provides strategic advice to companies and investors aiming to optimize business performance and climate outcomes within the energy sector. His areas of expertise include enabling load growth, data center development and AI infrastructure, the deployment of advanced energy technologies, utility, regulatory, and policy engagement, as well as commercial structuring and negotiation—all with a focus on accelerating the transition to a clean, reliable grid of the future.

In addition to his advisory work, Peter serves as a Research Fellow at the Sustainable Finance Initiative at Stanford’s Doerr School of Sustainability, where he works on innovative strategies to maximize the impact of companies in combating climate change. Additionally, he is a Senior Advisor to the Energy Transition and Sustainability team at Warburg Pincus. In his most recent role, Peter spent a decade as the Director of Energy Strategy at Meta, where he led efforts to advance grid decarbonization and reliability, aligning with Meta’s data center energy and net zero objectives. Peter was a founding board member of the Clean Energy Buyers Alliance. He holds a BS in Earth Systems from Stanford University.