How prevalent is solar energy in Slovenia, and what challenges the local solar industry is facing will be revealed at the RES SERBIA 2024 conference by the director of Slovenian Photovoltaic Association, Nina Hojnik.
She graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana – Political Science and International Relations. During her studies, she was part of the team that represented Slovenia at the Council of the EU at the United Nations in New York – when Slovenia first performed this function in 2008.
After completing her studies, she worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the sector for political multilateralism – international organizations, covering mainly the topics of the Council of Europe, and was part of the core team of the presidency of the Council of Ministers of that organization. She also worked for a short time at the Representation of Slovenia to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Both experiences gave her a lot – the team she was in, the most.
The attitude towards the environment has always been part of her area of interest – after working on the European Capital of Culture project in 2012 (Maribor, where she come from), she began to participate in the preparation of European projects with a focus on environmental protection – with an emphasis on raising awareness of sustainable topics and the importance of the green transition. Sustainable topics were thus part of her career before she entered the renewable energy sector.
She is now continuing her journey in a sector that combines her previous experiences with a personal affinity for sustainable topics.