Saied Dardour is Programme Officer for Renewable Energy Costs and Outlook at the IRENA Innovation and Technology Centre in Bonn, where he leads the Agency's project-level economic assessment of renewable energy systems. He is the co-author of IRENA's recent flagship report 24/7 Renewables: The Economics of Firm Solar and Wind, which sets out a framework for costing round-the-clock clean power and has been cited by outlets including The New York Times, The Economist and Forbes. He is also a key contributor to IRENA's annual Renewable Power Generation Costs series, a benchmark reference on the cost-competitiveness of renewable technologies.

An engineer and energy economist with more than fifteen years in the sector, Saied previously spent seven years as an energy economist at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. He holds an energy engineering degree, a PhD in process engineering, and an executive MBA.