Franziska Schöniger

 Franziska Schöniger
https://eeg.tuwien.ac.at/staff/people/franziska-schoeniger

Franziska is a research associate at the Energy Economics Group (EEG) since December 2017 and holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (2023). She is part of a team dealing with electricity system modelling and policy-related research. Previously, Franziska conducted her studies in the field of energy economics and renewable energy technologies in Austria, Morocco, New Zealand, and Denmark. Her research interests and recent project work includes (open source) energy system modelling, the impact of climate change on energy systems, integrated assessment of energy systems with increasing shares of renewable energies, design and evaluation of energy policy strategies, feasibility and impacts of renewable energy targets for 2030/2050, flexibility and storage options/needs, and the econometric analysis of European energy markets.

Milestones

12/2017 — date
Research Associate at EEG, TU Wien
10/2023
Oesterreichs Energie Preis - Best dissertation
05/2023
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, TU Wien
11/2018
BOKU Best Talent Award
10/2017
M.Sc. in Material and Energetic Exploitation of Renewable Raw Materials, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna
10/2014
B.A. in European Energy Economics, FH Kufstein

Projects

2020 2024
SECURES

Securing Austria's Electricity Supply in times of Climate Change