Hans Auer
Hans is an Associate Professor in Energy Economics at TU Wien. He received a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (1996), a PhD (2000) and a Venia Docendi (2012) in Energy Economics from TU Wien. Hans joined the Energy Economics Group (EEG) in 1995 and was on research leave several times (e.g., TU Berlin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Since the beginning of his academic career, Hans has been focusing on various aspects of energy system modelling and energy system decarbonization, notably in the context of grid and market integration of renewable energy technologies as well as energy sector coupling at several granularity levels. In the last 25 years, Hans has been coordinating a series of European and national projects in the energy transition field for a variety of different clients. He has comprehensive teaching, supervision, reviewing and examination experience of bachelor, master and PhD students, a significant amount of energy conferences contributions worldwide and also authored more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers and book contributions. He is an active member in different academic and scientific committees and associations.
Milestones
- 05/2019 — 06/2019
- Visiting Scholar, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 07/2012 — date
- Associate Professor, Institute of Energy Systems and Electrical Drives, TU Wien
- 07/2007 — 06/2012
- Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Power Systems and Energy Economics, TU Wien
- 07/1999 — 06/2007
- Assistant Professor, Institute of Power Systems and Energy Economics, TU Wien
- 03/1998 — 10/1998
- Research Fellow, Electricity Markets Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California/Berkeley
- 02/1997 — 08/1997
- Research Fellow, Institute of Energy Systems, TU Berlin
- 10/1995 — 06/1999
- Teaching and Research Assistant, Institute of Energy Economics, TU Wien
Projects
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2019
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2023
- openENTRANCE
open ENergy TRansition ANalyses for a low-Carbon Economy
