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Alexander Roth

Alexander Roth

Research Associate of the

Energy, Transportation, Environment Department

Research Topics and Working Areas
Alexander is a postdoctoral research associate in the department of energy, transportation, environment. He works on the decarbonization of the energy sector, using numerical and empirical methods. His research focuses on power market flexibilities, sector coupling, such as heat, and societal challenges of the energy transition. He obtained his PhD in economics from the Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin). Prior, he studied in Mannheim and Brussels. Before joining the DIW, Alexander worked in the climate action department of the European Commission and as a researcher for the Brussels-based think tank Bruegel.

Publications

DIW Wochenbericht 33 / 2024

Ausbau der Solarenergie: viel Licht, aber auch Schatten

2024| Felix Schmidt, Alexander Roth, Wolf-Peter Schill
DIW focus 10 / 2023

Mixed Mid-Term Review for German Traffic Light Coalition in the Energy Transition; Significant Effort Needed to Achieve Targets

2023| Wolf-Peter Schill, Alexander Roth, Adeline Guéret, Felix Schmidt
DIW aktuell ; 90 / 2023

Gemischte Halbzeitbilanz für Ampel bei Energiewende – Gute Fortschritte bei Photovoltaik, schwache Dynamik bei Elektromobilität und Windenergie

2023| Wolf-Peter Schill, Alexander Roth, Adeline Guéret, Felix Schmidt
SOEPpapers 1197 / 2023

Do Wind Turbines Have Adverse Health Impacts?

2023| Christian Krekel, Johannes Rode, Alexander Roth
Other refereed essays

Ampel-Monitor Energiewende: ambitionierte Ziele, aber zu geringe Dynamik

In: Wirtschaftsdienst 104 (2024), 6, S. 427–430 | Wolf-Peter Schill, Alexander Roth, Adeline Guéret, Felix Schmidt
Externe Monographien

Five Essays in Energy Economics: Numerical and Empirical Perspectives on the Decarbonization of the Energy Sector

Berlin: Technische Universität Berlin, 2024, XIX, 195 S. | Alexander Roth
Externe Monographien

Power Sector Impacts of a Simultaneous European Heat Pump Rollout

Ithaca: arXiv.org, 2023, 23 S.
(arXiv ; 2312.06589)
| Alexander Roth
Externe Monographien

Flexible Heat Pumps: Must-Have or Nice to Have in a Power Sector with Renewables?

Ithaca: arXiv.org, 2023, 27 S.
(arXiv ; 2307.12918)
| Alexander Roth, Dana Kirchem, Carlos Gaete-Morales, Wolf-Peter Schill
Refereed essays Web of Science

Geographical Balancing of Wind Power Decreases Storage Needs in a 100% Renewable European Power Sector

In: iScience 26 (2023), 7, 107074 | Alexander Roth, Wolf-Peter Schill

Lectures

Vortrag

Photovoltaik in Deutschland: Ausbautrends und Marktpreiseffekte

Felix Schmidt, Alexander Roth, Wolf-Peter Schill
Berlin, 27.09.2024
| Systemausgleich in Überschusssituationen - Entwicklung und Steuerung von kleinen PV-Anlagen: Strommarkttreffen
Vortrag

Do Wind Turbines Have Adverse Health Impacts?

Alexander Roth, Christian Krekel, Johannes Rode
Berlin, 15.09.2024 - 18.09.2024
| Upcoming Labour Market Challenges: Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2024
Vortrag

Power System Impacts of Variable Renewable Energy Droughts

Martin Kittel, Alexander Roth, Wolf-Peter Schill
Löwen, Belgien, 01.07.2024 - 04.07.2024
| 29th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists: EAERE 2024
Vortrag

Wo steht die Energiewende? Live-Episode des Podcasts fossilfrei

Wolf-Peter Schill, Alexander Roth
Berlin, 22.06.2024
| Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, DIW Berlin
Vortrag

Power Sector Impacts of a Simultaneous European Heat Pump Rollout

Alexander Roth
Löwen, Belgien, 30.05.2024 - 31.05.2024
| 33rd Young Energy Economists and Engineers Seminar (YEEES)

Research Projects

Research Project

Decarbonisation of energy

Completed Project| Energy, Transportation, Environment
Research Project

Future of Fossil Fuels in the wake of greenhouse gas neutrality (FFF)

Completed Project| Energy, Transportation, Environment
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