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Alexander Roth

Alexander Roth

Research Associate & Ph.D. Student of the

Energy, Transportation, Environment Department

Research Topics and Working Areas

Alexander is a Ph.D. student at the DIW Berlin Graduate Center since October 2018. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Mannheim and his Master’s degree in economics from the University of Mannheim and the Free University of Brussels (ULB) in a joint double-degree program. Alexander’s research interests include empirical microeconomics, focusing on climate, energy, and environmental topics and policies. 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 Berlin - Politikberatung kompakt 185 / 2022

Ampel-Monitor Energiewende: der Stand der Dinge nach einem Jahr Ampel-Koalition

2022| Wolf-Peter Schill, Alexander Roth
Diskussionspapiere 2025 / 2022

Wind Power Decreases the Need for Storage in an Interconnected 100% Renewable European Power Sector

2022| Alexander Roth, Wolf-Peter Schill
Sonstige Publikationen des DIW / Aufsätze 2022

Ampel-Monitor Energiewende #4: Haushalte und Gewerbe sparen Erdgas

2022| Alexander Roth, Felix Schmidt
Sonstige Publikationen des DIW / Aufsätze 2022

Ampel-Monitor Energiewende #3: Aktuelle Daten zum Erdgasverbrauch

2022| Alexander Roth, Wolf-Peter Schill
DIW Berlin - Politikberatung kompakt 184 / 2022

Strommarkt erklärt: Preisbildung, Preiskrise und die „Strompreisbremse“: Ein Beitrag zur aktuellen Debatte über Eingriffe in den Strommarkt

2022| Martin Kittel, Alexander Roth, Wolf-Peter Schill
Externe referierte Aufsätze

Not Only a Mild Winter: German Consumers Change Their Behavior to Save Natural Gas: Commentary

In: Joule im Ersch. (2023) | Alexander Roth, Felix Schmidt
Zeitungs- und Blogbeiträge

Strommarkt erklärt: Preisbildung, Preiskrise und die "Strompreisbremse"

In: Heise Online (04.11.2022), [Online-Artikel] | Martin Kittel, Alexander Roth, Wolf-Peter Schill
Externe Monographien

Decarbonisation of the Energy System

Brussels: Bruegel, 2022, 14 S.
(Policy Contribution / Bruegel ; 01/22)
| Georg Zachmann, Franziska Holz, Claudia Kemfert, Ben McWilliams, Frank Meissner, Alexander Roth, Robin Sogalla
Externe Monographien

Decarbonisation of Energy: Determining a Robust Mix of Energy Carriers for a Carbon-Neutral EU

Brussels: European Parliament, 2021, 123 S. | Georg Zachmann, Franziska Holz, Alexander Roth, Ben McWilliams, Robin Sogalla, Frank Meissner, Claudia Kemfert
Externe referierte Aufsätze

DIETERpy: A Python Framework for the Dispatch and Investment Evaluation Tool with Endogenous Renewables

In: SoftwareX 15 (2021), 100784, 7 S. | Carlos Gaete-Morales, Martin Kittel, Alexander Roth, Wolf-Peter Schill

Lectures

Vortrag

Wärmepumpen statt Erdgasheizungen: Umstieg durch Ausbau der Solarenergie unterstützen [Online]

Alexander Roth, Carlos Gaete Morales, Adeline Guéret , Dana Kirchem, Martin Kittel, Wolf-Peter Schill
Niedersachsen [Hybrid], 01.10.2022 - 09.10.2022
| Woche der Wärmepumpe
Vortrag

Gas- und Wasserstoffmärkte im europäischen Kontext

Franziska Holz, Robin Sogalla, Alexander Roth, Claudia Kemfert, Frank Meißner, Georg Zachmann, Ben McWilliams
Berlin, 23.09.2022
| Infraday-Konferenz 2022, TU Berlin
Vortrag

Gas- und Wasserstoffmärkte im europäischen Kontext

Franziska Holz, Robin Sogalla, Alexander Roth, Claudia Kemfert, Frank Meißner, Georg Zachmann, Ben McWilliams
Berlin, 23.09.2022
| Infrastrukturpolitik im 21. Jahrhundert - Infrastructure Policy in the 21st Century: TU Berlin
Vortrag

Overcoming the European Import Dependency on Natural Gas, Oil and Coal with E-fuels

Franziska Holz, Georg Zachmann, Alexander Roth, Ben McWilliams, Robin Sogalla, Frank Meissner, Claudia Kemfert
[Online], 23.06.2022
| Workshop of the IEA Energy Technology Systems Analysis Program (ETSAP) [Online]
Vortrag

Why Geographical Balancing Decreases Electricity Storage Needs: A Model-based Illustration for Europe

Alexander Roth, Wolf-Peter Schill
[Online], 28.09.2021 - 01.10.2021
| Summer School on Energy Systems for Young Researchers, FSR [Online]

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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