Dr. Christian Winzer

Work at ZHAW

Position

Lecturer

Focus

• Electricity Market Design
• Modelling Electricity- and Capacity Markets
• Definition and Measurement of Energy Security
• Design, Impact and Acceptance of Electricity Tariffs

Teaching

• Introduction to energy economics
• WBK Smart-Grid Strategies

Experience

• Specialist Market Products and Analysis
  Swissgrid, Laufenburg, CH
  09 / 2015 - 03 / 2018
• Associate Director
  IHS Markit, Paris, FR
  02 / 2013 - 08 / 2015
• External Consultant
  German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin, DE
  06 / 2012 - 12 / 2012
• Policy Advisor
  Department of Energy and Climate Change, London, UK
  02 / 2011 - 03 / 2012

Education and Continuing education

Education

• PhD / Management Science
  udge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK
  10 / 2008 - 03 / 2012
• MA & BA / Industrial Engineering
  University of Karlsruhe (KIT)
  09 / 2002 - 07 / 2008

Continuing Education

CAS Higher & Professional Education
ZHAW
06 / 2020

Network

Membership of networks

Strommarkttreffen CH

Social media

X (twitter)

Projects

• Relief in the electricity grid through innovative grid tariffs / Co-project leader / laufend
• Network Tariffs for Decentral Load Control / Co-project leader / laufend
• Integrating very high shares of decentralized renewable energy into the Swiss energy system: Electricity market design and policy / Team member / laufend
• Digitalisation in the electricity sector put to the test: To the interplay of energy regulation, competition law and data protection / Project leader / laufend
• Positive Energy District Algorithms for Load Forecasting and Optimal Dispatch / Co-project leader / laufend
• Pathways to an efficient future energy system through flexibility and sector coupling / Project leader / laufend
• Machine-Learning for Demand-Response / Co-project leader / abgeschlossen
• H2020 SONNET: Social Innovation for the Energy Transition / Team member / abgeschlossen
• NETFLEX / Project leader / abgeschlossen

Publications

• Winzer, Christian; Ramírez-Molina, Héctor; Hirth,Lion; Schlecht, Ingmar,

  2024.

  Profile contracts for electricity retail customers.

  Energy Policy.

  195(114358).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114358

• Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Brugger, Heike; Brunzema, Iska; Dańkowska, Alicja; Wemyss, Devon; Vernay, Anne-Lorène; Betz, Regina; Avelino, Flor; de Geus, Tessa; Dembek, Agata; Duetschke, Elisabeth; Hielscher, Sabine; Iskandarova, Marfuga; Müller, Leticia; Musiolik, Jörg; Ranville, Adélie; Schleich, Joachim; Stasik, Agata; Strumińska-Kutra, Marta; Winzer, Christian; Wittmayer, Julia; Rogge, Karoline S.,

  2023.

  Social innovation supports inclusive and accelerated energy transitions with appropriate governance.

  Communications Earth & Environment.

  4(1), pp. 289.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00952-w

• Michellod, Julien Lancelot; Kuch, Declan; Winzer, Christian; Patel, Martin K.; Yilmaz, Selin,

  2022.

  Building social license for automated demand-side management : case study research in the Swiss residential sector.

  Energies.

  15(20), pp. 7759.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15207759

• Chaianong, Aksornchan; Winzer, Christian; Gellrich, Mario,

  2022.

  Impacts of traffic data on short-term residential load forecasting before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Energy Strategy Reviews.

  2022(43), pp. 100895.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2022.100895

• Ludwig, Patrick; Winzer, Christian,

  2022.

  Tariff menus to avoid rebound peaks : results from a discrete choice experiment with Swiss customers.

  Energies.

  15(17), pp. 6354.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15176354

• Schleiniger, Reto; Betz, Regina; Winzer, Christian,

  2019.

  Der schweizerische Strommarkt zwischen Liberalisierung und Regulierung : eine ökonomische Auslegeordnung.

  Zürich:

  Dike.

  Schriften zum Energierecht ; 11.

  ISBN 978-3-03891-092-3.

• Fischer, Damaris; Brändle, Fabio; Pleger, Lyn Ellen; Rhyner, Alexander; Winzer, Christian; Wulf, Bettina,

  2021.

  Auswirkungen digitaler und analoger Partizipationsverfahren auf die Entscheidungsfindung : Ergebnisse einer quasi-experimentellen Fallstudie [paper].

  In:

  Peter, Marc K., ed.,

  Neues Wissen zur Digitalen Transformation: Forschungsbeiträge zu E-Government, zur Smart City und der digitalen Ökonomie: Davos Digital Forum Academic Track Sammelband 2020.

  Davos Digital Forum: Academic Track, online, 24. September 2020.

  Olten:

  Davos Digital Forum & FHNW Hochschule für Wirtschaft.

  pp. 23-33.

  Available from: https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/shared/Davos_Digital_Forum_Sammelband_2020.pdf

• Winzer, Christian; Ludwig, Patrick; Auer, Sabine; Hlawatsch, Anna,

  2023.

  NETFLEX : effiziente Netzentgelte für flexible Konsumenten.

  Bern:

  Bundesamt für Energie BFE.

  Available from: https://www.aramis.admin.ch/Default?DocumentID=70108

• Betz, Regina; Winzer, Christian,

  2022.

  Social innovation in energy transition : evaluation challenges and innovative solutions [paper].

  In:

  eceee Summer Study Proceedings.

  eceee 2022 Summer Study, Hyères, France, 6-11 June 2022.

  eceee.

  pp. 551-557.

• Fritz, Wolfgang; Linke, Christian; Weiss, Anna; Worm, Heike; Mollet, Janick; Uebelhart, Tobias; Winzer, Christian; Weigt, Hannes,

  2021.

  Weiterentwicklungen in der Tarifierung von Netz und Energie.

  Bern:

  Bundesamt für Energie BFE.

  Available from: https://pubdb.bfe.admin.ch/de/publication/download/10513

• Winzer, Christian; Auer, Sabine; Ludwig, Patrick,

  2021.

  Kostenwahrheit im Verteilnetz.

  Bulletin: Fachzeitschrift und Verbandsinformationen von Electrosuisse und VSE.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-977557

• Fröhlich, Peter; Esterl, Tara; Adams, Sophie; Kuch, Declan; Yilmaz, Selin; Katzew, Cecilia; Winzer, Christian; Diamond, Lisa; Schrammel, Johann,

  2020.

  Towards a social license to automate in demand side management : challenges, perspectives and regional aspects [paper].

  In:

  16. Symposium Energieinnovation (EnInnov2020), Graz, Austria, 12-14 February 2020.

  Technische Universität Graz.

  Available from: https://userstcp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Fr%C3%B6hlich_et_al_2020_Towards_a_Social_License_to_Automate.pdf

• Dümmler, Patrick; Winzer, Christian,

  2017.

  Massgeschneiderte Versorgungssicherheit : Stromproduktion.

  Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

  pp. 10.

  Available from: https://www.nzz.ch/meinung/massgeschneiderte-versorgungssicherheit-ld.1336882

• Winzer, Christian; Borggrefe, Frieder,

  2017.

  Power to the people : creating markets for supply security based on consumer choice [paper].

  In:

  Market(s) of the future : proceedings from the eurelectric-florence school of regulation conference.

  Eureletric-Florence-School of Regulation Conference, Florenz, Italy, 7 June 2017.

  European University Institute.

  pp. 54-60.

• Winzer, Christian; Gamme, Karoline; Zhang, Hongliang,

  2020.

  Customer acceptance of smart electricity tariffs : preliminary results of a choice experiment.

  In:

  Energieforschungsgespräche Disentis 2020, Disentis, Switzerland, 22-24 January 2020.

• Schleiniger, Reto; Winzer, Christian,

  2019.

  Eckpunkte für ein integrales Marktmodell : zukünftiges Marktdesign für erneuerbare Energien in der Schweiz.

  In:

  AEE SUISSE Sessionsveranstaltung der Parlamentarischen Gruppe Erneuerbare Energien, Bern, 20. März 2019.

• Schleiniger, Reto; Winzer, Christian,

  2019.

  Zukünftiges Marktdesign für erneuerbare Energien in der Schweiz.

  In:

  AEE SUISSE Sessionsveranstaltung der Parlamentarischen Gruppe Erneuerbare Energien, Bern, 20. März 2019.

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