Dr. Ali Darudi
Dr. Ali Darudi
ZHAW
School of Management and Law
Center for Energy and Environment
Gertrudstrasse 8
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
Project Lead - Researcher
Focus
Energy Economics, Electricity market modellig and design, System adequacy
Experience
- Postdoctoral researcher
University of Basel
01 / 2021 - 09 / 2023 - R&D research assistant
TFC
03 / 2014 - 08 / 2015
Education and Continuing education
Education
- Economics / Energy
University of Basel
10 / 2015 - 12 / 2020 - Economics / Energy
Swiss program for beginning doctoral students at the Study Center Gerzensee
01 / 2016 - 01 / 2017 - Power Engineering
Master of Science
09 / 2011 - 08 / 2014 - Power Engineering
Bachelor of Science
09 / 2007 - 08 / 2011
Network
Membership of networks
Swiss Association for Energy Economics
ORCID digital identifier
Social media
Projects
- Utility-scale storage in Switzerland: Needs assessment and support instruments / Co-project leader / ongoing
- Relief in the electricity grid through innovative grid tariffs / Co-project leader / ongoing
- Network Tariffs for Decentral Load Control / Co-project leader / ongoing
- Integrating very high shares of decentralized renewable energy into the Swiss energy system: Electricity market design and policy / Team member / ongoing
- Pathways to an efficient future energy system through flexibility and sector coupling / Team member / ongoing
- Demand for energy storage in Switzerland / Deputy project leader / completed
- The value of aggregators in a flexible and decentralized Swiss energy system / Team member / completed
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
- Darudi, A., Savelsberg, J. and Schlecht, I. (2026) 'Thrive in sunshine, brace for thunder : least-cost robust power system investments under political shocks', Energy Policy, 214(115234). doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2026.115234.
- Liedekerke, A. V. et al. (2025) 'Policy-relevance of a model inter-comparison : Switzerland in the European energy transition', Applied Energy, 391(125906). doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2025.125906.
- Darudi, A. and Weigt, H. (2024) 'Review and assessment of decarbonized future electricity markets', Energies, 17(18), p. 4752. doi: 10.3390/en17184752.
Other publications
Holmer, D. and Darudi, A. (2025) The future energy market model (FEM) : a mathematical description. Zenodo. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17722336.