Nicolas Stocker

Work at ZHAW

Position

Research Associate

Education and Continuing education

Focus

Power grids (distribution grid level), smart grids, energy transition, integration of renewable generation into power grids, time series and Monte Carlo simulations, renewable energies, sustainable energy concepts, interconnected energy systems, storage technologies, sustainability, power markets

Experience

• Head of Project Engineering
  Adaptricity AG (now Secure Switzerland)
  09 / 2018 - 01 / 2022
• Project Engineer
  Adaptricity AG (now Secure Switzerland)
  03 / 2017 - 08 / 2018

Education

• MSc / Energy Science and Technology
  Dept. of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zurich
  09 / 2013 - 03 / 2016
• BSc / Environmental Sciences
  Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich
  09 / 2009 - 09 / 2012

Projects

• Re-Design Dekarbonisierungsrechner / Team member / Project ongoing
• Dekarbonisierungsausstellung Umweltarena: Umsetzung, Entwicklung Texte und Materialien / Team member / Project ongoing
• Design, Bau und Betrieb einer alpinen Modell-Photovoltaik-Anlage / Team member / Project ongoing
• Solarstromproduktion auf Infrastrukturen im Kanton Zürich / Team member / Project completed
• Dekarbonisierungs-Ausstellung / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Rohrer, Jürg; Wild, Michael; Stocker, Nicolas; Siegwart, Muriel,

  2023.

  Gibt es bessere Alternativen zu fossilen Kraftwerken für die Versorgungssicherheit der Schweiz mit Strom? : eine Analyse und Interpretation von diversen Studien zur Stromversorgungssicherheit.

  Wädenswil:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2529

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Ulbig, A., Stocker, N., González Vayá, M., Heinl, P., Beckhaus, N., Link S., Toprak, D., Saliji, A., Sutter, A., Kaltenrieder, B. (2020). Data-driven analysis of distribution cable operating temperature profiles with LEONiQ intelligent cable technology, CIRED – Open Access Proceedings Journal.
• Pflugradt, N., Muntwyler, U., Toprak, D., Münchrath, J., Stocker, N., Ulbig, A. (2020). SimZukunft – Simulation zukünftiger Energieverbräuche für die Netzplanung. Final Report for Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE.
• Stocker, N., Toffanin, D., Ulbig, A. (2018). Results of the Sologrid pilot project – decentralized load management to increase the efficiency of local energy communities. CIRED Conference Proceedings.   www.cired.net/publications/workshop2018/pdfs/Submission%200550%20-%20Paper%20(ID-21076).pdf
• Hoffmann, R., Ulbig, A., Stocker, N., Toffanin, D., Cajoos, D., Gröninger, P., Albisetti G., Hächler, E. (2018). SoloGrid - Experiences and results of a field project with GridSense, an intelligent, decentralized energy managing system. Final Report for Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE.
• Arnoldini, M., Vizcarra, I., A., Peña-Miller, R., Stocker, N., Diard, M., Vogel, V., Beardmore, R., E., Hardt, W., Ackermann, M. (2014). Bistable expression of virulence genes in salmonella leads to the formation of an antibiotic-tolerant subpopulation. PLoS Biology, 12 (8).

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