Dr. Christian Winzer

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Lecturer

www.zhaw.ch/de/sml/institute-zentren/cee/

Expertise and research interests

Market Design
Modelling Electricity- and Capacity Markets
Definition and Measurement of Energy Security

Educational background

2012: PhD, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK
2008: Master in Industrial Engineering, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, DE

Professional milestones

2015-2018: Specialist Market Products and Analysis, Swissgrid, Laufenburg, CH
2013-15: Associate Director, IHS Markit, Paris, FR
2012: External Consultant, Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin, DE
2011-12: Policy Advisor, Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), London, UK

Membership of networks

LinkedIn

Projects

• Digitalisation in the electricity sector put to the test: To the interplay of energy regulation, competition law and data protection (INTERPLAY) / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Positive Energy District Algorithms for Load Forecasting and Optimal Dispatch (PEDALO) / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
• SWEET PATHFNDR – Pathways to an efficient future energy system through flexibility and sector coupling / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Machine-Learning for Demand-Response / Project co-leader / Project completed
• H2020 SONNET: Social Innovation for the Energy Transition / Team member / Project completed
• NETFLEX / Project leader / Project completed
• Zukünftiges Marktdesign für erneuerbare Energien in der Schweiz / Project co-leader / Project completed

Publications

• 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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