Valentin Bertsch
Economic Analysis | Associate Research Professor
Valentin Bertsch is an energy economist. He manages the ESRI’s Energy Policy Research Centre (EPRC) and is joint programme coordinator for the energy and environment research area.
Valentin specialises in model-based energy systems analysis, particularly the integration of grid constraints in power systems models, targeted at power generation and transmission expansion planning. Moreover, he is an expert in multi-criteria decision analysis under uncertainty. He works on the combination of power systems models and multi-criteria decision analysis as well as the design of participatory decision approaches for the energy sector.
Valentin studied applied mathematics at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, and the Université Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, France. He has a PhD in applied economics from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany.
Valentin joined the ESRI in 2015. His former posts include head of the research unit 'Distributed Energy Systems and Networks' at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), leading scientist within the large-scale research programme ‘Storage and Cross-linked Infrastructures‘ within the German Helmholtz Association and senior analyst for energy economics within EnBW Trading in Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Contact Details:
Tel: +353 1 8632000
Direct Line: +353 1 8632088
Email: valentin.bertsch@esri.ie
Latest Publications:
Household investments into solar PV and battery storage: an analysis of profitability and impactDeterminants of power hedging mechanisms in liberalized electricity marketsWhat drives the profitability of household PV investments, self-consumption and self-sufficiency?Irish residents’ views of energy-related technologiesA natural language generation approach to support understanding and traceability of multi-dimensional preferential sensitivity analysis in multi-criteria decision makingWhat drives people's opinions of electricity infrastructure? empirical evidence from IrelandThe role of community compensation mechanisms in reducing resistance to energy infrastructure developmentCombining Local Preferences with Multi-criteria Decision Analysis and Linear Optimisation to Develop Feasible Energy Concepts in Small CommunitiesA Domain Decomposition Approach for Solving Dynamic Optimal Power Flow Problems in Parallel with Application to the German Transmission GridWhat Drives People's Opinions of Electricity Infrastructure? Empirical Evidence from Ireland
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Programmes and Projects:
CREDENCE: Collaborative Research of Decentralisation, Electrification, Communications and EconomicsEnergy Policy Research Centre (EPRC)Energy Systems Integration Partnership Programme (ESIPP)
