Dr. Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez

Alejandro is a senior researcher at Prof. Volker Hoffmann’s Group for Sustainability and Technology (SusTec), at the DownloadDept. of Management, Technology and Economicsvertical_align_bottom, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH Zurich). His research focuses on the influence of technological change on energy policies to facilitate the transition towards more sustainable energy systems. In addition, Alejandro is also an DownloadAssociatevertical_align_bottom at the Harvard Kennedy School, DownloadBelfer’s Center Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP)vertical_align_bottom and the DownloadScience, Technology, and Public Policy Program (STPP)vertical_align_bottom, where he investigate the role of hydrogen in the decarbonization of energy systems.  

In August 2020, Alejandro completed his PhD in economics on the design of energy policies for harnessing technological change by the ETH Zurich. He holds an MSc degree in Energy Management and Sustainability from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (DownloadEPFLvertical_align_bottom, Switzerland) as well a BSc in Energy Engineering from the Technical University of Madrid (DownloadUPMvertical_align_bottom, Spain). Previously, Alejandro worked in the solar photovoltaic industry as PV System Engineer at DownloadCleanergetic Seers Solutionsvertical_align_bottom, in Madrid (Spain), and as Business Development Analyst at DownloadFirst Solarvertical_align_bottom, in Dubai (U.A.E.). He gained experience in academia as research assistant in the Group of Corporate Renewal and Entrepreneurial Strategies in Technology (DownloadCETvertical_align_bottom) and the Chair of Management of Network Industries (DownloadMIRvertical_align_bottom), both in the College of Management (DownloadCDMvertical_align_bottom) at EPFL. In 2015, he co-founded the DownloadEnergy Business, Policy and Technology Groupvertical_align_bottom at EPFL, and since 2016, he is a co-founder and the Analytics Director of the DownloadYoung leaders on Energy and Sustainability in Europevertical_align_bottom (YES-Europe) network.

In 2019, Alejandro co-founded the DownloadEnergy Blog @ ETH Zurichvertical_align_bottom creating a space for the discussion of the latest discoveries and most relevant topics around energy. In 2016, he was part of the founding team of DownloadYES-Europevertical_align_bottom, and a year earlier, in 2015, he co-founded the DownloadEnergy Business, Policy and Technology Group at EPFLvertical_align_bottom. In both organisations, his primary goal was to promote a comprehensive, critical, and multidisciplinary approach to global energy challenges.

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

• Nuñez-Jimenez, A., Mehta, P., Griego, D. (2023): “Let it grow: How community solar policy can increase PV adoption in cities,” Energy Policy, Vol. 175 Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113477vertical_align_bottom
  
• Hanna, R., Dugoua, E., Nuñez-Jimenez, A., Nock, D., Arcusa, S., Castellanos, S., ... & Zhu, Q. (2022). “Support for climate policy researchers. Science,” 378(6625), 1181-1181. Downloadhttps://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adf8956vertical_align_bottom
  
• Ollier, L.; Metz, F.; Nuñez-Jimenez, A.; Späth, L.; Lilliestam, J.; (2022): "The European 2030 climate and energy package: do domestic strategy adaptations precede EU policy change?" Policy Sciences, 55(1), pp.161-184. Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-022-09447-5vertical_align_bottom
•  Nuñez-Jimenez, A.; Knoeri, C.; Hoppmann, J.; Hoffmann, V.H.; (2022): "Beyond innovation and deployment: Modeling the impact of technology-push and demand-pull policies in Germany's solar policy mix." Research Policy, 51(10), p.104585. Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2022.104585vertical_align_bottom
  
• Griego, D.; Mehta, P.; Nuñez-Jimenez, A.; (2022): "Solar Energy Communities in the Urban Environment." In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_184-1vertical_align_bottom
• Nuñez-Jimenez, A.; De Blasio, N. (2022): “Competitive and secure renewable hydrogen markets: Three strategic scenarios for the European Union,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.08.170vertical_align_bottom
  
• Nuñez-Jimenez, A.; Knoeri, C.; Hoppmann, J.; Hoffmann, V. (2020): “Can designs inspired by control theory keep deployment policies effective and cost-efficient as technology prices fall?” Environmental Research Letters, 15, 4. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab6fbf Funded by: CREST and FEEB&D Swiss Competence Centers for Energy Research financially supported the Swiss Innovation Agency: Innosuisse, under Grant No. 1155000154.
• Markard, J.; Bento, N.; Kittner, N.; Nuñez-Jimenez, A. (2020): "Destined for decline? Examining nuclear energy from a technological innovation systems perspective", Energy Research and Social Science, doi:10.1016/j.erss.2020.101512
  Nuñez-Jimenez, A.; Knoeri, C.; Rottmann, F; Hoffmann, V. (2020): "The role of responsiveness in deployment policies: A quantitative, cross-country assessment using agent-based modelling" Applied Energy, Vol. 275. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115358
  Schwarz, M.; Scherrer, A.; Hohmann, C.; Heiberg, J.; Brugger, A.; Nuñez-Jimenez, A. (2020): "COVID-19 and the academy: It is time for going digital” Energy Research & Social Science, Volume 68, doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2020.101684

Presentations and Conference Proceedings

• April 27, 2022. “The EU’s Hydrogen Accelerator - what steps should be taken?” at the Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute, in Florence, Italy. Video: Downloadhttps://youtu.be/zawiYnzQ9asvertical_align_bottom
  
• May, 7th, 2020. Opening Speech, at the 5th Network of Early career scholars in Sustainability Transitions (NEST) Conference, in Zurich (online conference), (A. Nuñez-​Jimenez).
• February, 14th, 2020. Can designs inspired by control theory keep deployment policies effective and cost-efficient as technology prices fall? At the Renewable Energy Systems Group of Prof. Dr. Evelina Trutnevyte, in the University of Geneva, in Geneva, Switzerland, (A. Nuñez-​Jimenez).
• November, 28th, 2019. Balancing technology-push and demand-pull policies to accelerate the diffusion of clean energy, at the 2nd Energy Innovation Bootcamp at the Florence School of Regulation, in Florence, Italy, (A. Nuñez-​Jimenez).
• October, 11th, 2019. Assessing responsive designs for effective and cost-efficient deployment policies in different countries, at the 12th Swiss Association for Energy Economics student chapter workshop, in Zurich, Switzerland, (A. Nuñez-​Jimenez).
• September, 5th, 2019. Balancing Technology-Push and Demand-Pull Policies for Accelerating the Diffusion of Clean Energy, at the 13th European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference, in Wroclaw, Poland, (A. Nuñez-​Jimenez).
• June, 28th, 2019. A quantitative, cross-country evaluation of responsive policy designs to accelerate technology deployment, at the 4th International Conference in Public Policy (ICPP), in Montreal, Canada, (A. Nuñez-​Jimenez).
• June, 27th, 2019. Balancing Technology-Push and Demand-Pull Policies for Fostering Innovation and Accelerating their Diffusion, at the 4th International Conference in Public Policy (ICPP), in Montreal, Canada, (A. Nuñez-​Jimenez).
• June, 26th, 2019. A quantitative, cross-country evaluation of responsive deployment policies to accelerate sustainability transitions cost-efficiently, at the 10th International Sustainability Transitions (IST) conference, in Ottawa, Canada, (A. Nuñez-​Jimenez).
• August, 20th, 2018. Spreading the use of responsive adjustment mechanisms for renewable energy deployment policies: An agent-based modelling cross-country evaluation, at the 14th Annual Conference of the European Social Simulation Association (ESSA), in Stockholm, Sweden, (A. Nuñez-​Jimenez).
• June, 18th, 2018. Spreading the use of responsive adjustment mechanisms for renewable energy deployment policies: An agent-based modelling cross-country evaluation. Technology, Management, Policy Graduate Consortium, in the Hague, the Netherlands, (A. Nuñez-​Jimenez).
• June, 11th, 2018. How to avoid costly policies as technology becomes cheaper? at the 9th International Sustainability Transitions (IST) conference, in Manchester, the United Kingdom, (A. Nuñez-​Jimenez).
• March, 27th, 2018. Towards responsive deployment policies: an Agent-Based Model approach, at the Frontiers in Energy Research seminar, Energy Science Center of ETH Zurich, in Zurich, Switzerland, (A. Nuñez-​Jimenez).
• June 18-21, 2017: “Dynamic policy adjustment to technological change – An agent-based model approach,” International Sustainability Transitions conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, (A. Nuñez-Jimenez, C. Knoeri, J. Hoppmann, V. Hoffmann).
• April 27-28, 2017: “The impact of dynamic adjustment mechanisms on the effectiveness and efficiency of renewable energy deployment policies: An agent-based modelling approach,” PhDs in Transitions, Lausanne, Switzerland, (A. Nuñez-Jimenez, C. Knoeri, J. Hoppmann, V. Hoffmann).
  
• September 14-15, 2015: “Modelling and simulation of renewable energy transitions: nuclear phase-out in Switzerland”, Conference Proceedings International Symposium for Next Generation Infrastructure, Washington D.C., (R. Verhoog, K. Armada, P. Van Baal, G. El Dabbak, A. Nuñez Jimenez).