Biography
Robert Gaugl received his doctoral degree (Dr.techn.) in electrical engineering from Graz University of Technology in 2023. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Electricity Economics and Energy Innovation, Graz University of Technology, specializing in modeling electricity markets. In the course of his current habilitation process, he is working on the use of machine learning in the energy industry. During a research stay at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston/USA, in 2022, he investigated how to define the firm energy of variable renewable energy sources and battery energy storage systems. His research interests are renewable energy, electricity storage, techno-economic analysis of sustainable energy systems, and energy innovation.