Research

Alejandro studies how innovation and energy policies can accelerate the transition towards sustainable energy systems. His research engages with academic disciplines ranging from engineering to economics, political science or programming. Together with his co-authors, Alejandro combines concepts and tools to deliver new insights about the energy transition.

Peer-reviewed publications

• Lana Ollier, Florence Metz, Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, Leonhard Späth, Johan Lilliestam, 2022. The European 2030 climate and energy package: do domestic strategy adaptations precede EU policy change? Policy Sciences, pp.1-24. doi.org/10.1007/s11077-022-09447-5
• Marius Schwarz, Aline Scherrer, Claudia Hohmann, Jonas Heiberg, Andri Brugger, Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, 2020. COVID-19 and the academy: It is time for going digital, Energy Research and Social Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101684
• Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, Christof Knoeri, Fabian Rottmann, Volker Hoffmann, 2020. The role of responsiveness in deployment policies: A quantitative, cross-country assessment using agent-based modelling, Applied Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115358
• Jochen Markard, Nuno Bento, Noah Kittner, Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, 2020. Destined for decline? Examining nuclear energy from a technological innovation systems perspective, Energy Research and Social Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101512
• Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, Christof Knoeri, Joern Hoppmann, Volker Hoffmann, 2020. Can designs inspired by control theory keep deployment policies effective and cost-efficient as technology prices fall? Environmental Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6fbf

Conference papers

• Prakhar Mehta, Danielle Griego, Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, Arno Schlueter, 2019. The impact of self-consumption regulation on individual and community solar PV adoption in Switzerland: an agent-based model, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1343 012143
• Ann-Kristin Zobel, Joern Hoppmann, Alejandro Núñez Jiménez, 2017. Unblocking Bottlenecks in Nascent Innovation Ecosystems: How Bottlenecks Impact Firm Collaboration, Academy of Management Proceedings Vol. 2017, No. 1, pp. 13336.
• Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, Raed Bkayrat, 2015. Utility scale 1,500 VDC PV power plant architecture evolution: Advantages and challenges, Integration of Renewable Energy into High and Medium Voltage Systems Conference & Exhibition, Septemeber 15-16, 2015, Amman, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
• Reinier Verhoog, Kemal Armada, Paul Adrianus Van Baal, Gebran El Dabbak, Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, 2015. Modelling and simulation of renewable energy transitions: nuclear phase-out in Switzerland, International Symposium for Next Generation Infrastructure (no online version)

Presentations

• Dec, 1st, 2021. Invited presentation: Destined for Decline? Examining the Role of Nuclear in the Ongoing Energy Transition at the Project on Managing the Atom Seminar Series, Harvard Kennedy School.
• Oct, 21st, 2021. Invited presentation: Future supply of renewable hydrogen in the European Union at the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy, and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG) seminars, Cambridge University.
• May, 3rd, 2021. Invited presentation: Renewable Hydrogen Potential in the EU at the Harvard Kennedy School Energy Policy Seminar.
• Nov, 19th, 2020. Invited expert, at the High-Level Conference Green Hydrogen: An Opportunity for Spain, organized by the Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. With the participation of Spain’s President Pedro Sánchez, European Commission Executive Vice-president Frans Timmermans, European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson, and four minister from Spain’s government.
• May, 7th, 2020. Opening Speech, at the 5th Network of Early career scholars in Sustainability Transitions (NEST) Conference, in Zurich (online conference).
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• June, 2nd, 2017. Unblocking bottlenecks in emerging innovation ecosystems: How bottlenecks impact collaboration (co-authored with Ann-Kristin Zobel and Joern Hoppmann), at the PhD Academy on Sustainability and Technology, in Appenzell, Switzerland.
• June, 20th, 2017. Dynamic policy adjustment to technological change — An agent-based modelling approach, at the 8th International Sustainability Transitions (IST) conference, in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Research reports and policy briefs

• Nicola De Blasio, Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, 2021. The European Union at a Crossroads: Unlocking Renewable Hydrogen’s Potential. Policy Brief, November 2021.
• Nicola De Blasio, Fridolin Pflugmann, Henry Lee, Charles Hua, Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, Phoebe Fallon, 2021, Mission Hydrogen: Accelerating the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy. Edited by Nicola De Blasio. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School.
• Nicola De Blasio, Charles Hua, and Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, 2021, Sustainable Mobility: Renewable Hydrogen in the Transport Sector, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School.
• Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, and Silvia Binet, 2018, Future of Energy by Young leaders for Energy and Sustainability 2018, Young leaders in Energy and Sustainability (YES-Europe).
• Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, 2017, Energy Students And Young Professionals’ Support Needs: An Online Survey Across Europe, Young leaders in Energy and Sustainability (YES-Europe).
• Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, 2016, The influence of bottlenecks on firms’ collaboration patterns in innovation ecosystems. An empirical analysis of the solar photovoltaic industry, Master Thesis at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).
• Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, Reiner Verhoog, Matthias Finger, 2015. Enhancing PV systems adoption by Swiss households: A system dynamics policy analysis, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).
• Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, Adriano Viana Ensinas, François Maréchal, 2014. Review of lignocellulosic biomass pretreatments from a biorefinery perspective, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).