Prof. Dr. Tobias Schmidt

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Prof. Tobias Schmidt is the head of ETH Zurich's Energy and Technology Policy group and also serves as director of the Institute of Science, Technology and Policy. In his research, he analyzes the interaction of energy policy and its underlying politics with technological change in the energy sector. His research covers low to high income countries. In his teaching, for which he received ETH Zurich's students' prize Golden Owl, he covers conceptual and methodological courses (such as Policy Analysis) as well as courses related to the governance of the energy transition. He is very engaged in the executive teaching program of the ISTP.

Tobias holds a Bachelor of Science and Dipl. Ing. (MSc equivalent) in electrical engineering (energy focus) from the external pageTechnical University Munich and a PhD from ETH Zurich in management, technology, and economics, working with SusTec. He did a PostDoc at ETH and as a visiting scholar at Stanford University’s external pagePrecourt Energy Efficiency Center (PEEC) and acted as consultant to the external pageUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP) working on UNDP’s external pageDe-risking Renewable Energy Investment (DREI) project.

Tobias is an elected member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (external pageSATW) and serves on the editorial board of external pageEnergy Research and Social Science. He also regularly writes for ETH Zurich's award winning ZukunftsBlog.

In his leisure he enjoys ski-touring (winter), hiking and catamaran sailing (summer), as well as singing in a choir (all year round). He has been a fan of FC Bayern Muenchen for more than 25 years.

 

Selected publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Books & Book chapters

Comparing Renewable Energy Micro- Grids in Cambodia, Indonesia, and Laos: A Technological Innovation Systems Approach
Schmidt, T.S., Blum, N.U., Bening, C.
In: Adenle, A. A., Chertow., M.R., Moors, E.H.M., Pannell, D.J. (Eds.). Science, Technology, and Innovation for Meeting SDGs. Oxford University Press (forthcoming), 2020.

 

Policy reports

2022

Agutu, C., Egli, F., Steffen, B., Schmidt, T.S. (2022) De-risking off-grid electrification finance and fostering standalone system deployment policies are key to achieving SDG7. COP27 Policy Brief Seriesexternal pagedownload file

Schmidt, T. S., Đukan, M., Egli, F., Steffen, B. (2022). Eingabe zur Vernehmlassung zur Umsetzung der Änderung vom 1. Oktober 2021 des EnG auf Verordnungsstufe und weitere Änderungen der Energieverordnung, der Energieeffizienzverordnung, der Energieförderungsverordnung und der Stromversorgungsverordnung mit Inkrafttreten Anfang 2023. EPG & CFP Policy BriefDownloaddownload file (PDF, 293 KB)

Schmidt, T. S. (2022). Risiken deckeln statt Kosten senken - Wie die Schweizer Förderpolitik den Investitionsstau im Solarausbau auflösen kann. ISTP Policy BriefDownloaddownload file (PDF, 146 KB)

2020

Schmidt, T. S., Egli, F., Pahle, M., Polzin, F., Steffen, B. (2020). Finance for Decarbonisation: Financing the European low-carbon energy transition requires strong, consistent policies and low interest rates. Innopaths Policy BriefDownloaddownload file (PDF, 706 KB)

2019

Egli, F., Steffen, B., Schmidt, T.S. (2019). Learning in the financial sector is essential for reducing renewable energy costs. Policy Brief, Nature Energy, 4, 835–836. external pagehttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-019-0482-3

2018

United Nations Development Programme UNDP & ETH Zurich (2018). Derisking Renewable Energy Investment: Off Grid Electrification (lead authors from EPG: Tobias S. Schmidt, Abhishek Malhotra) external pageReport website

United Nations Environment (2018). Emissions Gap Report 2018, Chapter 6. Bridging the gap: Fiscal reforms for the low-​carbon transition (contributing authors from EPG: Tobias S Schmidt, Bjarne Steffen) external pageReport website

2014

Kayser D., Huenteler J., Schmidt T. S. (2014). Global Collapse, Local Impacts, Carbon Mechanisms Review 2014 (3), 28-35. (Free Pdf of the Report external pagein English and external pagein German)

2013

Waissbein O., Glemarec Y., Bayraktar H., Schmidt T. S. (2013). Derisking Renewable Energy Investment. A Framework to Support Policymakers in Selecting Public Instruments to Promote Renewable Energy Investment in Developing Countries. New York, NY: United Nations Development Programme. (external pageFree Pdf of the Report)

2011

Rogge K. S., Schmidt T. S., Schneider M. (2011). Relative Importance of different Climate Policy Elements for Corporate Climate Innovation Activities: Findings for the Power Sector. Carbon Pricing for Low-Carbon Investment, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI).

 

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