Reinhard Madlener
About
Research
Prof. Madlener’s main research interests, on which he has published extensively over the last 25 years, are in the fields of energy economics and policy; sustainable energy systems; energy efficiency and rebound; transportation research; the adoption, temporal & spatial diffusion of innovation; and investment in innovative energy technologies under uncertainty as well as portfolio and energy system analysis.
Publications
2024
-
Hackstein, Fynn V.;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2024)
Correction to: Sustainable operation of geothermal power plants: why economics matters (Geothermal Energy, (2021), 9, 1, (10), 10.1186/s40517-021-00183-2).
Geothermal Energy
Errata
-
Klie, Leo;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2024)
Concentration versus diversification: A spatial deployment approach to improve the economics of wind power.
Energy Policy
Academic article
-
Liepold, Constanze;
Fabianek, Paul;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2024)
A critical evaluation of the 2022 greenhouse gas mitigation quota in Germany from an environmental economics and policy perspective.
Energy Policy
Academic article
2023
-
Aadil Rasool, Muhammad;
Khalilpour, Kaveh;
Rafiee, Ahmad;
Karimi, Iftekhar;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2023)
Evaluation of alternative power-to-chemical pathways for renewable energy exports.
Energy Conversion and Management
Academic article
-
Sabadini, Felipe;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2023)
A smart grid with renewable energy sources, e-vehicles, and storage systems : Operational and economic aspects.
CRC Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Muessel, Jarusch;
Ruhnau, Oliver;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2023)
Accurate and scalable representation of electric vehicles in energy system models: A virtual storage-based aggregation approach.
iScience
Academic article
-
Fabianek, Paul;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2023)
Multi-Criteria assessment of the user experience at E-Vehicle charging stations in Germany.
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
Academic article
-
Karami, Mahdi;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2023)
Sustainability performance of rural municipalities in Germany.
Energy, sustainability and society
Academic article
-
Fabianek, Paul;
Glensk, Barbara;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2023)
A sequential real options analysis for renewable power-to-hydrogen plants for Germany and California.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Academic article
-
Fabianek, Paul;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2023)
Techno-economic analysis and optimal sizing of hybrid PV-wind systems for hydrogen production by PEM electrolysis in California and Northern Germany.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Academic article
-
Wimmers, Alexander;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2023)
The European Market for Guarantees of Origin for Green Electricity: A Scenario-Based Evaluation of Trading under Uncertainty.
Energies
Academic article
2022
-
Schreiner, Lena;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2022)
Investing in power grid infrastructure as a flexibility option: A DSGE assessment for Germany.
Energy Economics
Academic article
-
Sheykhha, Siamak;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2022)
Flexibility scores for energy transition pathways: Integrating socio-technical factors in a long-term energy market model.
Energy Conversion and Management
Academic article
-
Robinius, Martin;
Cerniauskas, Simonas;
Madlener, Reinhard;
Kockel, Christina;
Praktiknjo, Aaron;
Stolten, Detlef.
(2022)
Economics of Hydrogen.
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Madlener, Reinhard;
Crump, Robert.
(2022)
Grid-friendly clean energy communities and induced intracommunity cash flows through peer-to-peer trading.
Elsevier
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Specht, Jan Martin;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2022)
Quantifying value pools for distributed flexible energy assets.
Energy
Academic article
-
Specht, Jan Martin;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2022)
Deep reinforcement learning for the optimized operation of large amounts of distributed renewable energy assets.
Energy and AI
Academic article
-
Vartak, Sammit;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2022)
A Conceptual Framework for Determining the Economically Optimal Level of Microgrid Resilience.
Springer Nature
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sheykhha, Siamak;
Borggrefe, Frieder;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2022)
Policy implications of spatially differentiated renewable energy promotion: A multi-level scenario analysis of onshore wind auctioning in Germany.
Energy Policy
Academic article
-
Priesmann, Jan;
Spiegelburg, Saskia;
Madlener, Reinhard;
Praktiknjo, Aaron.
(2022)
Does renewable electricity hurt the poor? Exploring levy programs to reduce income inequality and energy poverty across German households.
Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
2021
-
Hackstein, Fynn V.;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2021)
Sustainable operation of geothermal power plants: why economics matters.
Geothermal Energy
Academic article
-
Crimmann, Martina;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2021)
Assessing Local Power Generation Potentials of Photovoltaics, Engine Cogeneration, and Heat Pumps: The Case of a Major Swiss City.
Energies
Academic article
-
Burg, Leonard;
Gürses-Tran, Gonca;
Madlener, Reinhard;
Monti, Antonello.
(2021)
Comparative Analysis of Load Forecasting Models for Varying Time Horizons and Load Aggregation Levels.
Energies
Academic article
-
Karami, Mahdi;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2021)
Business models for peer-to-peer energy trading in Germany based on households' beliefs and preferences.
Applied Energy
Academic article
-
Madlener, Reinhard;
Sheykhha, Siamak;
Briglauer, Wolfgang.
(2021)
The electricity- and CO2-saving potentials offered by regulation of European video-streaming services.
Energy Policy
Academic article
-
Sabadini, Felipe;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2021)
The economic potential of grid defection of energy prosumer households in Germany.
Advances in Applied Energy
Academic article
-
Saunders, Harry D.;
Roy, Joyashree;
Azevedo, Inês M.L.;
Chakravarty, Debalina;
Dasgupta, Shyamasree;
De La Rue Du Can, Stephane.
(2021)
Energy Efficiency: What Has Research Delivered in the Last 40 Years?.
Annual Review Environment and Resources
Academic literature review
-
Liu, Xueying;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2021)
The sky is the limit: Assessing aircraft market diffusion with agent-based modeling.
Journal of Air Transport Management
Academic article
-
Klie, Leo;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2021)
Optimal configuration and diversification of wind turbines: A hybrid approach to improve the penetration of wind power.
Energy Economics
Academic article
-
Schreiner, Lena;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2021)
A pathway to green growth? Macroeconomic impacts of power grid infrastructure investments in Germany.
Energy Policy
Academic article
-
Heesen, Florian;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2021)
Revisiting heat energy consumption modeling: Household production theory applied to field experimental data.
Energy Policy
Academic article
-
Karami, Mahdi;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2021)
Business model innovation for the energy market: Joint value creation for electricity retailers and their customers.
Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
2020
-
Ruhnau, Oliver;
Hennig, Patrick;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2020)
Economic implications of forecasting electricity generation from variable renewable energy sources.
Renewable Energy
Academic article
-
Fabianek, Paul;
Will, Christian;
Wolff, Stefanie;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2020)
Green and regional? A multi-criteria assessment framework for the provision of green electricity for electric vehicles in Germany.
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
Academic article
-
Sobhani, Seyed Omid;
Sheykhha, Siamak;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2020)
An integrated two-level demand-side management game applied to smart energy hubs with storage.
Energy
Academic article
-
Madlener, Reinhard;
Specht, Jan Martin.
(2020)
An Exploratory Economic Analysis of Underground Pumped-Storage Hydro Power Plants in Abandoned Deep Coal Mines.
Energies
Academic article
-
Wessel, Michael;
Madlener, Reinhard;
Hilgers, Christoph.
(2020)
Economic Feasibility of Semi-Underground Pumped Storage Hydropower Plants in Open-Pit Mines.
Energies
Academic article
-
Fuhrmann, Jens;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2020)
Evaluation of Synergies in the Context of European Multi-Business Utilities.
Energies
Academic article
-
Vonsien, Silvia;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2020)
Li-ion battery storage in private households with PV systems: Analyzing the economic impacts of battery aging and pooling.
Journal of Energy Storage
Academic article
-
Höfer, Tim;
Von Nitzsch, Rüdiger;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2020)
Using value-focused thinking and multicriteria decision making to evaluate energy transition alternatives.
Decision Analysis
Academic article
-
Brown, Stephen P.A.;
Brown, Marilyn A.;
Madlener, Reinhard;
Thomas, Stephen;
Zhou, Peng;
Antunes, Carlos Henggeler.
(2020)
The continuing evolution of Energy Policy.
Energy Policy
Editorial
2019
-
Glensk, Barbara;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2019)
Energiewende @ Risk: On the Continuation of Renewable Power Generation at the End of Public Policy Support.
Energies
Academic article
-
Madlener, Reinhard;
Glensk, Barbara;
Gläsel, Lukas.
(2019)
Optimal timing of onshore wind repowering in Germany under policy regime changes: A real options analysis.
Energies
Academic article
-
Colmenares, Gloria;
Löschel, Andreas;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2019)
The rebound effect representation in climate and energy models.
Environmental Research Letters
Academic literature review
Journal publications
-
Hackstein, Fynn V.;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2024)
Correction to: Sustainable operation of geothermal power plants: why economics matters (Geothermal Energy, (2021), 9, 1, (10), 10.1186/s40517-021-00183-2).
Geothermal Energy
Errata
-
Klie, Leo;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2024)
Concentration versus diversification: A spatial deployment approach to improve the economics of wind power.
Energy Policy
Academic article
-
Liepold, Constanze;
Fabianek, Paul;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2024)
A critical evaluation of the 2022 greenhouse gas mitigation quota in Germany from an environmental economics and policy perspective.
Energy Policy
Academic article
-
Aadil Rasool, Muhammad;
Khalilpour, Kaveh;
Rafiee, Ahmad;
Karimi, Iftekhar;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2023)
Evaluation of alternative power-to-chemical pathways for renewable energy exports.
Energy Conversion and Management
Academic article
-
Muessel, Jarusch;
Ruhnau, Oliver;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2023)
Accurate and scalable representation of electric vehicles in energy system models: A virtual storage-based aggregation approach.
iScience
Academic article
-
Fabianek, Paul;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2023)
Multi-Criteria assessment of the user experience at E-Vehicle charging stations in Germany.
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
Academic article
-
Karami, Mahdi;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2023)
Sustainability performance of rural municipalities in Germany.
Energy, sustainability and society
Academic article
-
Fabianek, Paul;
Glensk, Barbara;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2023)
A sequential real options analysis for renewable power-to-hydrogen plants for Germany and California.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Academic article
-
Fabianek, Paul;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2023)
Techno-economic analysis and optimal sizing of hybrid PV-wind systems for hydrogen production by PEM electrolysis in California and Northern Germany.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Academic article
-
Wimmers, Alexander;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2023)
The European Market for Guarantees of Origin for Green Electricity: A Scenario-Based Evaluation of Trading under Uncertainty.
Energies
Academic article
-
Schreiner, Lena;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2022)
Investing in power grid infrastructure as a flexibility option: A DSGE assessment for Germany.
Energy Economics
Academic article
-
Sheykhha, Siamak;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2022)
Flexibility scores for energy transition pathways: Integrating socio-technical factors in a long-term energy market model.
Energy Conversion and Management
Academic article
-
Specht, Jan Martin;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2022)
Quantifying value pools for distributed flexible energy assets.
Energy
Academic article
-
Specht, Jan Martin;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2022)
Deep reinforcement learning for the optimized operation of large amounts of distributed renewable energy assets.
Energy and AI
Academic article
-
Sheykhha, Siamak;
Borggrefe, Frieder;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2022)
Policy implications of spatially differentiated renewable energy promotion: A multi-level scenario analysis of onshore wind auctioning in Germany.
Energy Policy
Academic article
-
Priesmann, Jan;
Spiegelburg, Saskia;
Madlener, Reinhard;
Praktiknjo, Aaron.
(2022)
Does renewable electricity hurt the poor? Exploring levy programs to reduce income inequality and energy poverty across German households.
Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
-
Hackstein, Fynn V.;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2021)
Sustainable operation of geothermal power plants: why economics matters.
Geothermal Energy
Academic article
-
Crimmann, Martina;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2021)
Assessing Local Power Generation Potentials of Photovoltaics, Engine Cogeneration, and Heat Pumps: The Case of a Major Swiss City.
Energies
Academic article
-
Burg, Leonard;
Gürses-Tran, Gonca;
Madlener, Reinhard;
Monti, Antonello.
(2021)
Comparative Analysis of Load Forecasting Models for Varying Time Horizons and Load Aggregation Levels.
Energies
Academic article
-
Karami, Mahdi;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2021)
Business models for peer-to-peer energy trading in Germany based on households' beliefs and preferences.
Applied Energy
Academic article
-
Madlener, Reinhard;
Sheykhha, Siamak;
Briglauer, Wolfgang.
(2021)
The electricity- and CO2-saving potentials offered by regulation of European video-streaming services.
Energy Policy
Academic article
-
Sabadini, Felipe;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2021)
The economic potential of grid defection of energy prosumer households in Germany.
Advances in Applied Energy
Academic article
-
Saunders, Harry D.;
Roy, Joyashree;
Azevedo, Inês M.L.;
Chakravarty, Debalina;
Dasgupta, Shyamasree;
De La Rue Du Can, Stephane.
(2021)
Energy Efficiency: What Has Research Delivered in the Last 40 Years?.
Annual Review Environment and Resources
Academic literature review
-
Liu, Xueying;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2021)
The sky is the limit: Assessing aircraft market diffusion with agent-based modeling.
Journal of Air Transport Management
Academic article
-
Klie, Leo;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2021)
Optimal configuration and diversification of wind turbines: A hybrid approach to improve the penetration of wind power.
Energy Economics
Academic article
-
Schreiner, Lena;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2021)
A pathway to green growth? Macroeconomic impacts of power grid infrastructure investments in Germany.
Energy Policy
Academic article
-
Heesen, Florian;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2021)
Revisiting heat energy consumption modeling: Household production theory applied to field experimental data.
Energy Policy
Academic article
-
Karami, Mahdi;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2021)
Business model innovation for the energy market: Joint value creation for electricity retailers and their customers.
Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
-
Ruhnau, Oliver;
Hennig, Patrick;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2020)
Economic implications of forecasting electricity generation from variable renewable energy sources.
Renewable Energy
Academic article
-
Fabianek, Paul;
Will, Christian;
Wolff, Stefanie;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2020)
Green and regional? A multi-criteria assessment framework for the provision of green electricity for electric vehicles in Germany.
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
Academic article
-
Sobhani, Seyed Omid;
Sheykhha, Siamak;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2020)
An integrated two-level demand-side management game applied to smart energy hubs with storage.
Energy
Academic article
-
Madlener, Reinhard;
Specht, Jan Martin.
(2020)
An Exploratory Economic Analysis of Underground Pumped-Storage Hydro Power Plants in Abandoned Deep Coal Mines.
Energies
Academic article
-
Wessel, Michael;
Madlener, Reinhard;
Hilgers, Christoph.
(2020)
Economic Feasibility of Semi-Underground Pumped Storage Hydropower Plants in Open-Pit Mines.
Energies
Academic article
-
Fuhrmann, Jens;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2020)
Evaluation of Synergies in the Context of European Multi-Business Utilities.
Energies
Academic article
-
Vonsien, Silvia;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2020)
Li-ion battery storage in private households with PV systems: Analyzing the economic impacts of battery aging and pooling.
Journal of Energy Storage
Academic article
-
Höfer, Tim;
Von Nitzsch, Rüdiger;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2020)
Using value-focused thinking and multicriteria decision making to evaluate energy transition alternatives.
Decision Analysis
Academic article
-
Brown, Stephen P.A.;
Brown, Marilyn A.;
Madlener, Reinhard;
Thomas, Stephen;
Zhou, Peng;
Antunes, Carlos Henggeler.
(2020)
The continuing evolution of Energy Policy.
Energy Policy
Editorial
-
Glensk, Barbara;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2019)
Energiewende @ Risk: On the Continuation of Renewable Power Generation at the End of Public Policy Support.
Energies
Academic article
-
Madlener, Reinhard;
Glensk, Barbara;
Gläsel, Lukas.
(2019)
Optimal timing of onshore wind repowering in Germany under policy regime changes: A real options analysis.
Energies
Academic article
-
Colmenares, Gloria;
Löschel, Andreas;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2019)
The rebound effect representation in climate and energy models.
Environmental Research Letters
Academic literature review
Part of book/report
-
Sabadini, Felipe;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2023)
A smart grid with renewable energy sources, e-vehicles, and storage systems : Operational and economic aspects.
CRC Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Robinius, Martin;
Cerniauskas, Simonas;
Madlener, Reinhard;
Kockel, Christina;
Praktiknjo, Aaron;
Stolten, Detlef.
(2022)
Economics of Hydrogen.
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Madlener, Reinhard;
Crump, Robert.
(2022)
Grid-friendly clean energy communities and induced intracommunity cash flows through peer-to-peer trading.
Elsevier
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Vartak, Sammit;
Madlener, Reinhard.
(2022)
A Conceptual Framework for Determining the Economically Optimal Level of Microgrid Resilience.
Springer Nature
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Teaching
Courses
Prof. Madlener's main teaching activities at RWTH Aachen University (full-time) and NTNU (part-time) comprise Energy Economics; Environmental & Resource Economics; Energy Markets; Economics of Technological Diffusion; Economics of Technical Change; Behavioral Energy & Environmental Economics; Smart Grid Economics & Management; as well as Climate Risk Management & Economics.