Malte Jansen

Malte is a Lecturer in Energy and Sustainability specialising in energy systems with high shares of renewables, at the Science and Policy Research Unit at the Business School of the University of Sussex. He is an expert in energy policy, renewable power plant technology, energy market design, econometric modelling and wind power forecasting.

He is the co-founder of Power Swarm (powerswarm.co.uk/), a network for academics, industry and government experts working on power system transformation. Malte's research has shown large impact in the public domain, leading the debate on the energy system's policy. His commentary frequenly appears Financial Times, Der Spiegel, New Scientist, The Guardian, The Times, Forbes, The Telegraph, iNews and other, amongst others.

Malte has worked five years as a Research Associate at the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London. He has co-convened the Energy Policy Option of the MSc Environmental Technology for three academic years, being responsible for 3 modules and 20 students. His research has focussed on market and policy issues of renewables. Previously, Malte has worked five years as part of the research team at Fraunhofer IEE in Germany, focussing on energy market design and the markets for ancillary services. His input to energy market reform in Germany directly shaped the rules for future market design, allowing renewables to contribute towards power system security. As a Consultant at E4tech (now ERM) have been on projects in energy systems, sector coupling, demand response and water electrolysis.

Malte is a doctor of energy economics (Dr. rer. pol.) and wrote his thesis on the economics of wind and solar in markets for power system reserve. He holds degrees in engineering and economics.