Rolf Wüstenhagen
Rolf Wüstenhagen (born May 12, 1970 in Mannheim ) is a German-Swiss industrial engineer. He is professor for management of renewable energies at the University of St. Gallen (HSG).
Life
Rolf Wüstenhagen is Director of the Institute for Economics and Ecology at the HSG and heads the Good Energies Chair for Management of Renewable Energies. The industrial engineer ( TU Berlin ) completed his habilitation in 2007 on the subject of “Venturing for Sustainable Energy”. In 2005 and 2008 he was visiting professor at the University of British Columbia and Copenhagen Business School .
From 2004 to 2010 he was a member of the Federal Energy Research Commission (CORE). From 2008 to 2011 he represented Switzerland in the lead author team of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the role of renewable energy in climate protection. Since 2011 he has been a member of the “Energy Strategy 2050” advisory board of the Swiss government.
Rolf Wüstenhagen is Academic Director of the extra-occupational training program "Renewable Energy Management".
Publications (selection)
Books
- with Robert Wuebker: Handbook of Research on Energy Entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK and Lyme US, 2011.
- with J. Hamschmidt, S. Sharma and M. Starik (Eds.): Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship, (= New Perspectives in Research on Corporate Sustainability series. Vol. 5). Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK and Lyme US 2008.
- Green electricity - from niche to mass markets. Development prospects and marketing strategies for a sustainable electricity industry. vdf-Verlag, Zurich. (also dissertation, University of St. Gallen 2000)
Magazine articles
- with D. Litvine: Helping “light green” consumers walk the talk: Results of a behavioral intervention survey in the Swiss electricity market. In: Ecological Economics . 70 (3), 2011, pp. 462-474, doi: 10.1016 / j.ecolecon.2010.10.005 .
- with M. Wolsink and MJ Bürer: Social acceptance of renewable energy innovation: An introduction to the concept. In: Energy Policy . 35 (5), 2007, pp. 2683-2691, doi: 10.1016 / j.enpol.2006.12.001 .
- with T. Teppo: Do venture capitalists really invest in good industries? Risk-return perceptions and path dependence in the emerging European energy VC market. In: Int. J. Technology Management. 34 (1/2), 2006, pp. 63-87, doi: 10.1504 / IJTM.2006.009448 .
- with L. Bird and J. Aabakken: A review of international green power markets: recent experience, trends, and market drivers. In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews . 6 (6), 2002, pp. 513-536, doi: 10.1016 / S1364-0321 (02) 00033-3 .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wüstenhagen, Rolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German industrial engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |