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Biography

Nele Friedrichsen is an industrial engineer by training holding a degree in energy and environmental management from the University of Flensburg. From 2007 - 2011 she was a PhD student of economics at Jacobs University Bremen. Since 2010 she is research associate at the Bremer Energie Institut investigating the coordination between development of electricity networks and generation. The implications of unbundling on vertical governance in the electricity system and arrangements to safeguard efficient coordination are at the centre of her research interest. She is further working in the field of sustainable energy policy, smart grids, network tariffs, and regulation.

CV

Career
since 01/2010	Research associate at Bremer Energie Institut
09/2007 - 12/2011	PhD-student, Bremer Energie Institut / Jacobs University Bremen
10/2006 - 05/2007	Diploma thesis at Institute for Energy and Environment, Leipzig
08/2004 - 01/2005	Internship semester at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe
08/2001 - 07/2002	Ecological voluntary service, "Ornithologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft", Kiel

Academic education
11/2007 - 12/2011	PhD in Economics Bremer Energie Institut / Jacobs University Bremen
09/2002 - 06/2007	University of Flensburg - Studies: Energy and environmental management Diploma thesis: “Economic Analysis of Different Utilisation Strategies for Heat from Biogas CHP plants“ (Work realized at Institute for Energy and Environment, Leipzig)
02/2005 - 09/2005	Exchange semester, University of Colima (Mexico), School of Economics
08/2004 - 01/2005	Semester thesis: "Indicator Based Analysis of Lead Market Potentials for Hydrogen" (Work realized at Institute for System and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe)

Teaching experience
Fallsemester 2011	Jacobs University, Guset lectures in General Environmental Science I (with C. Brandstätt, M. Buchmann, R. Meyer) sustainability and energy policy
Springsemester 2011	Jacobs University, Guest lecture in General Environmental Science II (with Ch. Brandstätt) "Renewable Support Schemes"
Fallsemester 2010	Jacobs University, Guest lecture in University Study Course "Energy": "Political and regulatory challenges of electrical grids"
Fallsemester 2010	Jacobs University, Guest lecture in General Environmental Science I (with Ch. Brandstätt) to climate change and international cooperation in climate policy
Springsemester 2008	Jacobs University, Teaching Assistance in "Introduction to Economics for Logistics Students"
Fallsemester 2007	Jacobs University, Teaching Assistance in "Introduction to Economics"

Main research interests
Energy Economics Instruments of market supervision Renewable Energy

Publications (selection)
Lehmann, P.; Creutzig, C.; Ehlers, M.-H.; Friedrichsen, N.; Heuson, C.; Hirth, L.; Pietzcker, R. 2012. Carbon Lock-Out: Advancing Renewable Energy Policy in Europe. Energies 5(2), 323-354; doi:10.3390/en5020323. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/5/2/323/.
Friedrichsen, N. 2011. Investment, Unbundling, and Vertical Governance in Electric Power Systems, Dissertation, Jacobs University Bremen. urn:nbn:de:101:1-2012010913932. PDF
Brandstätt, C.; Brunekreeft, G.; Friedrichsen, N. 2011. Smart pricing to reduce network investment in smart distribution grids – experience in Germany. In: Sioshansi, F.P. (Ed.) Smart Grid: Integrating Renewable, Distributed and Efficient Energy, Elsevier.
Brandstätt, C.; Brunekreeft, G.; Friedrichsen, N. 2011. Locational signals to reduce network investments in smart distribution grids: what works and what not? Utilities Policy, 19(4), S. 244-254. doi:10.1016/j.jup.2011.07.001.
Brandstätt, C.; Brunekreeft, G.; Friedrichsen, N. 2010. Innovative Regulierung für Intelligente Netze, DVWG Energie & Wasser Praxis, 12/2010, S. 36-38.
Brunekreeft, G.; Friedrichsen, N. 2010. Vertical unbundling, the coordination of investment, and network pricing, Bremen Energy Working Paper No. 03, August 2010, Jacobs University Bremen/ Bremer Energie Institut.
Aufenanger, V.; Friedrichsen, N.; Koch, St. (Hrsg.) 2010. Gerechtigkeit und Verantwortung in der Klima- und Energiepolitik, MV-Verlag Münster.
Friedrichsen, N. 2010. Gerechtigkeit, Verantwortung und kooperatives Handeln, In: Gerechtigkeit und Verantwortung in der Klima- und Energiepolitik, Aufenanger et al. (Hrsg.), 2010, MV-Verlag Münster, S. 49-62.
Friedrichsen, N. 2008. Atomausstieg aus Akteurs- und Machtperspektive. In: Creutzig, Felix & Goldschmidt, Jan Christoph (Hrsg.), 2008, Energie, Macht, Vernunft - Der umfassende Blick auf die Energiewende, Shaker Media, Aachen, S. 161 - 173.