Juniorprofessor für Energy Market Design

Kontakt

• Telefon: +49 221 65085371
• E-Mail: ruhnau(at)wiso.uni-koeln(dot)de

Research Focuses

• Energy Market Design
• Energy Economics
• Energy Transition

Selected Publications 

• Moritz, M., Czock, B. H., Ruhnau, O., 2025. A heated debate – The future cost-efficiency of climate-neutral heating options under consideration of heterogeneity and uncertainty. Energy Policy.
• Hirth, L., Khanna, T., Ruhnau, O., 2024. How aggregate electricity demand responds to hourly wholesale price fluctuations. Energy Economics.
• Ruhnau, O., Eicke, A., Sgarlato, R., Tröndle, T., Hirth, L., 2024. Cost-potential curves of onshore wind energy: the role of disamenity costs. Environmental and Resource Economics.
• Ruhnau, O., Stiewe, C., Muessel, J., Hirth, L., 2023. Natural gas savings in Germany during the 2022 energy crisis. Nature Energy.
• Ruhnau, O., Schiele, J., 2023. Flexible green hydrogen: The effect of relaxing simultaneity requirements on project design, economics, and power sector emissions. Energy Policy.
• Muessel, J., Ruhnau, O., Madlener, R., 2023. Accurate and scalable representation of electric vehicles in energy system models: A virtual storage-based aggregation approach. iScience.

Selected Media Publications

• Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2023: Warum sich die Lage auf dem Gasmarkt entspannt
• Tagesspiegel, 2023: Gasverbrauch ist in Deutschland 2022 stark zurückgegangen

Standort

Alte Wagenfabrik: Vogelsanger Str. 321a | 50827 Köln | Anfahrt