Biography
Peer Brigger is a Research Assistant in the Electricity team at the Florence School of Regulation. His work focuses on electricity market design, flexibility, storage, and the regulatory frameworks needed to support the energy transition. At FSR, he researches the coordination of capacity markets and non-fossil flexibility support schemes in the European Union. Using quantitative electricity market modelling, he analyses how different long-term procurement designs affect investment signals, the capacity mix, system costs, wholesale electricity prices, and public support spending.
Peer holds an MSc in Energy Science and Technology from ETH Zurich. As part of his Master’s degree, he conducted his thesis research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he worked on optimization and pricing mechanisms for battery storage in distribution grids. His thesis examined how market and regulatory design can create stronger incentives for flexibility and storage investment. He also completed an exchange semester at TU Delft, focusing on energy storage and smart power grids.
Before joining FSR, Peer gained applied industry experience at Energie 360° AG in Zurich, where he developed a Python-based optimization tool to support PV and battery investment decisions and worked on machine-learning-based demand forecasting. Across his academic and professional work, he combines engineering, optimization, data-driven decision-making, and electricity market analysis. He is particularly interested in research that connects rigorous modelling with practical policy and regulatory questions.