Research

Working papers

• Media coverage: [Vlaamse Nutsregulator][De Standaard][De Tijd]

Refereed publications

1. The proof of the pudding is in the heating: A field experiment on household engagement with heat pump flexibility (with Baptiste Rigaux and Sam Hamels)

• Media coverage: [De Standaard][Het Laatste Nieuws][Livios]

2. Tracking Demographic and Financial Trends in Renewable Energy Cooperative Membership in Belgium using Survey and Bank Transaction Data (with Melita Van Steenberghe, Aislinn D’hulster, Johannes Weytjens, and Koen Schoors)

3. Carbon Policy and the Emissions Implications of Electric Vehicles (with Kenneth Gillingham and Stephanie Weber)

3. 1. • Media coverage: [E&E News]

4. Strategic climate policy in global aviation: Aviation fuel taxes and efficiency standards with duopolistic aircraft producers (with Stef Proost)

• Media coverage: [De Standaard]

5. The Effectiveness of Future Financial Benefits on PV Adoption-Evidence from Belgium (with Justus Böning, Kenneth Bruninx, Guido Pepermans and Erik Delarue)

6. Which combinations of renewable energy policies work better? Insights from policy text synergies in China (with Xing Hu, Shiwei Yu and Xu Fang)

7. Cost-Efficiency and Quality Regulation of Energy Network Utilities

8. The effect of flow-based market coupling on cross-border exchange volumes and price convergence in Central-Western European electricity markets  (with Michiel Kenis, Kenneth Van den Bergh, Kenneth Bruninx, and Erik Delarue)

9. Electrolytic hydrogen has to show its true colors (with Kenneth Bruninx and Jorge Moncada)

10. Reliability standards and generation adequacy assessments for interconnected electricity systems (with Nicolas Astier)

• Best Paper Award at 2021 Florence School of Regulation Annual Conference

11. Cost-effective reduction of fossil energy use in the European transport sector: An assessment of the Fit for 55 Package (with Stef Proost)

12. COVID-19, Green Deal and recovery plan permanently change emissions and prices in EU ETS Phase IV. (with Kenneth Bruninx) 

13. Field Experimental Evidence Shows that Self-Interest Attracts More Sunlight (with Kenneth Gillingham and Bryan Bollinger), 

• Media coverage: [Nature]

14. The Short-run and Long-run Effects of Covid-19 on Energy and the Environment (with Kenneth Gillingham, Christopher Knittel, Jing Li and Mar Reguant)

14. 1. • Media coverage: [The Guardian],[Bloomberg],[Science Daily],[Natural Resources Defense Council]

15. The Long-Term Impact of the Market Stability Reserve on the European Emission Trading System (with Kenneth Bruninx and Erik Delarue)

16. How Detailed Value of Lost Load Data Impact Power System Reliability Decisions: A Trade-off between Efficiency and Equity (with Evelyn Heylen, Stef Proost, Geert Deconinck and Dirk Van Hertem) 

17. A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Reliability Criteria: From Deterministic N-1 to a Probabilistic Approach (with Evelyn Heylen, Stef Proost, Geert Deconinck and Dirk Van Hertem)

18. Fairness and Inequality in Power System Reliability: Summarizing Indices (with Evelyn Heylen, Stef Proost, Geert Deconinck and Dirk Van Hertem)

19. Cross-border Exchange and Sharing of Generation Reserve Capacity (with Fridrik Mar Baldursson, Ewa Lazarczyk and Stef Proost) 

20. Optimal Electricity Transmission Reliability: Going beyond the N-1 Criterion (with Stef Proost)

20. 1. • Best Student Paper Award at 2016 IAEE International Conference

Science communication

Capaciteitstarief is wel degelijk nuttig instrument (2025) De Tijd [Link]

Vliegen of sporen (2025) [Dutch]

Heating flexibly with heat pumps (2025) [Dutch][English]

• Media coverage: [De Standaard][Het Laatste Nieuws][Livios]

Hoe we de vraag naar elektriciteit beter kunnen doen reageren op variabele hernieuwbare energie (2024) [Dutch]

• Media coverage: [De Standaard][De Morgen]

Four recommendations for a stable and sustainable electricity market (2023) [Dutch][English]

• Media coverage: [De Tijd][De Standaard][De Morgen][Het Laatste Nieuws]

Other publications

Collective energy sharing: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Survey Evidence of the Willingness to Invest (2023), report prepared for DG Energy [Link]