Writing a thesis on an energy-related topic

Below you will find helpful information on previous bachelor, master thesis topics and additional external energy data sources:

Previous thesis topics:

Electricity market

• The relationship between reservoir levels and Nordic electricity spot price
• The effect of wind and solar energy on the Dutch imbalance market
• Improvement of competition in the Dutch electricity market, a second function of renewable energy sources?
• The Comparison Between Fossil Energy and Renewable Energy in Norway
• To what extent do spot and forward natural gas and coal prices explain the month-ahead forward electricity price in the PHELIX market?
• The effect of expected German renewable feed-in on the Dutch day-ahead electricity price
• What is the impact of the German nuclear power phase-out on net energy imports?
  

Environmental policy

• The waterbed effect: interaction of renewable energy policies with the European Union Emissions Trading System
• The green paradox of climate policy: investigating shareholder value in the oil and gas industry
• Low carbon prices in the EU Emission Trading System: Caused by the market design or external factors?
• Cost-effectiveness of Renewable Energy Support Schemes – A Panel Data Analysis on Germany

Finance:

Gas Market

• What drives natural gas prices at European hubs
• Impact of natural gas storage on natural gas prices
• The effect of shale gas production on the gas price in the United States

Macro-economics

• Impact of Renewable Energy on Economic Growth: A Comparison between Germany and the Netherlands
• The impact of the Energiewende on employment in the German energy sector
• Environmental Kuznets Curve for OECD countries
  

Small Business & Entrepreneurship

• New ventures in the energy industry: corporate ventures and/or independent ventures
• Corporate entrepreneurship in the energy industry (this may include corporate venturing, but also innovation and strategic renewal)
• Financing of entrepreneurial initiatives in the energy industry
• Policies to promote entrepreneurial initiatives in the energy industry (more from a macro perspective)
• Cooperation among large and small firms in the energy industry

External data sources:

• A lot of information on renewable energy, in particular in Germany can be found at the website of Frauenhofer Institute.
• See for references to data on electricity prices, production of renewables in Germany, weather conditions, etc.: Mulder and Scholtens (2013).
• Check out the website of CBS for data on characteristics of Dutch energy production, demand, etc.
• Have a look at the website of IEA with a lot of information on energy in OECD countries.
• The same goes for the website of European Commission and the website of European regulator of energy markets (ACER) .
• For weather data, see the website of NASA: https://power.larc.nasa.gov/new

Additional sources: BP or World Bank