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Marie Münster is Professor in Energy System Analysis at the Technical University of Denmark. She holds a M.Sc. in Energy Planning and a PhD in Energy Modeling. Marie Münster has extensive experience within the field of energy system modeling with focus on integrated energy systems and smart sector coupling analyzing technologies producing power, heat, gases and transport fuels (including PtX).
She is a member of the Danish Climate Council, the Climate Advisory Board of Ecole Polytechnique, the Advisory Board of the ElForsk and the referee panel of the Maritime DTU Orients research foundations.
She has been project leader and WP lead on several Danish and international research projects. She mainly contributes with teaching on the DTU Master in Sustainable Energy.
Research areas
Since 2000, Marie Münster has worked within the fields of energy planning and renewable energy technologies. From 2000-2006 she worked as a consultant specializing in energy planning and renewable energy. From 2006 she has been involved in energy research. Marie Münster has acquired extensive experience within the field of energy system modeling (e.g. with Balmorel, EnergyPLAN, STREAM) with focus on the potential future role of renewable energy potentials including waste, of energy grids (electricity, district heating and gas) and of sector coupling. Her PhD focused on energy system analyses of Waste-to-Energy technologies. A more recent focus is green fuels for transport and industry including PtX.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD Energy System Analysis, Aalborg University/ Risø DTU
2006 → 2009
M.Sc. Engineering - Energy Planning, Aalborg University
1995 → 2000
External positions
PhD student, Aalborg University
1 May 2006 → 30 Apr 2009
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Energy Partnership Programme between Ethiopia and Denmark: Workshop Report
Hansen, J. C., Clausen, N.-E., Østergaard, P. A. & Münster, M., 2025, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark: DTU Wind and Energy Systems. 25 p. (DTU Wind Energy I; No. I-1813).Research output: Book/Report › Report › Commissioned
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Modelling hydrogen in sector coupled energy systems
Münster, M., Bramstoft, R., Bregnbæk, L., Campion, N., Kjærgård Hald, M., Eleftheriou, D., Karlsson, K., Koumparakis, C., Kountouris, I., Radoszynski, A. M., Thellufsen, J. Z., Yuan, M. & Lund, H., 2025, In: Energy. 332, 137092.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The benefits and challenges of soft-linking investment and operational energy system models
Rosendal, M., Janin, J., Heggarty, T., Pisinger, D., Bramstoft, R. & Münster, M., 2025, In: Applied Energy. 385, 125512.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Trade-offs between environmental impacts and producion costs: study case of e-fuels
Campion, N., Koumparakis, C., Montanari, G., Sharma, D. & Münster, M., 2025, 1st International Conference on Absolute Sustainability – From Less Bad to Good Enough: Programme and Book of Abstracts. DTU Centre for Absolute Sustainability, p. 97-97 1 p. P7.2Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Advancing SSP-aligned scenarios of shipping toward 2050
Kramel, D., Franz, S. M., Klenner, J., Muri, H., Münster, M. & Strømman, A. H., 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 8965.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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De-Risking Green Maritime Fuel Transition
Guardia Calsina, P. (PhD Student), Münster, M. (Main Supervisor), Oehmen, J. P. H. (Supervisor), Lythcke-Elberling, C. (Supervisor), Yeh, S. (Supervisor) & Pedersen, R. B. B. (Supervisor)
01/12/2025 → 30/11/2028
Project: PhD
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Assessing Absolute Environmental Sustainability of the Green Energy Transition
Sharma, D. (PhD Student), Münster, M. (Main Supervisor), Bjørn, A. (Supervisor) & Campion, N. J. B. (Supervisor)
15/12/2024 → 14/12/2027
Project: PhD
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GREAT: GRid Enhancement for Ancillaries in Tomorrow’s power systems
Das, K. (PI), Saborío-Romano, O. (CoI), Pedersen, R. B. B. (Project Participant), Cutululis, N. A. (Project Participant), Münster, M. (Project Participant), Engelhardt, J. (Project Participant), Marinelli, M. (Project Participant), Baviskar, A. U. (Project Participant), Koivisto, M. J. (Project Participant), Kanellas, P. (Project Participant), Zhu, R. (Project Participant), Sørensen, P. E. S. (Project Participant), Bahl, M. H. (Project Participant), Unterluggauer, T. (Project Participant), Zunino, P. (Project Participant), Balanza, T. (Project Participant), Rosendal, M. B. (Project Participant) & Grandin, M. (Project Participant)
01/05/2024 → 30/04/2028
Project: Research
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Energy system modelling of renewable fuel value chains and infrastructure
Fristed, F. (PhD Student), Münster, M. (Main Supervisor), Langer, L. (Supervisor) & Pedersen, R. B. B. (Supervisor)
01/03/2024 → 28/02/2027
Project: PhD
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Modeling sector coupling for large-scale sectoral energy models using smart-linking approaches
Graulich, T. A. (PhD Student), Münster, M. (Main Supervisor), Ghaddar, B. (Supervisor) & Pedersen, R. B. B. (Supervisor)
01/02/2024 → 31/01/2027
Project: PhD
Activities
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Leveraging similarities in Grid Topologies for Learning in Power Systems
Graulich, T. A. (Guest lecturer), Münster, M. (Guest lecturer), Pedersen, R. B. B. (Guest lecturer) & Ghaddar, B. (Guest lecturer)
25 Jun 2025Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Benefits and challenges of soft-linking for large-scale energy system modelling
Rosendal, M. B. (Guest lecturer), Pisinger, D. (Guest lecturer), Pedersen, R. B. B. (Guest lecturer) & Münster, M. (Guest lecturer)
1 Jul 2024Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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European Energy Policy Conference 2024
Kitzing, L. (Organizer), Münster, M. (Organizer) & Keles, D. (Panel member)
26 Sept 2024 → 27 Sept 2024Activity: Attending an event › Participating in or organising a conference
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Policies to drive heating and cooling towards decarbonisation: a model based ex-ante assessment
Kranzl, L. (Speaker), Büchele, R. (Other), Hummel, M. (Other), Münster, M. (Guest lecturer), Petrovic, S. (Other), Ben Amer, S. (Guest lecturer), Karlsson, K. B. (Guest lecturer), Fleiter, T. (Other), Popovski, E. (Other), Aydemir, A. (Other) & Steinbach, J. (Other)
10 Jun 2018 → 13 Jun 2018Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Modelling of Future Electricity Prices
Münster, M. (Main supervisor), Balyk, O. (Supervisor) & Pizarro Alonso, A. R. (Supervisor)
2 Jan 2017 → 2 Jun 2017Activity: Examinations and supervision › Supervisor activities
Press/Media
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16 energiforskere fra fem universiteter: Lad os få mere fakta i atomkraftdebatten
Østergaard, J., Münster, M., Morthorst, P. E., Madsen, H., Rosendal, M. B., Lund, H., Thellufsen, J. Z., Mathiesen, B. V., Madsen, P. T., Østergaard, P. A., Nielsen, S., Sorknæs, P., Wenzel, H., Sørensen, P. B., Andresen, G. B. & Victoria, M.
19/12/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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DTU-forskere: Forsyningsstrategi er risikabel for samfundsøkonomien
Sneum, D. M. & Münster, M.
03/01/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media