Jakob Peter studied mechanical engineering at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and CHALMERS University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. He was also part of the UNITECH International Scholarship Program, a cooperation of selected European universities and private-sector companies to educate engineers with an interest in management. As a Mercator fellow, he investigates on new chances and challenges arising from an electricity system with a high share of variable renewable energies. Thereby, he focuses both on regulatory as well as technical aspects.