PUBLICATIONS
Recent media interviews and webinars are linked below, together with energy systems and energy modelling papers written over the course of my career. I was also a former contributor to Forbes here.
Media Mentions
“Extraordinary:” Battery storage prices plunge again, as wind and solar curtailment levels soar | September 8, 2025 | Reneweconomy
“Watershed moment:” Big battery storage prices hit record low in huge China auction | July 3, 2025 | Reneweconomy
Scaling Up In Saudi Arabia | June, 2025 | PV Magazine
Gulf states tap cheap Chinese batteries to power renewable ambitions | June 18, 2025 | FT
BESS industry starts to diversify away from 20-foot container, back to modular | May 9, 2025 | Energy Storage News
How is BESS faring in the Middle East? | April 10, 2025 | Technical Review Middle East
Industry answers key questions at Energy Storage Summit opening morning | February 18, 2025 | Energy Storage News
A fork in the road for energy storage | February 7, 2025 | PV Magazine
Fire at Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility: What we know so far | January 24, 2025 | Energy Storage News
A locus for battery development | January 2025 | PV Magazine
‘Mind-blowing’ bids in Power China’s 16GWh BESS tender as state-owned firms squeeze market share | December 19 , 2024 | Energy Storage News
“Mind blowing:” Battery cell prices plunge in China’s biggest energy storage auction | December 17 , 2024 | Reneweconomy
Ease of installation and better availability to drive shift to AC block solutions | November 13 , 2024 | Energy Storage News
Energizing MENA: Battery Energy Storage Solutions and Technological Advances | July 3 , 2024 | Solarabic
Battery storage is about to overtake global capacity of pumped hydro | May 14, 2024 | Renew Economy
Batteries, Dominos & Exponential Mathematics | Febraury 16, 2024 | Oxford University
From start-up to scale-up: The future of energy storage solutions | May 10, 2023 | The Economist
Battery storage behind the scenes: What U.S. companies need to know | June 27, 2022 | Power Engineering
The Business Of Sustainability Forbes Under 30 Residency Panel | March 15, 2022 | Forbes
Leading the Charge: Connected Alumni Magazine | March 1, 2022 | Reading University
Gravity Could Solve Clean Energy’s One Major Drawback | January 4, 2022 | Wired
Piecing together the ‘jigsaw of value’ in UK energy storage | May 24, 2021 | Energy Storage News
Emerging energy storage use cases and factors driving utility adoption | March 5, 2021 | Smart Energy International
Piecing together the 'jigsaw of value' in UK energy storage | February 2021 | PV Tech
Fluence Hires Marek Kubik as MD of UK, Ireland and Israel | February 4, 2021 | Energy Storage Journal
The long read: Whipping up inertia | November 14, 2020 | PV Magazine
Interview with Marek Kubik, leading expert on Energy Storage | October 2020 | Clima Investments
Battery Storage to top out at 10 hours say webinar speakers | July 2, 2020 | ReTHINK
Energy Storage: Why the UK isn't going with the flow | June 12, 2020 | The Energyst
Pandemic Shows A Low Cabon Future In Dire Need Of Batteries | June 3, 2020 | Bloomberg
Energy in transition series: Battery storage | May 20, 2020 | Weightmans
No Subsidies Please, Says Europe’s Struggling Energy Storage Sector | March 5, 2020 | Greentech Media
Q&A: Fluence's Marek Kubik discusses Ultra-fast battery response for DS3 | February 24, 2020 | Energy Storage News
The Dawn of Megastorage | August 19, 2019 | Pv Magazine
The Top TED Talks on clean energy | April 15, 2019 | The Freeing Energy Project
5 Renewable Energy TED Talks to start your 2019 | January 4, 2019 | Forbes.com
Current± Predicts: The Energy Transition in 2019; Part One | December 17, 2018 | Current± News
Silver Bullets are for Werewolf Movies: Being Real About Energy Storage June 25, 2018 | Energy Storage News
Macedonia Energy Forum Live Stream #MEF2018MK | June 7, 2018
Fluence’s Marek Kubik on solar firming and decarbonisation with energy storage March 29, 2018 | Energy Storage News
Time's up for coal. Why renewables and storage will define our future January 22, 2018 | The World Economic Forum
Reading graduate recognised as one of energy industry's brightest talents March 17, 2017 | The University of Reading
Durham Engineering Graduate listed in prestigious 'Forbes 30 Under 30' March 16, 2017 | Durham University
Podcast: Grid-scale battery storage – the view from Europe, November 9, 2016 | Renew Economy (Australia)
Bottling the wind, November 1, 2014 | New Scientist (United States)
China's mythical coal habit is no excuse for climate inaction, October 8, 2014 | Business Spectator (Australia)
Fear of blackouts is no reason to restrict renewable energy, July 7, 2014 | Ecologist (United Kingdom)
Relying on renewables need not mean dealing with blackouts, July 4, 2014 | Conversation UK (Australia)
Europe must look to renewables to solve Ukraine gas crisis, April 29, 2014 | Blue & Green Tomorrow (United Kingdom)
Journal Papers
Brogan, P. V., Best, R., Morrow, J., Duncan R., Kubik, M.L, Stacking Battery Energy Storage Revenues with Enhanced Service Provision. IET Smart Grid June 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-stg.2018.0255
Brogan, P. V., Best, R., Morrow, J., McKinley, K., Kubik, M.L, Effect of BESS Response on Frequency and RoCoF During Under Frequency Transients. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. Vol 34: Issue 1. January 2019. DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2018.2862147.
Brogan, P. V., Best, R., Morrow, J.; Gharavi, H.; Kubik, M.L., Modelling optimisation and protection outcomes from distributed assets controlled to reduce a PMU based multi-objective cost function. The Journal of Engineering. October 2018. Vol: 2018, Issue 15. DOI: 10.1049/joe.2018.0241
Kubik, M.L., P.J. Coker, C. Hunt. The role of conventional generation in managing variability. Energy Policy Journal. Volume 50, November 2012, Pages 253–261. DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.07.010
Kubik, M.L., D.J. Brayshaw, P.J. Coker and J. F. Barlow. Exploring the role of reanalysis data in simulating regional wind generation variability. Renewable Energy Journal. Volume 57, September 2013, Pages 558-561 . DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.02.012, 2013.
Kubik, M.L., P.J. Coker, J.F. Barlow and C. Hunt. A study into the accuracy of using meteorological wind data to estimate turbine generation output. Renewable Energy Journal. Volume 51, March 2013, Pages 153-158. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.08.084
Kubik, M.L., P.J. Coker, and J.F. Barlow. Increasing thermal plant flexibility in a high renewables power system. Applied Energy Journal. Volume 154, September 2015, Pages 102-111. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.04.063
Conference Papers
Kubik, M.L., P.J. Coker and C. Hunt. An overview of the current status of research into adopting high levels of renewables in Ireland. World Renewable Energy Congress XI Conference Proceedings. Elsevier. Abu Dhabi, 2010.
Kubik, M.L., P.J. Coker and C. Hunt. Adopting high levels of renewable electricity: an international perspective on approaches. 1st Annual TSBE EngD Conference Proceedings. Reading University, 2010.
Kubik, M.L., P.J. Coker, C. Hunt. Using meteorological wind data to estimate turbine generation output: a sensitivity analysis. World Renewable Energy Congress 2011 Conference Proceedings. Elsevier. Linkoping University, Sweden, 2011.
Kubik, M.L., P.J. Coker, C. Hunt and A.B Awbi. The impacts of renewable resource variability on conventional thermal generators. 2nd Annual TSBE EngD Conference Proceedings. Reading University, 2011.
Kubik, M.L., D.J. Brayshaw and P.J Coker. Reanalysis: An improved data set for simulating wind generation? World Renewable Energy Forum 2012 Conference Proceedings. Denver, USA, 2012.
Kubik, M.L., P.J. Coker, M. Miller and J. F. Barlow. The value of reducing minimum stable generation for integrating wind energy. 3rd Annual TSBE EngD Conference Proceedings. Reading University, 2012.
Kubik, M.L., M. Miller and P.J. Coker. The impacts and proposed solutions to significant renewable resource variability in Northern Ireland. AES Innovation Congress. Indianapolis, USA, 2013.
Kubik, M.L., P.J. Coker, M. Miller and J. F. Barlow. Responding to the challenges of wind variability. 4th Annual TSBE EngD Conference Proceedings. Reading University, 2013.
P. Brogan, A.H. Alikhanzadeh, R. Best, J. Morrow, and M. L. Kubik, "Fast Frequency Response Requirements for Replacement of Observed Generator Response During Under Frequency Transients" 2017 Cigré | International Symposium, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland, 2017.
P. Brogan, R. Best, J. Morrow, Gharavi, H. and M. L. Kubik , "Modelling Optimisation and Projection Outcomesfrom Distributed Assets Controlled to Reduce a PMU Based Multi-Objective Cost Function" IET DPSP, March 2018.
PDF
P. Brogan, R. Best, J. Morrow, C. Bradley, M. Rafferty and M. L. Kubik, "Triggering BESS Inertial Response with Synchronous Machine Measurements" 2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, August 5 - 10, Portland, USA.
R. Best, A.H. Alikhanzadeh, P. Brogan, J. Morrow, M. L. Kubik and B. Mongan, "Reactive Power Injection from Battery Energy Storage During Voltage Dips at a Thermal Power Plant" 2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, August 5 - 10, Portland, USA.
P. Brogan, R. Best, J. Morrow, A.H. Alikhanzadeh and M. L. Kubik , "Per Unit Displacement of Synchronous Inertia With BESS Synthetic Inertia Devices" 2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, August 4 - 8, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Thesis and Dissertation
Kubik, M.L., The impact of high levels of renewable generation on conventional fossil fuel based electricity markets. Doctoral Thesis, The University of Reading. October 2013.
Kubik, M.L., The Structural Analysis of Geodesic Domes. Engineering Masters Thesis, Durham University School of Engineering, April 2009.
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