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Institution: University of Utrecht
Netherlands
Retrieved : 2018-11-09 Expired
Description :

The provision of affordable, reliable and sustainable energy to society requires energy to be generated, distributed, consumed and managed in novel ways. The project E-REGIO was recently granted by the European funding scheme ERA-NET Smart Energy Systems. The project aims to analyse, test and validate a new way to implement local energy markets using storage units in combination with solar PV and flexible assets such as electric vehicles and heat pumps, supervised by a Local System Operator (LSO). The real local energy markets will be implemented in two pilots, in Norway and Sweden, in order to demonstrate feasibility under various regulatory regimes.


E-REGIO seeks to combine cross-national knowledge and demonstration projects to further bring to life the concept of local smart energy. A local energy market is a trading platform to enable producers, prosumers and consumers to exchange local and renewable electricity in a neighbourhood. Such live tests are new, and research is needed in order to find the correct business models and the connection with wholesale and balancing markets, as well as with the regulatory frameworks in Europe. Utrecht University will perform fundamental research and simulation studies in order to find the best design for such a market, which will empower all stakeholders. The main challenges our project will address are: 1. Enabling an increased flexibility of the power system to cope with the growing share of intermittent, variable and decentralised renewable generation and managing the complex interactions between various actors. 2. Increase network capacity to support increased generation and transmission resulting from renewables and in support of the energy market. 3. Provide information, services, market architectures and privacy guarantees to support local markets for energy products and services, whilst facilitating active participation of end-users.


In the E-REGIO project Utrecht University collaborates with Smart Innovation Østfold, Norway (project coordinator, expert in energy markets and business models), eSmart, Norway (digital technology provider), Skagerak Nett, Norway (piloting distribution system operator) and KIC InnoEnergy, Sweden (piloting partner and business models expert). 

The candidate will collaborate with staff from the project team as well as with other researchers in the Energy & Resources group of the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development. The main tasks will be in: modelling and simulating the bidding behaviour of actors that operate renewable energy generation and storage technologies; designing the market structure and testing the software for local market clearing algorithms and related pricing mechanisms; evaluating the profitability (business cases) of various smart energy products and services in a local market context.





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