P. Krstevski, J. Angelov, R. Taleski, A. Krkoleva, K. Naumoski, A. Paunoski
{"title":"Facilitating DACF by implementation of integrated software solutions","authors":"P. Krstevski, J. Angelov, R. Taleski, A. Krkoleva, K. Naumoski, A. Paunoski","doi":"10.1109/EEM.2012.6254731","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM.2012.6254731","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is to present how the Day Ahead Congestion Forecast (DACF) procedure can be facilitated and automated by a specially developed software solution. DACF is a regular procedure for power flow forecast in the European Interconnected network, performed on daily basis (today for tomorrow). The emphasis in this paper is on the first step of the procedure which is creation of regional forecasted network models. The paper presents the structure and the functionalities of the developed solution for network model creation which includes UCTE format data conversion, merging several network models into a single model, generating new models based on user defined inputs and stored network data and comparing different network models of a stored network. The proposed solution can be upgraded with new additional functionalities, which makes it rather flexible for further use.","PeriodicalId":383754,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on the European Energy Market","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125504307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Barin, L. Canha, A. Abaide, R. B. Orling, L. Martins
{"title":"Selection of hybrid renewable energy systems in landfills","authors":"A. Barin, L. Canha, A. Abaide, R. B. Orling, L. Martins","doi":"10.1109/EEM.2012.6254655","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM.2012.6254655","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is select the most appropriate hybrid energy system fueled by biogas from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. The paper provides some results obtained from the implementation of the MACBETH multicriteria evaluation approach for the comparison of five types of renewable energy technologies (RET) fueled by biogas. Besides, this methodology is also applied in the evaluation of three different types of energy storage systems (ESS) that could be used in a MSW landfill. Several criteria are used for the investigation: efficiency, cogeneration, lifecycle, environmental impacts and costs. Subsequently, the methodology will consider costs and environment perspectives.","PeriodicalId":383754,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on the European Energy Market","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115059734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Allocation of interchange power flow portions through a strategy based on network matrices","authors":"B. F. Santos, R. Salgado","doi":"10.1109/EEM.2012.6254775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM.2012.6254775","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, a methodology based on network matrices is used to assign parcels of the power flow in tie lines to buses of distinct areas. This type of assignment allows both the identification of buses with the greatest influence on the power interchange, and the charging of every bus in these areas for the use of specific transmission lines. From these results, it is also possible to determine control actions to alleviate power flow in interchange lines. In this paper a linear approach is proposed for this control action. Numerical results obtained with two IEEE test systems illustrate the features of the proposed methodology.","PeriodicalId":383754,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on the European Energy Market","volume":"262 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116450743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Marques, P. Almeida, M. Cunha, M. Paco, M. Rocha, A. Trindade
{"title":"What drives efficiency on the Portuguese gas distribution?","authors":"V. Marques, P. Almeida, M. Cunha, M. Paco, M. Rocha, A. Trindade","doi":"10.1109/EEM.2012.6254744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM.2012.6254744","url":null,"abstract":"With a history of less than two decades, the Portuguese natural gas sector is still growing. Consequently, the impact of regulatory reform is evidently recent. The aim of this paper is to assess the performance of the Portuguese gas distributors in order to define the efficiency targets for the regulatory period, 2010-2013. It also conducted further analysis in order to determine the best level of attainable operating costs by determining the major costs drivers. Therefore, the focus was on the deterministic frontier method, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) accounting for variable returns to scale (VRS). This technique allowed the computation of X-factors for each firm. The study suffered from data problems since the sector is very recent and the set of comparable companies is small. In order to avoid misspecifications or misinterpretations, firms were divided into three main groups with different scale factors and exogenous factors were also considered. The cross-section analysis was crossed with a dynamic one using panel data methodology.","PeriodicalId":383754,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on the European Energy Market","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130917879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Abdisalaam, I. Lampropoulos, J. Frunt, G. Verbong, W. Kling
{"title":"Assessing the economic benefits of flexible residential load participation in the Dutch day-ahead auction and balancing market","authors":"A. Abdisalaam, I. Lampropoulos, J. Frunt, G. Verbong, W. Kling","doi":"10.1109/EEM.2012.6254645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM.2012.6254645","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper the authors present the potential cost-savings that may arise due to demand response from residential customers participating in the Amsterdam Power eXchange (APX) day-ahead auction and the Dutch balancing energy market which is organised by TenneT, the Dutch Transmission System Operator (TSO). For this purpose, a model for residential demand response is developed that utilises as input historical market data. Furthermore, the model synthesises a daily load profile based on load profiles of Dutch residential customers and simulated data to represent aggregate demands of domestic appliances and electric vehicles. The model is built around the concept of the aggregator, an envisioned legal entity, that contracts large amounts of residential customers and then coordinates them in real-time under different objectives (i.e. economic optimisation based on predicted day-ahead prices and the provision of balancing energy). Simulation results show that the potential economic benefits of residential demand response, on the Dutch electricity markets, is relatively low on a per household basis, but not negligible for the business case of the aggregator.","PeriodicalId":383754,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on the European Energy Market","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129823149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selling price for a retailer using a comprehensive methodology with risk management","authors":"J. J. López, J. Aguado, S. Martin, F. Martin","doi":"10.1109/EEM.2012.6254739","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM.2012.6254739","url":null,"abstract":"Retail electricity markets are critical in assuring that final customers receive the full benefits of competition in wholesale electricity markets. Retailers act as a service interface between the energy market and customers. In this paper, a comprehensive methodology to solve the problem that retailers face in an electricity energy market, including risk management, is proposed. The methodology consist of two main stages, at the first stage, consumers are characterized and classified using clustering techniques, and at the second stage an optimization problem for each group of consumers is solved to get the optimal energy offer. The optimization problem considers uncertainty of price from the wholesale market through a scenario tree, and the Conditional Value at Risk (CVaR) as risk measure. The problem results into a quadratic optimization problem, and it is solved using the GAMS software.","PeriodicalId":383754,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on the European Energy Market","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130035328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Very high penetration of renewable energy sources to the European electricity system in the context of model-based analysis of an energy roadmap towards a low carbon EU economy by 2050","authors":"P. Capros, Nikolaos Tasios, Adamantios Marinakis","doi":"10.1109/EEM.2012.6254669","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM.2012.6254669","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines a series of scenarios achieving progressively very high levels of renewable energy sources (RES) share in the European electricity generation mix in the context of a roadmap to a low carbon economy in Europe quantified using the PRIMES model. Such high RES penetration levels practically require particularly high deployment of wind and solar, which are variable, else intermittent, sources of power. Implications that this inconvenient characteristic could have on the development of the European electricity system are investigated in this paper. Two moderating technologies are modeled, simulated and analyzed in terms of their ability to deal with the issue of intermittency: a) storage of energy in the form of hydrogen, and b) new DC transmission grid investments. A set of results are provided, illustrating the effect of each of these technologies.","PeriodicalId":383754,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on the European Energy Market","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114117242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CO2 emissions, fuel mix, final energy consumption and regulation of renewable energy sources in the EU-15","authors":"T. Alexopoulos, D. Thomakos, D. Tzavara","doi":"10.1109/EEM.2012.6254800","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM.2012.6254800","url":null,"abstract":"Global warning has emerged as the most prominent problem of our times. As such reducing GHG emissions have become the centre of environmental policies across the globe. The EU wants to play a leading role to the direction of alleviating climate change and for that purpose has set targets to reduce GHG by 20% and raise the share of renewable energy to 20% by 2020. Regulation to promote RES is considered an important factor to achieve the target of reducing CO2 emissions. However, the link between CO2 emissions and regulation to promote RES use has drawn little attention to this point. The aim of this paper is to extend existing research on the link between CO2 emissions, fossil fuels and final energy consumption, by including Res regulation into the factors driving the evolution of CO2 emissions. We find that conditional upon fossil fuels consumption and final energy consumption, the effect of regulation to promote RES on CO2 emissions is negative and significant.","PeriodicalId":383754,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on the European Energy Market","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114957735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Combining climate and energy policies: Synergies or antagonisms?","authors":"Oskar Lecuyer, Ruben Bibas","doi":"10.1109/EEM.2012.6254732","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM.2012.6254732","url":null,"abstract":"The European Union plans to include an energy efficiency binding target in addition to the renewable energy and CO2 emissions targets. This would be the third binding target in the Climate and Energy Package. In this paper, we develop a requisite framework to study interactions arising from the combination of instruments aiming at reducing emissions, promoting renewable energy production and reducing energy demand through energy efficiency investments. The model allows for the exact assessment of the instruments interactions for quantities and prices. All studied instruments lead to emissions reductions. Moreover, a carbon price tends to give the right incentives for renewable energy and energy efficiency objectives as well. Contrary to these expected positive outcomes, we find that the combination of more than two instruments leads to significant antagonisms regarding major policy objectives.","PeriodicalId":383754,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on the European Energy Market","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116461006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Price caps and fluctuating demands in electricity markets: Experimental evidence of competitive bidding","authors":"C. Le Coq, H. Orzen","doi":"10.1109/EEM.2012.6254736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM.2012.6254736","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports results from a laboratory experiment designed to test how competitive behavior is sensitive to price cap and demand level in a uniform price auction. Several features of the electricity markets inspire the experimental design. Two treatments with different price caps are considered and demand is high in certain periods, and low in others. In addition the market is characterized by excess capacity regardless of the demand level and competitive outcome is predicted. Although attempts to collude do take place, these fail to increase market prices in any substantial way. Despite this, inefficiencies do occur as the attempts at colluding imply that marginal costs fail to equalize across firms. This allocative inefficiencies appear to be more severe, both when the demand is high and when the price cap is high.","PeriodicalId":383754,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on the European Energy Market","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114592160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}