Publications related to 2000–01 California electricity crisis

European Economic impacts of cutting energy imports from Russia: A computable general equilibrium analysis

The recent economic sanctions against Russia can jeopardise the sustainability of the European Union's (EU) energy supply. Despite the EU's strong commitment to stringent abatement targets, fossil fuels still play a significant role in the EU energy policy ...

ELSEVIER2022

Designing and assessing solar energy neighborhoods from visual impact

Jérôme Henri Kämpf, Pietro Florio, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera, Giuseppe Peronato

The optimal diffusion of Building Integrated PhotoVoltaics (BIPV) in cities requires diligent planning to arrange temporal and spatial distribution of energy, while preserving the aesthetics of city landscapes. Benefitting from an increasing quality of 3D ...

2021

Towards a digital workflow to assess visual impact of solar modules and their operation within energy-hubs

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Silvia Coccolo, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera, Pietro Florio

This study proposes an integrated methodology to assess the BIPV potential of existing urban neighborhoods, including social acceptance and grid infrastructure management issues; as a demonstration, a case study in Geneva, Switzerland is considered. In par ...

IOP Science2019

Aspects of the energy transition and their effects on power systems

Laurent Vincent Pagnier

Most European countries are committed to an energy transition which consists in the substitution of conventional CO2 emitting energy sources by new renewable energy sources (RES), in particular wind and solar power. As opposed to conventional energy source ...

EPFL2019

Scenario modelling and optimisation of renewable energy integration for the energy transition

Victor Codina Gironès

A large number of countries have engaged themselves in an energy transition towards more re- newable energy in their energy systems. Motivations stem mainly from the need to reduce CO2 emissions, and from a desire of their population to phase out technolog ...

EPFL2018

Energy integration of CO2 networks and Power to Gas for emerging energy autonomous cities in Europe

François Maréchal, Luc Girardin, Raluca-Ancuta Suciu

The concept of urban CO2 networks has been developed to deploy heat pump based district heating and cooling systems in dense urban areas. The use of the CO2 phase change reduces the cost of the heat distribution while allowing to recover waste heat that is ...

2018

Not if, but when? Simulating the impact of timing the nuclear phase-out in Switzerland

Matthias Finger, Reinier Verhoog, Paul Adrianus Van Baal

Swiss electricity companies are faced with uncertainty with regards to the future operation of nuclear power plants in the country. After Fukushima in 2011, the government decided on a gradual phase-out, but only provided a tentative planning. Hence, no ne ...

2017

Potential contributions of wind power to a stable and highly renewable Swiss power supply

Michael Lehning, Annelen Kahl, Albertus Christiaan Kruyt

Using data from two measurement networks, we analyse the following aspects of wind speeds over Switzerland to assess the possibility of high wind power penetration: spatial correlation, persistent low wind power conditions and the diurnal and seasonal wind ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2017

Assessing the potential increase of seasonal energy storage to mitigate the impact of climate change in Switzerland: Case study of the Grande Dixence dam

Anton Schleiss, Pedro Filipe De Almeida Manso, Jérôme François Sylvain Dujardin, Blaise Monay

The total storage capacity of the reservoirs in Switzerland represents only 42% of their annual production of electricity, but secures approximately 100% of hydropower’s contribution to the winter electricity supply. In order to avoid spilling, the storage ...

2017

Intra-day electro-thermal model predictive control for polygeneration systems in microgrids

François Maréchal, Mario Paolone, Ramanunni Parakkal Menon

This paper is framed within the context of intra-day optimal control of polygeneration systems and storage connected to microgrids. In particular, the paper proposes an optimal control strategy that accounts for both electrical and thermal processes taking ...

2016

Coupled energy economic model framework for analyzing Swiss electricity markets in changing policy environments

Sophie Maire

Energy policy needs to rely on the proper understanding of the interactions between policy instruments, consumer preferences, investment behavior, market structure, electricity supply, and the wider policy environment. This asks for appropriate modeling to ...

EPFL2016

Impact of Storage on the Efficiency and Prices in Real-Time Electricity Markets

Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Dan-Cristian Tomozei, Nicolas Gabriel Gast

We study the effect of energy-storage systems in dynamic real-time electricity markets. We consider that demand and renewable generation are stochastic, that real-time production is affected by ramping constraints, and that market players seek to selfishly ...

ACM2013

An Agent-Based Approach to Virtual Power Plants of Wind Power Generators and Electric Vehicles

Matteo Vasirani

Wind power is gaining in significance as an important renewable source of clean energy. However, due to their inherent uncertainty, wind generators are often unable to participate in the forward electricity markets like the more predictable and controllabl ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2013

Modeling of a vanadium redox flow battery electricity storage system

Christian Blanc

Today, the electricity industries are facing new challenges as the market is being liberalized and deregulated in many countries. Electricity storage is undoubtedly a disruptive technology that will play, in the near future, a major role in the fast develo ...

EPFL2009

Boosting the Electricity Sector in West Africa: an Integrative Vision

Edgard Gnansounou

To improve peoples’ living conditions, Western African countries need to considerably reinforce their electricity supply infrastructures. Retrofitting the existing installations and constructing new generation and transmission facilities require significan ...

2008

Assessing the Energy Vulnerability: Case of Industrialised Countries

Edgard Gnansounou

The emergence of new big consumer countries on the energy markets and the perspective of oil and gas depletion at the end of the current century raise the concerns about fair distribution of the remaining resources for the common and sustainable wellbeing ...

2008

Toward a Multi-Agent Architecture for Market Oriented Planning in Electricity Supply Industry

Edgard Gnansounou, Jun Dong, Abdelaziz Lahlou

The liberalization of the electricity supply industry has shifted the analyses and modelling activities from planning to operation. However, project studies and investment appraisal still require medium and long-term anticipation of the electricity market ...

2007

Environomic modeling and multi-objective optimisation of integrated energy systems for power and cogeneration

Hongtao Li

Current and future dynamics, of environmental legislations and trading market, of the fuel and electricity prices due to the market liberalization or resource shortages, and of the innovations of power/cogeneration technologies, impose great challenges on ...

EPFL2006