Projects
Resilience of and flexibility in agricultural production systems Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The aim of this project is to make the theoretical concepts of ‘resilience’ and 'flexibility' of agricultural systems more tangible by identifying operational indicators, phenomena and strategies that have a clear impact on resilience. The intention is to develop methods to introduce resilience in farm management and to derive recommendations for research, education and policy. Resilience is the ...
ECOsystem to leverage local FLEXibility from multi-energy and e-mobility assets for grid balancing and securing energy supply Ghent University
ECOFLEX is a fundamental/industrial research project in axis 3. It investigates how smart energy management of EV-charging infrastructure and of sustainable multi-energy communities can contribute to balancing of the grid and to security of supply. More specifically the overall goal of the project is to leverage this newly available controllable power in the grid (i.e. flexibility). The resulting value creation (economic and ecological) ...
Control algorithms for flexibility inpower-to-X and industrial processes (InduFlexControl-2)
Catalisti
The general goal of this follow-up cSBO project is to develop data-driven modelling techniques and control methodologies, harness flexibility in the energy-intensive industry and enable its active participation in the energy transition while remaining cost-efficient and low in CO2 emissions. This proposal is a continuation of the previous sprint-cSBO project InduFlexControl. However, ...
Accelerating low voltage flexibility participation in a grid safe manner (ALEXANDER). University of Antwerp
Quantification and Optimal Control of District Heating Network Flexibility KU Leuven
In the evolution to a more sustainable energy system, large shares of renewable and residual energy sources are required. However, their intermittency calls for a more flexible energy system as well. One of the ways to create energy flexibility is through temporary energy storage. By storing excess energy at one point in time, an energy shortage can be compensated at another time.
District heating systems contain many places to store ...
Innovative and efficient solution, based on modular, versatile, smart process units for energy and resource flexibility in highly energy intensive processes KU Leuven
The project aims to design, develop and validate an innovative solution, the CIRMET solution, to provide energy and resource flexibility to Energy Intensive Industries (EIIs)
The CIRMET solution will be validated in an operational environment (TRL7) in an existing process plant (non-ferrous sector) while the replicability of the solution will be assessed in three additional energy intensive sectors (steel, cement and water sector). For ...
Beyond role conflict? Work flexibility, task division and the balance between work and familiy in Europe. KU Leuven
Essays on labour contract flexibility and corporate finance in Belgian SMEs. KU Leuven
A data-driven analysis of residential electricity flexibility Ghent University
To achieve a climate-neutral electricity system, it is crucial to fully tap into the potential of residential flexibility. However, there is limited knowledge regarding the obstacles preventing households from adjusting their electricity usage in a flexible manner according to the system's requirements. This research project utilizes causal inference techniques to shed light on these barriers and propose strategies to overcome them. We ...