Projects
The Value of Large-Scale Offshore Energy Storage in the Future Electricity Market KU Leuven
Electricity is a real-time product. Supply and demand, or generation and consumption, have to match exactly at any instance to support the stable operation of the power system. This results from the fact that electricity is not economically storable on a large scale. While this is challenged by techno-economic developments leading to increased and improved storage capacities, storage levels remain well below that of other energy commodities. ...
Computational Game Theory Applied in Electricity Market - Games Played with Heterogeneous Beliefs KU Leuven
Short-Term Demand Response in Electricity Generation Planning and Scheduling - Facilitating Wind Power Integration KU Leuven
Different methodologies are suggested, allowing the ...
Strategic Behaviour in Power Wholesale Electricity Markets: Design, Implementation & Validation of an Agent-based Simulation Platform KU Leuven
In ...
Short-Term Flexibility in Long-Term Planning of Renewable Power Systems KU Leuven
In light of the European climate ambitions, there has been substantial growth in capacity of variable renewable energy sources in many Member States, with significant future growth expected. Such sources impact the operation of the power system by challenging its ability to maintain the short-term balance between supply and demand. Firstly, their output is variable and uncertain, increasing the need for short-term flexibility. Secondly, they ...
TransBio:Biogas Versie 2.0:Â Technological transition of the Flemish biogas sector towards innovative business models with increased profitability and reduced support dependence Biogas-E - Anaerobic digestion platform for Flanders npo
The biogas sector in Flanders counts approx. 40 large scale installations, and 50 to 75 small scale (farm sized) installations. Biogas, as a renewable energy technology, produced 602 GWh of renewable electricity and 850 GWh of renewable heat in 2013. Yearly, 1.3 million tons of organic waste is converted to biogas, alongside hundreds of thousands of tons of manure. The biogas technology is therefore responsible for the valorisation of a large ...
Essays in Development Economics: Evidence from East Africa KU Leuven
This dissertation is divided into four chapters, each built around a different research paper that falls under the broad field of `development economics'. The analysis in all chapters is mostly empirical, relying on primary data collected in recent years from East Africa. Of course, theory plays a key role in directing the analysis. Chapters 1 and 2 study different aspects of female empowerment and household decisions in Tanzania. Chapters 3 ...
Value of Flexibility in Future Electricity Markets KU Leuven
Context
Flexibility is defined as the ability of power systems to cope with expected and unexpected changes in demand and generation, as well as grid disturbances. New technology trends such as variable, renewable generation and distributed energy resources challenge the demand as well the supply of flexibility, historically provided by conventional power plants. The development and deployment of additional resources for flexibility is ...
New spaces of capital: The Real Estate/Financial Complex in Russia and Poland KU Leuven
English Summary
The state-finance-real estate ‘triangle’ found its most spectacular expression in
2007/8 when the collapse of the U.S. mortgage market caused an economic crisis
of global scale. Yet, even though financial news is full of implicit references to the
interaction between the three dimensions, it rarely explicitly addresses it as issue in
its own right. For this reason, Aalbers (2013b:1) has proposed the ...