26 March 2020
1) Harry van der Weijde (University of Edinburgh): Risk aversion in multilevel electricity market models with different congestion pricing regimes
2) Jacob Mays (Cornell University): Quasi-stochastic electricity markets
2 April 2020
1) Maximilian Parzen (University of Edinburgh): Holistic Value Assessment to improve Energy Storage Designs
2) Panos Papadopoulos (Elin Verd SA): Introduction to Elin Verd
9 April 2020 | Expansion planning
1) Kenjiro Yagi (Ohio State University) on “Solving Capacity-Expansion Problems for Power Systems with Hydroelectric and Renewable Resources Using Representative Operating Days”
2) Jalal Kazempour (Technical University of Denmark): Distributionally Robust Chance-Constrained Generation Expansion Planning.
Paper
16 April 2020 | European electricity markets
1) Mirjam Ambrosius (Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg): Endogenous Price Zones and Investment Incentives in Electricity Markets: An Application of Multilevel Optimization with Graph Partitioning
Working paper
2) Harry van der Weijde (University of Edinburgh): Uncertain bidding zone configurations: the role of expectations for transmission and generation capacity expansion
Paper
23 April 2020 | Stochastic and robust optimisation
1) Ilyès Mezghani (UC Louvain): Stochastic AC Optimal Power Flow: A Data-Driven Approach
Slides | Working paper
2) Shahab Dehghan (University of Leeds): Two-Stage vs. Multi-Stage Adaptive Robust Transmission Expansion Planning
Slides
30 April 2020 | Market design
1) Danielle Morey (Ohio State University): Modeling Vertical Integration in Multi-commodity Energy Markets)
7 May 2020 | Natural gas models
1) Johannes Thürauf (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg): Bookings and Technical Capacities in the European Entry-Exit Gas Market
Slides | Paper 1 | Paper 2 | Working Paper 1 | Working Paper 2
2) Chad Huemme (University of Maryland): Mixed Complementarity Modeling in the Global Natural Gas Market
14 May 2020 | Game theory / strategic interaction
1) Joseph Duggan (University of Dayton): Tacit collusion in repeated unit commitment auctions.
2) Kenneth Bruninx (KU Leuven): The long-term impact of the market stability reserve on the EU Emission Trading System.
Paper
28 May 2020 | Energy storage
1) Jonathan Ogland-Hand (ETH Zürich): Using Geologic CO2 Storage and Geothermal Energy Resources for Energy Storage in Transmission Constrained Electricity Systems.
Personal web page
2) Ruben Bravo Vargas (University of Edinburgh): Design and operational optimisation of hybrid solar power plants with thermochemical energy storage.
Paper
11 June 2020 | Uncertainty in energy markets
1) Jörn C. Richstein (DIW Berlin): An auction story: How simple bids struggle with uncertainty.
Paper
2) Harry van der Weijde (University of Edinburgh): Better resource data is not always worth it: on optimal wind speed uncertainty.
Paper
