This paper studies the role of flexibility sources in the European electricity market, using a system dynamics model that includes various socio-technical factors, and a novel flexibility scoring concept. The learning rate impact of a new technology (gas-CCS) on the system’s flexibility is...

Massive increases in Internet data traffic over the last years have led to rapidly rising electricity demand and CO2 emissions, giving rise to environmental externalities and network congestion costs. One particular concern is the rise in data traffic generated by video-streaming services. We...

The integration of energy hubs – as an important component of future energy networks that will employ demand-side management techniques – has a key role in the process of efficiency improvement and reliability enhancement of power grids. In such power grids, energy hub operators need to...

Auctions have recently been introduced in many countries as a useful alternative to accomplish renewable energy supports. However, they are often accompanied by a high concentration of renewable energy power plants at productive sites, at the expense of other, less favorable sites. This paper...