Industrial PhD Grant

Commoditizing Green Hydrogen in Europe: From Efficient Market Design to Optimal Contracting and Investment

Industrial PhD with Ramboll

September 2024 - August 2027

Funding: 144,000 euro 

Project partners: DTU and Ramboll

PtX Markets ( link )

Markets, Policies, and Business Models for Green Fuels: PtX in Long-term Planning to Short-term Trading and Control, and from Demand to Supply

Grant number: 1150-00001B

January 2024 - December 2025

Funding: 181,000 euro (out of 1,342,000 euro granted to the whole consortium)

This project assesses the market potential for hydrogen and green fuels and their implications for the European electricity market. As such, it focuses on both, the short-term operations of PtX assets on different electricity markets (spot and balancing power), as well as the long-term market design, and regulation of green hydrogen/fuels and biofuels to support the deployment of PtX serving the industrial and transportation demands throughout Europe.

Project partners: DTU, CBS, Evida, Hybrid Greentech, ENFOR, Biogas Danmark, and Energi Danmark

This project has funded the PhD position of Yannick Heiser ( LinkedIn ).

DTU-TU/e Joint PhD

Uncertainty Propagation and Systemic Risk Analysis in Integrated Multi-energy Systems

January 2024 - December 2026

Funding: 134,000 euro 

This project models uncertainty propagation among energy sectors accounting for the physics laws of energy flow, and designs energy markets which are aware of the systemic risk of the whole interconnected multi-energy system. 

Project partners: DTU and TU/e (The Netherlands)

This project has funded the PhD position of Torine Reed Herstad ( LinkedIn ).

ViPES2X ( link )

Fully AI-driven Virtual Power Plant for Energy Storage and Power-to-X

March 2023 - November 2025

Grant number: 640222-496237

Funding: 150,000 euro (out of 1,126,000 euro granted to the whole consortium)

ViPES2X develops bidding strategy decision-making tools for virtual power plants (including storage systems and electrolyzers) based on batch and online learning techniques. Target markets are trading platforms for hydrogen, as well as day-ahead and balancing power markets, and TSO ancillary service markets. 

Project partners: DTU Wind, DTU Energy, Hybrid Greentech, Siemens Gamesa, Lhyfe, and Imperial College London

This project has funded the PhD position of Alice Patig ( LinkedIn ).

HOMEY

H2-driven Business Model: Portfolio Management of a Multi-Energy System under Uncertainty

May 2022 - April 2024

Grant number: 64021-7010

Funding: 429,000 euro (out of 708,000 euro granted to the whole consortium)

HOMEY aims to design market-based operational models for a system, including power-to-X assets (such as electrolyzers and hydrogen storage systems), renewable assets (such as wind and PV) as well as battery energy storage systems. While properly coping with different sources of uncertainty, the goal is to determine the optimal bidding strategy in potential target markets, such as power, ancillary service, and hydrogen markets. We envision to verify and demonstrate the performance of our operational models in a real pilot in Denmark belonging to Siemens Gamesa.

Project partners: DTU and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

This project has funded the PhD position of Andrea Gloppen Johnsen ( LinkedIn ) and the Research Assistant position of Alice Patig ( LinkedIn ).

Sustainable P2X Business Model ( link )

March 2022 - February 2023

Funding: 80,000 euro (33% by Ørsted)

This project models the operating region of power-to-X assets such as electrolyzers and hydrogen tanks in a convex manner as accurate as possiable. It then develops a stochatsic investment model, determining the optimal investment decisions in those assets from Ørsted's perspective. 

Project partners: DTU, Ørsted, and Hybrid Greentech

This project has funded the Research Assistant position of Enrica Raheli ( LinkedIn ).

FLEX-CEC ( link )

Flexible Citizen Energy Communities

Grant number:  64021-1090

September 2021 - June 2024

Funding: 440,000 euro (out of 800,000 euro granted to the whole consortium)

FLEX-CEC aims at unfolding the potential of Citizen Energy Communities (CEC) in Denmark and harness flexibility (FLEX) from the CEC participating citizens and businesses with flexible energy production and consumption. To do so, the CEC will be connected to the wholesale energy market through digital technologies and by close collaboration with balance responsible parties (BRP). The project consists of three distinct pilots in Denmark, each with its own characteristics in terms of governance, participants, and energy setup. The research and development activities on technical and market aspects feed into three pilots. 

Project partners: DTU, Enyday, Ewii, Energi Danmark, Copenhagen Municipality, and By&Havn

This project has funded the PhD position of Bennevis Crowley ( LinkedIn ).

Industrial PhD Grant

Investment Model for Power Flexibility Services

Industrial PhD with IBM

Grant number: 0153-00205B

June 2021 - May 2024

Funding: 144,000 euro 

This project designs incentive models for investment, enabling IBM to attract demand-side flexibility resources and produce various frequency-related ancillary services, particularly mFRR and FCR. 

Project partners: DTU and IBM

This project has funded the industrial PhD position of Peter Vistar Gade ( LinkedIn ).

DTU-NTNU Joint PhD

Market Design and Sector Coupling for Multi-Carrier Integrated Energy Systems

December 2020 - November 2023 

Funding: 134,000 euro 

This project models uncertainty propegation among energy sectors accounting for the physics laws of energy flow, and designs energy markets which are aware of the systemic risk of the whole interconncted multi-energy system. 

Project partners: DTU and NTNU (Norway)

This project has funded the PhD position of Yannick Werner.

Smart4RES ( link )

Data Science for Renewable Energy Prediction (RES)

November 2019 - April 2023

Funding: 400,000 euro (out of 4,000,000 euro granted to the whole consortium)

Smart4RES aims to substantially improve the entire model and value chain in renewable energy prediction by proposing the next generation of RES forecasting models, enabling an increase of at least 15% in RES forecasting performance. In particular, we focus on desigining data markets, incentivizing wind farms to exchange data and imporve their forecasts. Read more here. 

Project partners: Listed here.

This project has funded the postdoc position of Liyang Han ( LinkedIn ).

CORE

Coordinated Operation of Integrated Energy Systems 

September 2017 - August 2020

Grant number: 64017-0005

Funding: 262,500 euro (out of 1,387,000 euro granted to the whole consortium)

CORE explored and designed various market-based solutions for improving the coordination of heat, power and natural gas markets in Denmark. 

Project partners: DTU, Vestas, Danfoss, and Aalborg University

This project has funded the PhD position of Anna Schwele ( LinkedIn ).

EnergyLab Nordhavn ( link )

April 2015 - December 2019

Grant number: 64015-0055

EnergyLab Nordhavn – New Urban Energy Infrastructures developed and demonstrated future energy solutions. The project utilized and consolidated Copenhagen’s Nordhavn as a full-scale smart city energy lab and demonstrated how electricity and heating, energy-efficient buildings and electric transport can be integrated into an intelligent, flexible, and optimized energy system. Read more here. 

Project partners: DTU, City of Copenhagen, CPH City & Port Development, HOFOR, Radius, ABB, Danfoss, COWI, Nerve Smart Systems, Glen Dimplex, METRO THERM, and the PowerLabDK facilities

This project has funded the PhD position of Lesia Mitridati ( LinkedIn ).

EcoGrid 2.0 ( link )

January 2016 - June 2019

Grant number: 64015-0082 

EcoGrid 2.0 designed and demonstrated a DSO-level flexibility market accounting for flexible power consumption in private households. This project optimized and remotely controlled the power consumption of 1,000 heat pumps and electric radiators on the Danish Island of Bornholm. Read more here. 

Project partners: listed here. 

This project has funded the postdoc position of Corey Kok ( LinkedIn ).