Jalal Kazempour

Jalal is an Associate Professor with the Center for Electric Power and Energy (CEE), Department of Electrical Engineering (DTU Elektro), Technical University of Denmark (DTU). He is currently heading the research group “Energy Analytics and Markets” (ELMA). His focus area is the intersection of multiple fields, including power and energy systems, optimization, game theory, and machine learning.

Lecture: Demand-side flexibility

This two-hour lecture will cover the following items:

  • The current practice from market stage to operation in Nordic countries,
  • Different flexibility services and the need for them,
  • Notions of aggregators, BRP, VPP, and their roles,
  • Market Model 3.0 in Denmark for harnessing demand-side flexibility,
  • Rebound effect: how to model it?
  • A DSO-level flexibility market: Model and properties,
  • Local energy communities.

Relevant Papers:

  • Østergaard, et al., “Energy security through demand side flexibility: The case of Denmark,” IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 46-55, March-April 2021. dx.doi.org/10.1109/MPE.2020.3043615
  • Hermann, et al., “Congestion management in distribution networks with asymmetric block offers,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 4382-4392, November 2019. dx.doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2019.2912386
  • Heinrich, et al., “A local flexibility market mechanism with capacity limitation services,” Energy Policy, vol. 156, Article No. 112335, September 2021. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112335
  • Vespermann, et al., “Access economy for storage in energy communities,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 2234-2250, May 2021. dx.doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2020.3033999

Lecture: Coordination of integrated energy systems

This two-hour lecture will cover the following items:

  • Convexification of integrated energy systems (power, natural gas, and heat),
  • Operation of integrated energy systems under uncertainty,
  • Market-based coordination of integrated energy systems.

Relevant Papers:

  • Schwele, et al., “Coordination of electricity, heat, and natural gas systems accounting for network flexibility,” Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 189, Article no. 106776, pp.1-7, December 2020. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2020.106776
  • Ratha, et al., “Affine policies for flexibility provision by natural gas networks to power systems,” Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 189, Article no. 106565, pp. 1-9, December 2020.
  • Bobo, et al., “Price-region bids in electricity markets,” European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 295, no. 3, pp. 1056-1073, December 2021. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2021.03.024
  • Ordoudis, et al., “Market-based coordination for integrated electricity and natural gas systems under uncertain supply,” European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 287, no. 3, pp. 1105-1119, December 2020. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.05.007
  • Schwele, et al., “Coordination of power and natural gas markets via financial instruments,” Computational Management Science, vol. 18, pp. 505-538, 2021. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10287-021-00403-x