Research in the Smart Energy & Sustainability practices is focused on the following topics:

Sustainable, integrated, and smart energy market design

• Effect of large-scale renewables on energy markets & conventional energy producers
• The role of storage/batteries in electricity markets
• Flexibility in energy markets and networks
• Integrated design of multiple energy markets for larger flexibility
• Developing an efficient and integrated hydrogen market

Microgrids & energy cooperatives

• Energy cooperative tariff designs
• The role of blockchain as an enabler for efficient energy transactions
• System integration in distributed network design
• Congestion management and congestion market

Electric vehicles, smart charging and electric autonomous mobility

• Unleashing the flexibiligy of smart charging and V2G
• EV adoption & behaviour of drivers
• Optimizing planning of electric cars and electrified public transport
• Impact of shared, autonomous, electric vehicles on fleets and (smart) charging infrastructure
• New business & market models

Smart Sustainable Cities & Communities

• Modelling heat and electricity demand in commercial buildings and using these models for anomaly detection and energy managements
• Urban data platforms governance and design
• New business models in the context of urban data platforms

Please also take a look at the Erasmus Centre for Energy Transition