Global drivers and local solutions: Economic analysis of small scale producers, prosumers and grid operators in the future energy system

In the first months of 2015 the candidate cooperated with Professor Steven Gabriel to write her last article "The impact of end-user market integration and smart grid on electricity retailers in the Nordic region". In May 2015 the article was sent for publication in "Energy Startegy Reviews". This article was a continuation of the research work carried in Article 1 which was published in the Journal of energy markets. Article 2 entitled "An econometric analysis of the regulation power market at the Nordic power exchange" was published in Energy Procedia Journal, and Article 3 was unfortunately not accepted in the Energy Journal and was sent to Energy Policy in June 2015. The author Iliana Ilieva has not yet received any feedback on the articles 3 and 4 from the journals they were sent to last. Otherwise Ilieva has focused on working with the frame of her thesis in the second quarter in 2015, and she needed also to invest time in revising Articles 3 and 4. She presented her research work during several meetings at the research park in Halden where the employing company Brady Energy is positioned.

The proposed project will address the future power market dominated by a SmartGrid and small-scale renewable energy production. It will be a cooperation between INA (Institutt for naturforvaltning) at the University of Life Sciences (Universitetet for Mil jø- og Biovitenskap, UMB) at Ås and Navita Systems AS in Halden. Both institutions are member of the The Norwegian Center of Expertise on Smart Energy Markets (NCE SEM) in Halden. A principal aim of the project is to create new knowledge and educate a Ph D candidate in the field of energy markets, with particular emphasis on SmartGrid and distributed small-scale production. Given the large set of strong drivers currently affecting the development of the future energy system it seems clear that in the pro cess towards a future low carbon energy system focus must be placed on both: - the large scale international trends in environmental policies, technological development and market integration - the potentially increasing role of small scale production t echnologies, demand control systems and local/regional variations in supply-demand balances. The market conditions related to the future net and changes in the economic and operational conditions for producers, consumers, prosumers and grid operators wil l receive prime focus. Based on these findings the project will interpret the effect of this for Navita and its customers. Consequently the project will produce new insight pertinent to Navitas ability to position itself strategically in a future energy market dominated by an AMS/SmartGrid regime. The project should further yield a basis for enhancement and extension of Navita Systems POMAX software portfolio. The project will have particular relevance to the future development of the MDM (Meter Data M anagement) part of the software system that Navita offers its present and future customers.