Doing your master thesis with us at IVL gives you the opportunity to get a unique insight into our research and our work. It's a chance to learn a lot more in your field of study. We welcome master thesis students every semester.

About the master thesis

Background

The ENFLATE (ENabling FLexibility provision by all Actors and sectors through markets and digital TEchnologies) project is a Horizon Europe initiative aimed at facilitating the shared use of renewable energy sources and increasing clean energy penetration in the power system. It also seeks to reduce grid operating costs and improve economic outcomes. Technology-driven electronic and digital solutions will enhance the flexibility and robustness of local, regional, national, and cross-border distribution and transmission networks. Over its 48-month duration, ENFLATE will build on existing consumer-focused flexibility platforms and digital tools to develop a new, highly interoperable ENFLATE platform that integrates with other Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe platforms.

IVL is actively collaborating with one of the demonstration sites in Kungsbacka, where potential flexibility services have been identified, and strategies to influence end-user behavior are under investigation. In Kungsbacka, a local energy system comprising district heating, solar energy, and residential buildings will be optimized—guided, among other factors, by price signals from the electricity market. The project has already assessed the compatibility of existing EU regulations with local flexibility market development, examined market design proposals from other research initiatives, extracted lessons from operational markets, reviewed cutting-edge business models relevant to ENFLATE, and identified key barriers to cross-sector integration.

Aims

Within the Swedish market context and based on the identified flexibility services, this MSc Thesis seeks to further detail these services and outline the actions required to implement them. A special focus will be placed on identifying effective end-user incentives that promote system-efficient behavior.

Expected outcomes and methods

The exact scope of the thesis will be refined in collaboration with the student, considering their interests and background.

Contact

For questions, please contact: 

Olga Lysenko
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Stockholm
E-mail: olga.lysenko@ivl.se 

Érika Mata
Climate & Sustainable Cities, Energy
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Gothenburg
Tel: +46 (0)10-788-6839; E-mail: erika.mata@ivl.se

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