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Presentation of Chair Objectives Anthony Papavasiliou GDF Suez Chair Inauguration June 3, 2014
Presentation of Chair Objectives
Anthony Papavasiliou
GDF Suez Chair Inauguration
June 3, 2014
Chair Objective
Develop an internationally competitive research and education program in computational and modeling methods for the • analysis of restructuring of energy markets • analysis and management of risks affecting
the energy sector
Evolution of Optimization Technology
In 1952, Dantzig et al. solve an instance of the Traveling Salesman Problem with 49 cities by hand
In 2006 Cook et al. solve a problem with 85,900 ‘cities’ (the one above has 37,000 cities)
It took It takes
> 4 months (early 90’s) 1 second (2007)
> 7 years (early 90’s) 1 second (now)
Evolution of Computing
X1,000,000
X40
Intel Pentium II (1997-1999)
Intel Core i7 975 (2014)
Sequoia Cluster (2012)
233-450 MHz 3.33 GHz PowerPC A2 2.3 GHz
1 core 4 cores 1.6 million cores
Evolution of Energy Policy
Wind Photovoltaic Biomass
Source: 50Hertz, TenneT, Amprion, TransnetBW
Evolution of renewable integration in Germany
A New, Interdisciplinary Frontier
Parallel Computing
Energy Markets & Systems Modeling
Optimization
GDF Chair
Opportunity: The GDF Chair links key players § CORE has towering experts in
optimization, energy markets, economics, statistics
§ LLNL hosts the third largest supercomputer worldwide
§ UC Berkeley faculty has conducted pioneering work in e l e c t r i c i t y m a r k e t deregulation and optimization
Renewable Energy Integration
Tehachapi wind generation, April 2005
Hour Source: California ISO
Variability in wind and solar, Jun 24, 2010, CAISO
Time
Research question: How should we operate energy systems on a minute-by-minute / hourly / daily basis in order to balance unpredictable renewable supply
Smart Grids Research question: How can we use Information and Control Technology in order to harness flexible demand and transmission networks?
Flexible AC Transmission System devices Smart thermostats
Electric vehicles
European Market Design Research question: How can European electricity markets coordinate their operations and provide incentives for the right technology mix?
Source: Eurelectric
Risk Management in Electricity and Gas Markets
Research question: What is the best investment strategy in capacity and the optimal positioning in financial markets? How do financial instruments and energy policies influence the capacity mix and energy prices?
Source: World Bank
Energy System Expansion Research question: How should we expand energy systems in order to bring renewable sources to load centers at least cost?
Source: NREL Source: Desertec
Teaching Goals § Strengthen Belgian engineers in
an important area of competency § Open access: slides and lecture
videos are available online Two Masters Courses in English offered in department of Applied Mathematics § Quantitative Operational Energy
Economics § Operations Research
UCL Applied Mathematics Class of 2014 after job interview
Operations Research lectures on Youtube
Current Status § Ignacio Aravena (PhD candidate)
§ Short-Term Uncertainty Management in Power Systems using High Performance Computing
§ Funded by Fonds Speciaux de Recherche, UCL § Jinil Han (post-doctoral researcher)
§ Benefits of optimal transmission network management in ENTSO-E
§ Funded by GDF Suez startup grant
International Collaborations
§ Access to LLNL cluster, 3rd largest supercomputer worldwide
§ Contribution to 3-year 5M$ project funded by US Department of Energy ARPA-E on optimal transmission network control
§ F u t u r e g o a l : e x c h a n g e o f researchers with US academic and research groups
Collaboration with GDF Suez § GDF Suez startup funding supports one researcher § GDF Suez startup funding supports international collaborations § GDF Suez defines important problems § Access to data § Co-supervision of PhD / masters students § Masters projects
§ Adrien Baland (graduating Masters): Co-optimization of gas forward contracts and unit commitment
§ Immediate goals: § Participation with Laborelec in Horizon 2020 application (Youtility project) § Participation with GDF Suez in Horizon 2020 LCE-6 (Transmission Grid and Wholesale
Market): Optimal control of the European transmission network
Thank you
For more information
§ http://perso.uclouvain.be/anthony.papavasiliou/public_html/home.html
