Magnus Værbak

• University of Southern Denmark

As the adoption of distributed energy resources (DERs) grows, the future of electricity distribution systems is confronted with significant challenges. These challenges arise from the transformation of consumers into prosumers and the resulting increased system complexity, leading to more pressure on the distribution grids. To address this complexi...

Modeling and simulation have been popularly used for system investigation and evaluation. With proper evaluation, distribution system operators can decide on a reasonable course of action for encouraging energy flexibility and make predictions on the recommended timing and magnitude of system updates under different scenarios. However, there is no...

As wind and solar power displace conventional generation in the electricity grid, there is an urgent need for technologies that can deal with the variation in supply. Demand response technology has been proposed as a solution to make the demand-side flexible and able to effectively adjust to variations in supply. However, consumers do not simply in...

Security of energy supply and energy efficiency are challenges for many university campuses. Campus microgrid with distributed energy resources is considered as a solution for solving these challenges. However, the microgrid adoption for university campuses has to consider various factors due to the cost of DER installation and operation, campus ac...

Agent-based simulation of the decision-making process for adoption of smart energy solutions can provide evidence for smart energy solutions' providers to decide for a business strategy which results in the best adoption rate. The adoption rate of smart energy solutions is important in achieving climate goals, such as the Danish goal to have 100% r...

Multi-agent systems are well-known for their expressiveness to explore interactions and knowledge representation in complex systems. Multi-agent systems have been applied in the energy domain since the 1990s. As more applications of multi-agent systems in the energy domain for advanced functions, the interoperability raises challenge raises to an i...