Wouter van den Akker
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RESEARCH PROFILE
My work focuses on the transition towards a highly distributed, renewable and integrated energy system.I take an integral multi-energy systems approach, addressing how electricity, heat and green molecules can be optimally combined to create a reliable and affordable future carbon-neutral energy system.
My research specifically focuses on the integration of system planning and system operation of a highly distributed and uncertain energy system that reliable, social acceptable and economically viable needs to balance renewable generation and highly dynamic demand-side response. By combining technical, economical and societal perspectives, I aim to move beyond local technical optimization towards system-level solutions that are robust, affordable and scalable.
The energy system is undergoing a fundamental shift, alternating between a centralized, fossil-based system at night and during winter, and a highly dynamic, distributed system during the day and in summer. This requires a new techno-economic framework that is feasible, scalable and delivers broad prosperity.
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