Magnus Korpås

 

Research areas

I am conducting research within the fields of Energy Planning and Power Markets. My interests are especially focused towards integration of renewable energy in the energy system. My research activities includes:

• Optimization of energy storage in connection with renewables (investment and operation)
  • Download my first Matlab-based simulation model here : Windhydtools
• The use of hydro power as a balancing asset
  • Go to the HYDROBALANCE homepage 
• Investment planning of grids, including a future North Sea Grid
  • Start here
• Large scale integration of renewable energy sources in Europe
  • Read the TradeWind report and then try out Harald Svendsen's nice simulator PowerGama

Background

• Professor at Dept. of Electric Power Engineering, NTNU (2014-)
• Scientific Advisor for SINTEF Energi (2014-)
• Research Director at SINTEF Energi, Dept. of Energy Systems (2011-2014)
• Research Manager at SINTEF Energi, the System Dynamics team (2009-2011)
• Research scientist at SINTEF Energi (2006-2009)
• Post.doc. at Inst. for elkraftteknikk, NTNU (2004-2006)
• Dr.ing. (PhD) from Dept. of Electric Power Engineering, NTNU (2004) with title: "Distributed energy systems with wind power and energy storage"
• Siv.ing. (MSc) from Technical Physics, NTNU (1998)

Research activities

• Contributing in the FME research centres CINELDI, ZEN and HydroCen.
• Contributing in the EU H2020 project INVADE
• Participating in EERA Joint Programme on Smart Grids, Sub Program on Electricity Storage. Responsible for Coordination Area 4.3 "Economic and technical benefits of incorporating an energy storage systems into networks"
• Currently participating in the projects
  • CEDREN HydroBalance
  • PRIBAS - Pricing Balancing Services in the Future Nordic Power Market
  • Modelling Distributed Resources in Smart Distribution Grid
  • EV4EUR - Environmental assessment of electric vehicle deployment pathways for Europe
  • MultiSharm - Day-Ahead Bidding with Multiple Short-Term Markets 
  • HydroBalance - Large-scale balancing and energy storage from Norwegian hydropower
  • NSON (North Sea Offshore Networks)
  • Integrating Balancing Markets in Hydro Power Scheduling
  • MAD - Models for Aggregation and Disaggregation 
  • SOVN - A new fundamental market model including individual water values and grid constraints
  • InGrid - Integration of Power Transmission Grids
  • OADE - Open and Autonomous Digital Ecosystems
  • HYPER - Liquefied hydrogen production from surplus wind/hydro power and fossil sources in Norway
• Past project involvment:
  • eHighway2050, Twenties, OffshoreGrid, WindSpeed, TradeWind, SusPlan, FirmWind

PhD-candidates

Main Supervisor for:

• Espen Flo Bødal - Production of Hydrogen from Hydro- and Wind Power in Transmission Constrained Areas
• Ingeborg Graabak: Balancing of wind and solar production in Northern Europe with Norwegian hydropower 
• Martin Kristiansen: Optimization of onshore- and offshore power grid infrastructures
• Salman Zaferanlouei: Integration of Electric Vehicles with Smart Grid
• Martin Hjelmeland: Long-Term Scheduling of Hydro Power in Multiple Markets
• Markus Löschenbrand: Utilization of hydro power in short-term electricity markets

Co-supervisor for:

• Stig Ødegaard Ottesen: Techno Economic Models in Smart Grids (Industrial Economy, NTNU)
• Rubén Montañés: Dynamic process simulation of decarbonized power generation (Energy and Process Eng., NTNU)
• Martin Håberg: Exchange of Standard Products for Balancing in the European POwer Market (Electric Power Eng., NTNU and Statnett)
• Philipp Härtel: Implications of alternative flexibility sources for the cost-benefit allocation in offshore grids (Univ. of Kassel and Fraunhofer IWES)
• Antonio Zecchino: Electric vehicles in the Nordic countries: Control strategies for coordinated grid services (DTU/NTNU collaboration)

Education

• Main supervisor for 10 project/master-students 2014-2015
• Main supervisor for 14 project/master-students 2015-2016
• Main supervisor for 8 project/master-students 2016-2017
• Responsible for the 3-year course "Energy Planning and Operation" and the PhD course "Power Market Theory" (2014-)
• Lecturer in the 1-year course "Energy and the Environment" and the 4-year course "Energy Management in Bulidings" 2014-2016
• Responsible for the EVU-course "Production planning in hydro-based power systems" (2014)

Media and dissemination (mainly in Norwegian)

• Intervju i NRK Trøndelag: Vindmøller gir billigere strøm, 24. feb 2016

• Killingtveit, Ånund; Harby, Atle; Korpås, Magnus. Norge som leverandør av balansekraft. Produksjonsteknisk konferanse 2016 (PTK2016); 2016-03-07 - 2016-03-09

• Korpås, Magnus. Nye trender skaper utfordringer for dagens beslutningsstøttesystemer. Smart Energy 2015; 2015-01-29 - 2015-01-30

• Korpås, Magnus; Aam, Sverre; Tomasgard, Asgeir. Norges voksende rolle i Europas energisystem. I: Energi, teknologi og klima - utfordringer og handlingsrom. Museumsforlaget AS 2015 ISBN 9788283050240. s. 169-182

• Korpås, Magnus; Vereide, Kaspar; Gogstad, Peter Joachim. Vannkraft - Ren energi som verdens batteri. EFIKS 2015; 2015-10-13 - 2015-10-14

• Kronikk i Aftenposten 9. nov 2015: Norge må bli Europas batteri

• Kronikk i Dagens Næringsliv 11. juni 2015: Elbiler kan trigge vindsatsing

• Kronikk i Adresseavisen 3. juni 2015: Viktig rolle i et fornybart Europa

• Repotasje i Dagens Næringsliv 28.oktober 2014: "Vil doble norsk vannkraft"  

• Debattinnlegg i Dagens Næringsliv 30. mai 2014: "Kampen om virkemidlene"

• Presentasjon ved Kungliga Ingerniörvetenskapsakademien, Stockholm 28. mai 2014 "Market Aspects of Balancing"

• Deltager i NRK P2 EKKO innslag 21. mai 2014: "Er el-bilen grønn?"

• Foredrag for Stortingets energi- og miljøkomite 10. mars 2014 "Elektrifisering og bruk av offshore vind"