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insight when it comes to energy prices, capacity
expansion, import/export and energy mix in a fu-
ture sustainable energy system. Main modellers in
2012 have been post doc Ruud Egging at NTNU and
PhD candidate Daniel Huppman at DIW Berlin. The
model is already up and running and has been used
to study CO 2 tax and nuclear phase out in Germany.
In January 2013 a new PhD student Zhonghua Su
started to work on the model. She has a master de-
gree from Tsinghua and is now a PhD candidate at
NTNU. Ruud Egging has been a guest researcher at
DIW Berlin for several exchange stays of 1-2 weeks
and the plan is to continue this cooperation with in-
creased exchange and PhD supervision. From 2013
Ruud Egging will be an associate professor at NTNU.
Energy Technology System Analysis Pro-
gramme (ETSAP)
Through the participation in Energy Technology
System Analysis Programme (ETSAP) via CenSES
partner IFE, we get access to models, data and
an international network working with TIMES
models. IFE arranged an advanced Answer-TIMES
training course in January, have participated in 3
international ETSAP meetings and arranged a na-
tional workshop with NVE, Enova and the Research
Council of Norway. Work in ETSAP will be closely
coordinated with RA2 and RA5 in CenSES.
Anais Xi (Tsinghua) presenting a Chinese Energy system study at a
LinkS meeting. Photo A. Tomasgard
Energy modelling forum
The Energy Modeling Forum 28 (EMF28) is a Euro-
pean consortium that will analyse energy scenarios
for Europe. The group systematically explores the
energy system transition required to meet the Euro-
pean goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emis-
sions by 80 % by 2050. SINTEF and NTNU has been
invited into EMF 28 together with DIW Berlin and a
number of European partners with a particular fo-
cus on scenarios and infrastructure development.
In 2012 we have performed a comparison of large
scale energy system models to illustrate different
technology pathways on national level for the tran-
sition towards a low carbon energy system in Eu-
rope in 2050.
ERA-NET Smart grid project
NTNU, SBi, Aalborg University and Technalia/Ziv
Smart metering are partners in this ERA-NET project
focusing on household smart grid solutions. Since
the startup NTNU has focused on studying the de-
velopment processes of the Norwegian Automated
Metering Infrastructure (AMI), or smart meters. Par-
ticipatory observation was conducted at a Norwe-
gian network company and their AMI-project in the
spring of 2012, and follow up interviews conducted
with project members. The aim was at uncovering
the relation between the developers of the technol-
ogy, in this case the network companies, and the
national regulatory body and the government. A
study of policy development is also in the undertak-
ing, looking at processes concerning the develop-
ment and implementation of smart grid technology
in Norway as they lead up to today. Similarly, the
aim of this study is to uncover the political, regu-
latory and industry activities leading up to nation-
al decision in Norway to install smart metering in
every household by 2019. Particular interest is giv-
en to the role of future expectations for economy,
technology, and users. Cost-benefit analyses have
been central in the Norwegian discussion, but dif-
ferent actors have reached different conclusions
about who will benefit how – and when – from a
mandatory implementation. Thomas M. Skjølsvold
was employed as a Post Doc on this project. Oth-
er resources are PhD William Throndsen and Prof.
Thomas Berker and Marianne Ryghaug.
International cooperation