Description

Theory
2

Theory/Practice
2

Instructors

Zita Vale

Contents

P1 Energy markets: overview, evolution, and future perspective (2 hours)
Energy market restructuring (2 hours)
P2 Electricity market models Products and services in Electricity Markets (4 hours)
P3 Energy markets and power system current and future paradigms. Energy markets and smart grids (4 hours)
P4 Individual and collective participants (aggregators, energy communities). Local Electricity Markets (3 hours)
Business models and players role. Consumers participation, demand flexibility, and demand response (4 hours)
P5 Economic aspects: costs, tariffs, and prices, price forecasting, contracts (3 hours)
P6 Technical aspects: power system planning and operation in the scope of electricity markets (4 hours)
P7 Electricity market simulation (2 hours)
P8 Decision-support to electricity market players (2 hours)
P9 Research and analysis of bibliographic references; preparation of case studies; scientific paper writing (15 hours)
P10 Adequate methods and models to address selected case studie

Learning Outcomes

O1 - Knowledge to participate in the analysis of problems related with energy markets and in the selection and use of analysis and operation analysis and operation support tools
O2 - Skills to design and undertake studies in the energy markets area that include data acquisition and interpretation, computational simulation, and results interpretation and comparison
O3 - Skills to identify and solve problems in the energy market area and to identify the most adequate models and methods to solve the identified problems
O4 - Knowledge to identify the opportunities for applying modeling and problem-solving techniques to energy market problems
O5 - Knowledge to participate in the specification, modeling, and design of solutions for energy markets
O6 - Skills for bibliographic references research, reading, and interpretation, and for designing, writing, and orally presenting scientific works in Portuguese and English, in the course areas.