Risky Power – security of supply when phasing in renewables

Project period: 2009-2012

Nordic and European electricity systems are developing by phasing in more renewables. At the same time the electtricitymarkets are undergoing a restructuring with increased liberalisation. The 'Risky Power' research project consists of multiple studies of the electricity market. Among the things analysed in the project are the most optimal composition of energy sources, when costs and benefits are taken into account. In other parts of the project, focus is on the effects of market dominance as well as the significance of the market structure for investing in new capacity.

The project is managed by professor Peter Møllgaard, Department of Economics and includes two Ph.D-projects. The project is i.a. financed by the Danish Social Science Research Council.

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Energy efficient construction: Sustainability in the building process

Project period: 2009-2012

Architects and engineers are the dominant decision makers in the construction process – also when it comes to environmental related decisions. However, the two trade groups come from different educational and organisational cultural backgrounds. The interface between engineering and architectural practises therefore constitutes a nodal point to understanding energy related questions within the field of construction. The focus of the project is to study how work- and organising routines within energy saving technologies and ideas come to be, and how said technologies and ideas are implemented in construction processes. Furthermore it is researched how architectural and engineering practises are gradually changed as energy related considerations become more and more important factors in the construction process.

The project is carried out as at Postdoc-project by Ph.D Satu Reijonen Institut for Organisation / Center for Ledelse i Byggeriet . (Center for Management Studies of the Building process)

Coherent Energy and Environmental System Analysis (CEESA)

Project period: 2007-2010

The potential directions towards a 100% sustainable energy based society is the main focus in a interdisciplinary research project. In the CEESA project, energy and environmental analysis tools have been separated up until now, in order to gain a better overview of the entire energy sector. Among other things, the project focuses on how the transport sector can be integrated into the energy-planning process and how sustainable energy sources can be integrated into the production of electricity.

The CEESA-project is a collaboration between CBS, AAU, DTU, SDU, KU, LIFE, AKF and DONG Energy. From CBS, professor Peter Karnøe, Department of Organisation, will be attending.

For further information, please visit project homepage http://www.ceesa.dk/

Benchmarking Successful Models of Collaboration (preprojekt to EU SUCCESS project)

In order to understand - and possibly improve - the management and framework of large scale collaborational research and innovation projects CBS researchers from Institute of Management, Politics, and Philosophy have together with a number of European colleages conducted an analytical study of the nature and framework models of multinational collaboration network projects on renewable energy. The study has served a solid basis for the planning and optimization of managerial processes in these types of research projects.

Involved CBS reseachers are Mette Mønsted, Finn Hansson og Nicolai Tofte Brenneche. Read the report