Browsing NHH Brage by Author "Bjørndal, Endre"
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A Nodal Pricing Model for the Nordic Electricity Market
Bjørndal, Endre; Bjørndal, Mette; Gribkovskaia, Victoria (Discussion paper;43/14, Working paper, 2014-12)In the Nordic day-ahead electricity market zonal pricing or market splitting is used for relieving congestion between a predetermined set of bidding areas. This congestion management method represents an aggregation of ... -
Alternativer til nett : lønnsomhet under dagens regime for inntektsrammeregulering
Frivoll, Christina Flaatten; Langås, Trine Maaø (Master thesis, 2018)Strømnettet i Norge har nådd teknisk levealder og har behov for oppgradering. I tillegg har et økt effektuttak på grunn av elektrifisering påvirket investeringsbehovet. Planlagt investeringsbeløp er estimert til å være 140 ... -
Can demand response help reduce future distribution grid investments? : an economic study of peak shaving in the Norwegian distribution grid: SEMIAH pilot in Engene, Sørlandet (Southern Norway)
Wood, Jonathan; Funk, Stefan (Master thesis, 2017)Steady increases in the number of new electronic devices and electrification of existing technologies, such as electric vehicles, are creating new challenges in the electrical grid. Electrification creates a higher demand ... -
Congestion Management in a Stochastic Dispatch Model for Electricity Markets
Bjørndal, Endre; Bjørndal, Mette; Midthun, Kjetil; Zakeri, Golbon (Discussion paper;12/16, Working paper, 2016-08-25)We consider an electricity market organized with two settlements: one for a pre-delivery (day-ahead) market and one for real time, where uncertainty regarding production from non-dispatchable energy sources as well as ... -
Congestion management in the Nordic power market : nodal pricing versus zonal pricing
Bjørndal, Endre; Bjørndal, Mette; Gribkovskaia, Victoria (Report;2012:15, Research report, 2013-05)In the Nordic day-ahead electricity market zonal pricing or market splitting is used for relieving congestion between a predetermined set of price areas. This congestion management method represents an aggregation of ... -
Cost allocation problems in network and production settings
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Cost efficiency analysis based on the DEA and StoNED models : case of Norwegian electricity distribution companies
Cheng, Xiaomei; Bjørndal, Endre; Bjørndal, Mette (Discussion papers;28/14, Working paper, 2014-06)Our paper applies data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic non-parametric envelopment of data (StoNED) to measure cost efficiency of electricity distribution companies. The data cover 123 Norwegian electricity ... -
Effektivitetskrav og kostnadsgruppering : del 1
Bjørndal, Endre; Bjørndal, Mette; Bjørnenak, Trond (Rapport, Research report, 2004-12)Dagens DEA-baserte effektivitetsmodell for regulering av nettselskaper i kraftsektoren har klare svakheter. I denne rapporten diskuteres noen sentrale svakheter ved dagens modell og det konkluderes med at den bør endres ... -
Effektivitetsmåling av regional- og distribusjonsnett : fellesmåling, kostnadsvariasjon og kalibrering
Bjørndal, Endre; Bjørndal, Mette (Rapport, Research report, 2006-12)I NVEs nye reguleringsmodell, som skal gjelde fra 2007, blir nettselskapenes inntekt bestemt av en kostnadsnorm og selskapets egen kostnad med vekter på hhv 60 % og 40 % (50 % hver for 2007 og 2008). Egne kostnader er ... -
Effekttariffering i det norske distribusjonsnettet : en litteraturstudie av effekttariffers optimale utforming, hvilke faktorer som bør tas i betraktning ved innføring og den samfunnsøkonomiske verdien av time-of-use og abonnert effekt
Lillebø, Marte; Nesje, Siv Malin (Master thesis, 2018)Effekttariffer er et relativt nytt fenomen i norsk sammenheng, og da spesielt for husholdningsog hyttekunder. Effekttariffer kan være et alternativ til de kostbare investeringene som er ventet i strømnettet. I 2017 ... -
Efficiency benchmarking for German municipal energy suppliers : data envelopment analysis - covering the influences of the German energy transition 2005 - 2014
Möller, Arne-Steffen (Master thesis, 2017)Four large companies dominate almost 70 per cent of the German electricity market – RWE, EnBW, E.On and Vattenfall. Their historical advancement was triggered by technical development in the electricity sector towards ... -
End-user flexibility and network investments : a study on utilizing end-user flexibility to defer capacity increasing investments in the Norwegian distribution network
Buvik, Magnus; Børke, Christian Nærup (Master thesis, 2017)The electricity value chain is facing several challenges. The transport sector is electrified, the electricity system digitalized, and generation decentralized. These trends transform the outlook of the electricity system. ... -
Evaluation of the StoNED method for benchmarking and regulation of Norwegian electricity distribution companies
Bjørndal, Endre; Bjørndal, Mette (Report;2016:11, Research report, 2016-12)We evaluate the StoNED methodology for benchmarking and regulation of network companies, and we compare StoNED to the two-stage DEA method currently used by the Norwegian regulator. We find that the estimated values for ... -
Evaluering av energileddet i sentralnettstariffen og bruk av marginaltapssatser
Bjørndal, Endre; Bjørndal, Mette (Rapport, Research report, 2010-11)I denne rapporten foretar vi en evaluering av energileddet i sentralnettstariffen og bruken av marginaltapssatser. Vi går først gjennom teorien for optimale overføringstariffer og beskriver hvordan marginaltapssatser ... -
Finding core allocations for fixed cost games in electricity networks
Bjørndal, Endre; Stamtsis, Georgios C.; Erlich, István (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003)We discuss the cost allocation problem faced by a network operator, where the fixed (residual) cost of the network has to be allocated among its users. Usage-based methods, such as the postage stamp rate method and the ... -
Finding the Right Yardstick: Regulation under Heterogeneous Environments
Bjørndal, Endre; Bjørndal, Mette; Cullmann, Astrid; Nieswand, Maria (Discussion paper;4/16, Working paper, 2016-02-25)Revenue cap regulation is often combined with systematic benchmarking to reveal the managerial inefficiencies when regulating natural monopolies. One example is the European energy sector, where benchmarking methods are ... -
Flow-Based Market Coupling in the European Electricity Market – A Comparison of Efficiency and Feasibility
Bjørndal, Endre; Bjørndal, Mette; Cai, Hong (Discussion paper;14/18, Working paper, 2018-10-23)In May 2015, the Flow-Based Market Coupling (FBMC) model replaced the Available Transfer Capacity (ATC) model in Central Western Europe to determine the power transfers between countries or price areas. The FBMC model aims ... -
Går samfunnet i pluss med plusskunder? : en litteraturstudie av plusskunders samfunnsøkonomiske verdi i Norge, hvilken utvikling man kan forvente i antall plusskunder fremover og betydning for regulering
Vestby, Line; Dvergsnes, Alexander (Master thesis, 2017)Plusskunder er et relativt nytt fenomen i Norge og en ser allerede i dag vekst i dette segmentet. Det er derfor av stor interesse å undersøke hvilke virkninger plusskunder vil ha for kraftsystemet og samfunnet for øvrig. ... -
Hybrid Pricing in a Coupled European Power Market with More Wind Power
Bjørndal, Endre; Bjørndal, Mette; Cai, Hong; Panos, Evangelos (Discussion paper;28/15, Working paper, 2015-10-28)In the European market, the promotion of wind power leads to more network congestion. Zonal pricing (market coupling), which does not take the physical characteristics of transmission into account, is the most commonly ... -
Innovatører i norsk lakseoppdrett : en ikke-parametrisk effektivitetsanalyse av norsk lakseoppdrett
Fossberg, Per Christian; Fredriksen, Tor-Arne (Master thesis, 2016)Denne oppgaven har til hensikt å analysere effektivitets og produktivtetsendringer oppdrett 2010-2014. På grunnlag av effektivitets- og produktivitetsestimeringene av bransjen har innovatørene blitt identifisert, og ...