1. STEP-UP Socio-Techno-Economic Pathways for sustainable Urban energy develoPment
Presenter: dr. ir Laurens de Vries
Associate Professor, Delft University of Technology
WP1 leader

2. Participants Imperial College (Richard Green, lead)
Delft University of Technology (Laurens de Vries)
Tsinghua University (Chongqing Kang)
Zhejiang University (Yi Ding)

3. Project goal To quantitatively investigate urban energy systems
the policy design,
operation optimization and
market coordination of
urban energy systems
especially for integrated energy systems,
citizen-driven demand side response and
various types of energy storages

4. Load, generation, storage Backbone energy networks
Conceptual Framework
wholesale
market
aggregators,
escos
prosumers
balancing
mechanism
DN congestion
management
Backbone
network
operators
Urban energy
system
operators
Load, generation, storage
Backbone energy networks
Urban energy networks

5. Load, generation, storage Backbone energy networks
Conceptual Framework
Policy, Business Case and Road Map (WP4)
wholesale
market
aggregators,
escos
prosumers
Market and institutional design (WP1)
balancing
mechanism
DN congestion
management
Backbone
network
operators
Urban energy
system
operators
Intelligent operation (WP2)
Load, generation, storage
Backbone energy networks
Urban energy networks
Optimal design (WP3)

6. Market and institutional changes (WP1)
Intelligent infrastructure operation (WP2)
Optimal infrastructure design (WP3)
Alternative market designs
Decentralised optimisation algorithms
Alternative supply approaches
Modelling toolbox to analyse regulation
Data-driven demand response
Citizens’ role in planning
Simulate design options
Storage to support efficient resilient operations
Whole system social, economic, environmental assessment framework
Institutional and regulatory changes
Policy, Business Case and Road Map for Urban Energy Transformation in EU & China (WP4)
Analyse policy development
Citizen-centric business models
Roadmap for Urban Energy Transformation