Complex Systems Engineering: designing in sociotechnical systems for the energy transition

Complex Systems Engineering: designing in sociotechnical systems for the energy transition

The EU has set ambitious targets for an energy transition. While research often focuses on technology, institutions or actors, a transition requires complex coordination and comprehensive analysis and design. We propose a framework accounting for technology, institutions and actors’ perspective to d...

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Published in:EAI endorsed transactions on energy web Vol. 3; no. 11; pp. 152762 - 13
Main Authors: Moncada, J. A., Park Lee, E. H., Nava Guerrero, G.D.C., Okur, O., Chakraborty, S.T., Lukszo, Z.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Ghent European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) 01-07-2017
Subjects:
Biodiesel fuels
Complex systems
complex-adaptive systems
Coordination compounds
design
Distributed generation
Electric power generation
Electric power grids
Energy management
energy transition
framework
operation
Political factors
socio-technical systems
Systems engineering
Thermal energy
Vehicle-to-grid
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Summary:The EU has set ambitious targets for an energy transition. While research often focuses on technology, institutions or actors, a transition requires complex coordination and comprehensive analysis and design. We propose a framework accounting for technology, institutions and actors’ perspective to design in socio-technical systems. We present its application, firstly, to biodiesel production in Germany; secondly, to vehicle-to-grid contracts in a Car as a Power Plant microgrid. We show how using the framework as the core in modelling can contribute to the performance improvement of these systems. Future work will elaborate on the next generation of thermal energy systems, coordination control of microgrids and implementing flexibility through demand response aggregation. Overall, designing solutions to the problems described calls for comprehensive engineers who look beyond the technical design and deal with multi actor socio-political processes including institutional consideration.
ISSN:2032-944X
2032-944X
DOI:10.4108/eai.11-7-2017.152762