Pumping when the wind blows: Demand response in the Dutch delta

This thesis investigates the potential of a large pumping station in IJmuiden, the Nether-lands, for participating in Demand Response. Due to climate change, renewable energy is onthe rise. The intermittency of energy, together with its unpredictable supply, are a big hurdlefor the energy transition. Two methods are promising solutions to this...

Development of the Energy Transition Model: Introduction of the Object Oriented Modeling method

Global turmoil concerning fossil fuels, questions relating to sustainable sources of energy and difficulties with sharing knowledge led to the creation of the Energy Transition Model (ETM) in the start of 2008. The ETM aims to be a transparent, comprehensive, fact-based, and independent model about energy related matters, ranging from CO2...

An Energy Abundant Eco City: "Optimizing the eco-city model after the energy revolution"

A quantitative study about eco cities, resulting in a vision of future sustainable urban development after a hypothetical energy revolution. The project regards remaining problems after the energy problem is solved. Sustainability means sustainable economy. A new assesment method is introduced based on a quantification of resource requirements....