Browsing by Author "Barbero, Mattia"

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    • Battery electric buses participation in electricity markets and power systems 

      Chapman, Nick; Barbero, Mattia; Corchero García, Cristina (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019)
      Conference report
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      Many European cities have committed to procure only zero-emission buses by 2025, considering battery electric buses as the first choice to achieve this objective. However, whilst this technology promises to solve several ...

    • Comparison between economic and environmental drivers for demand side aggregator 

      Barbero, Mattia; Canals Casals, Lluc; Corchero García, Cristina (2020-08)
      Article
      Open Access
      Demand-side flexibility is a promising source of the energy system that might enhance renewable energy penetration and help to democratize the electricity sector. However, it is not clear what is the best strategy to adopt ...

    • Critical evaluation of European balancing markets to enable the participation of Demand Aggregators 

      Barbero, Mattia; Corchero García, Cristina; Canals Casals, Lluc; Igualada González, Lucía; Heredia, F.-Javier (Francisco Javier) (2020-04-15)
      Article
      Open Access
      European Directives are incentivizing consumers to play an active role in the electricity system and to collaborate to maintain its stability, which has been historically provided by large generation power plants. However, ...

    • Data-driven demand flexibility estimation in a commercial buildings from air conditioning and lighting system 

      Barbero, Mattia; Rebillas-Loredo, Victoria; Valdés, Roger; Corchero García, Cristina (2021)
      Conference report
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      Renewable and distributed energy sources, with photovoltaic in the first place, are leading the energy transition. However, they alone will hardly find the way to success in this challenge because of their intrinsic ...

    • Demand aggregator optimal strategies: from the bidding to the execution 

      Barbero, Mattia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-07-17)
      Doctoral thesis
      Open Access
      (English) Europe is at the beginning of an energy revolution. The old energy paradigm where centralized power plants provide energy to passive consumers is ending. Distributed renewable energy resources and electrification ...

    • Demand response approaches in a research project versus a real business 

      Barbero, Mattia; Canals Casals, Lluc; Colet Subirachs, Alba; Salom, Jaume; Corchero García, Cristina (Elsevier, 2023-09)
      Article
      Open Access
      Demand response through Demand Aggregation is part of the energy transition towards a green and distributed system. Although the market is open in most European countries, its practical implementation is not much successful ...

    • Detection of spike imbalance prices in the French electricity market using machine-learning methods 

      Barbero, Mattia; Guillain, Pierre; Corchero García, Cristina; Perroy, Edouard (2021)
      Conference report
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      Electricity price is a key factor in determining short¿term operating schedules and bidding strategies in competitive electricity markets for retailers, Balance Responsible Parties and Aggregators. However, forecasting ...

    • Development of a platform for the assessment of demand-side flexibility in a microgrid laboratory 

      Etxandi Santolaya, Maite; Colet Subirachs, Alba; Barbero, Mattia; Corchero García, Cristina (2023-02-01)
      Article
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      Demand-side flexibility has gained attention as a powerful tool to increase the flexibility of the electricity system and counteract the uncertainties caused by the increase of Renewable Energy Sources. Up to date, few ...

    • Estudio de mercados de flexibilidad de la demanda y algoritmos de agregadores 

      Canals Casals, Lluc; Barbero, Mattia; Corchero García, Cristina; Igualada González, Lucía (2018)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      La flexibilidad de la demanda implica, siempre, un desplazamiento de la misma buscando un beneficio, aunque este beneficio se pueda obtener por medios distintos: el arbitraje de precios aprovechando la fluctuación del ...

    • Integration of a microgrid laboratory into an aggregation platform and analysis of the potential for flexibility 

      Etxandi Santolaya, Maite; Colet, Alba; Barbero, Mattia; Corchero García, Cristina (Energy proceedings, 2021)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      The increase of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) has given momentum to demand-side flexibility, led by Demand Response (DR), to counteract the uncertainties of the new electricity system. Meanwhile, consumers, with the help ...

    • Overview of the regulation on aggregator agents in Europe 

      Barbero, Mattia; Igualada González, Lucía; Corchero García, Cristina (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
      Conference report
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      Demand Response (DR) mechanisms promise to increase competition in the electricity sector and grid's reliability. Balancing and ancillary services could be offered by consumers for frequency balances but a new actor is ...

    • Reused second life batteries for aggregated demand response services 

      Canals Casals, Lluc; Barbero, Mattia; Corchero García, Cristina (2019-03-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      The electric vehicle is presented as an environmental friendly alternative to common vehicles and as the future of transportation. However, car manufacturers consider that electric vehicle batteries are not useful for ...

    • Sizing and scheduling of a microgrid connected to the grid with integration of EV 

      Barbero, Mattia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-06-15)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      This project presents a method based on GAMS software, which aim is to determine the optimal size of a microgrid connected to the grid, and the influence of electrical vehicles (EV) in the developing of the investment ...

    • Smart meters tackling energy poverty mitigation: uses, risks and approaches 

      Canals Casals, Lluc; Tirado Herrero, Sergio; Barbero, Mattia; Corchero García, Cristina (2020)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      Big data analysis is becoming an increasing field of interest for research to analyse, identify and predict final user’s behaviour. For this reason, in the energy sector, smart metering is generally used to find new business ...