In recent years, many countries have set specific goals to replace fossil fuel vehicles with the
electric ones due to environmental concerns and issues related to energy supply security; it …

The recent development of efficient thermal prime movers for distributed generation is
changing the focus of the production of electricity from large centralized power plants to local …

Most relevant decisions to be made by market agents within an energy market involve a
significant level of data uncertainty. For agents to make informed decisions within such a …

This book offers an in-depth and up-to-date review of different statistical tools that can be
used to analyze and forecast the dynamics of two crucial for every energy company …

Coupling different energy infrastructures, ie the concept of energy hub (EH), is an efficient
approach to the optimal operation of both electrical and natural gas systems. This paper …

This paper presents a bilevel programming approach to solve the medium-term decision-
making problem faced by a power retailer. A retailer decides its level of involvement in the …

Energy hub represents a coupling among different energy networks and plays an
undeniable role as the interface between energy producers and consumers. Therefore …

To procure the electric energy to be sold to its clients, a retailer has to face two major
difficulties. While buying electric energy, it must cope with uncertain pool prices or sign …

Around the world, liberalization and privatization in the electricity industry have lead to
increased competition among utilities. At the same time, utilities are now exposed more than …

In a deregulated power industry, power producing companies bid in the hour-ahead and day-
ahead power markets in an attempt to maximize their profit. For a successful bidding …