• Activating the potential of decentralized flexibility and energy resources to increase the EV hosting capacity: A case study of a multi-stakeholder local electricity system in Norway 

      Askeland, Magnus; Backe, Stian; Bjarghov, Sigurd; Lindberg, Karen Byskov; Korpås, Magnus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The increasing amount of flexible load in the energy system represents both a challenge and an opportunity. One primary source of load growth is the electrification of the transport sector and the subsequent charging of ...
    • Consequences of Local Energy Supply in Norway: A case study on the ZEN pilot project Campus Evenstad 

      Backe, Stian; Sørensen, Åse Lekang; Pinel, Dimitri; Clauß, John; Lausselet, Carine; Woods, Ruth (ZEN Report;17, Research report, 2019)
      Denne rapporten vurderer Campus Evenstad på veien mot ZEN. Hensikten med rapporten er å vurdere hvilke tiltak som er relevante fremover for å realisere energimål knyttet til ZEN, og den skal gi en forståelse for potensial, ...
    • Energy efficiency and district heating to reduce future power shortage. Potential scenarios for Norwegian building mass towards 2050 

      Kauko, Hanne Laura Pauliina; Manrique Delgado, Benjamin; Sartori, Igor; Backe, Stian (ZEN Report;47, Research report, 2023)
      Energy efficiency, district heating and heat pumps for reduced power consumption The Norwegian power system is facing enormous challenges in the transition to a fossil-free society. The on-going electrification of transport ...
    • Exploring the link between the EU emissions trading system and net-zero emission neighbourhoods 

      Backe, Stian; Pinel, Dimitri Quentin Alexis; Askeland, Magnus; Lindberg, Karen Byskov; Korpås, Magnus; Tomasgard, Asgeir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Climate policy is transforming the energy system and the building sector. Since these sectors overlap, we need to understand how the short-term operational link between them impact their long-term development subject to ...
    • Innovasjonsrapport 2020. Forskningssenteret for nullutslippsområder i smarte byer (FME ZEN) 

      Bergsdal, Håvard; Sørensen, Åse Lekang; Cervenka, Zdena; Holm, Øystein; Thomsen, Judith; Sartori, Igor; Lindberg, Karen Byskov; Stokke, Raymond Andreas; De Boer, Luitzen; Hamdan, Hasan; Holmen, Elsebeth; Wiik, Marianne Rose Kjendseth; Backe, Stian; Kauko, Hanne; Georges, Laurent; Walnum, Harald Taxt; Lien, Synne Krekling; Skaar, Christofer; Wolfgang, Ove; Brattebø, Helge; Lausselet, Carine; Resch, Eirik; Sandberg, Nina Holck; Pinel, Dimitri; Thorvaldsen, Kasper Emil; Alonso, Maria Justo; Askeland, Magnus; Petersen, Sobah Abbas; Favero, Matteo; Carlucci, Salvatore; Liu, Peng (ZEN Report;28, Research report, 2020)
      Forord. Forskning og innovasjon er grunnpilaren i vår visjon om å utvikle bærekraftige områder med null klimagassutslipp. Innovasjonskomiteen skal bistå senterledelsen i dette arbeidet gjennom å etablere gode innovasjonsprosesser ...
    • Merkostnader ved ZEN. En case studie av Nidarvollutbyggingen i Trondheim 

      Lien, Anne Brit Gunnarshaug; Vågbø, Pål Christian Broberg; Wigenstad, Tore; Jenssen, Bjørn; Backe, Stian (ZEN Report;59, Research report, 2024)
      Et nullutslippsområde, eller et Zero Emission Neighbourhood (ZEN), er et område med bygninger som i gjennomsnitt minimerer og kompenserer for alle klimagassutslipp fra bygging og drift. Bygningene er energieffektive og det ...
    • Opportunities for Local Energy Supply in Norway: A Case Study of a University Campus Site 

      Backe, Stian; Sørensen, Åse Lekang; Pinel, Dimitri; Clauß, John; Lausselet, Carine (Conference object; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Neighbourhoods can contribute to climate change mitigation by supplying and/or facilitating renewable energy sources (RES). In this context, we evaluate opportunities related to the energy system of a Norwegian university ...
    • Prosumers’ role in the future energy system 

      Wolfgang, Ove; Askeland, Magnus; Backe, Stian; Fagerstrøm, Jonathan; Crespo del Grando, Pedro; Hofmann, Matthias; Jaehnert, Stefan; Kvellheim, Ann Kristin; Maranon-Ledesma, Hector; Midthun, Kjetil; Seljom, Pernille; Skjølsvold, Tomas; Sæle, Hanne; Throndsen, William (Research report, 2018)
      Prosumers are people who consume some of the goods and services that they themselves produce. The supply of electric energy and flexibility services are two distinct services needed in all power systems. The prosumers ...
    • Software tools for local energy system operation and expansion 

      Kolstad, Magne Lorentzen; Backe, Stian; Wolfgang, Ove; Sartori, Igor (SINTEF report;2018:00437, Research report, 2018)
      This report describes existing software tools for analysing operation and expansion of local energy systems and is written WP5 in the Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities (ZEN). WP5 in FME ZEN ...
    • Software tools for local energy system operation and expansion 

      Kolstad, Magne Lorentzen; Backe, Stian; Wolfgang, Ove; Sartori, Igor (ZEN Report;6, Research report, 2018)
      This report describes existing software tools for analysing operation and expansion of local energy systems and is written in WP5 in the Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities (ZEN). WP5 in FME ZEN ...
    • Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in the European Energy System 

      Backe, Stian; Pinel, Dimitri; Askeland, Magnus; Lindberg, Karen Byskov; Korpås, Magnus; Tomasgard, Asgeir (ZEN Report;30, Research report, 2021)
      Implications of linking local and international emission targets. Political ambitions to mitigate climate change are driving the transformation of energy systems. These ambitions imply that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ...
    • Zero energy at the neighbourhood scale: Regulatory challenges regarding billing practices in Norway 

      Askeland, Magnus; Backe, Stian; Lindberg, Karen Byskov (Conference object; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Buildings are becoming an increasingly active part of the power system due to the ongoing deployment of decentralized energy resources. To reap the added value that may be realized by zero emission neighbourhoods, it is ...