European electricity system planning for 2050: a serious game
This activity, co-organized by UPM and PSL, offers a multidisciplinary team-based experience centered on the challenge of designing a resilient, efficient, and carbon-neutral European electricity system for the coming decades. Over five days, participants will attend lectures led by experts from academia, industry, and European institutions. A significant portion of the program will be devoted to hands-on supervised sessions, structured as a serious game. These practical sessions will involve numerical simulations exploring various future scenarios for the European electricity network, using a dedicated PyPSA-based environment and data from the European Resource Adequacy Assessment.
The aim of this activity is to introduce students to the questions, concepts, models, mathematical and computing tools related to electricity systems planning. The students will play a serious game focusing on the European system, in which they will act out the associated collective decision-making process. Each team of students will be responsible for making the investment decisions in one country: which power capacity for electricity production units in 2035-50? Which network interconnection capacities - allowing to mutualize the “efforts” with their neighbors?
This activity will include
Theoretically: an introduction to mathematical, economical and physical concepts underlying the electricity system (planning and operation). Including:
- Introduction to the Unit Commitment and the Generation Expansion Planning: key optimization problems to model operational and planning decisions for a “good” supply-demand equilibrium.
- On the specific challenges concerning electricity network(s), in particular for insular systems.
- On the impact of climate change on electricity system planning
- On the application of game-theory models in this context
Credentials
Through this activity, all participants will receive EELISA credentials for achieving Level 3 in SDGs 7, 13, and 17. Additionally, students will write position papers.
Participation and traveling
- Registration and participation are FREE
- A dedicated Joint Call budget is available to cover travel costs to Paris and accommodation costs for a selection of students from institutions outside Paris/Île-de-France. Students who are not covered by this funding are encouraged to contact the EELISA coordinator at their institution to explore alternative support options.