Top publication by Endre Bjørndal and Mette Bjørndal
The article "Energy Storage Operation and Electricity Market Design: On the Market Power of Monopolistic Storage Operators" has been published in European Journal of Operational Research.
Mette Bjørndal is Professor at the Department of Business and Management Science and former Vice Rector of NHH. Bjørndal has a PhD in Management Science, from NHH in 2000. Her areas of expertise include analysis of energy markets, market design and pricing, transmission pricing and congestion management in electricity and gas networks, benchmarking and regulation of natural monopolies.
Bjørndal has worked on numerous research projects, often in close collaboration with regulators and industry partners, in particular on transmission pricing and congestion management, and benchmarking and regulation in the electricity sector. Some of the projects have had significant impact on the Norwegian regulatory practice.
Bjørndal was a member of the Expert Committee on the operation of the power system, appointed by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in 2010. She was a member of the Central Bank Law Commission from 2015 to 2017, and is currently member of several Boards, including the Board of the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway and the Petroleum Price Board. She is Research Director in FME NTRANS (Norwegian Centre for Energy Transition Strategies).
Main: Energy Markets, Resource Management and Sustainability
Secondary: Shipping, Logistics and Operations Management, Asset Management and Risk Analysis
The article "Energy Storage Operation and Electricity Market Design: On the Market Power of Monopolistic Storage Operators" has been published in European Journal of Operational Research.
Lars Skaugen Strømholm and Raag August Sandal Rolfsen are the winners of the Best Master Thesis Award at the Department of Business and Management Science for 2021.
A new expert committee will evaluate Norwegian power supply and the electricity grid. NHH Professor Mette H Bjørndal is appointed member of the expert group.
The article "Finding the right yardstick: Regulation of electricity networks under heterogeneous environments" has been published in European Journal of Operational Research.
The article "Hybrid pricing in a coupled European power market with more wind power" has been published in European Journal of Operational Research.