within the framework of international political economy, this article discusses the situation of energy resources, including oil and gas, in central asia and argues that due to abundance of oil and gas resources in such countries as kazakhstan, turkmenistan and uzbekistan, and hefty revenues generated by those resources, statesmen in these countries are planning to turn central asia into a majo...

Multi-energy systems (MES) are considered various energy carriers and energy players in an integrated energy model. Vast amount of decision making data is gathered in these systems that cannot be processed by conventional methods. Cloud-based computing is an opportunity to develop these kinds of integrated and efficient approaches. Developing mathematical models that can be compatible with clou...

In 2004 the Power Systems and High Voltage Laboratories at ETH initiated the research project ”Vision of Future Energy Networks” (VoFEN), which applies a greenfield approach to the design of future energy systems. The main aspect of the project is the consideration of multiple energy carriers, i.e. the analysis is not restricted to electricity but also considers other energy carriers such as na...

In this chapter, the operation and optimization of integrated electricity and natural gas systems is investigated. The couplings between these different infrastructures are modeled by the use of energy hubs. These serve as interface between the energy consumers on the one hand and the energy sources and transmission lines on the other hand. In previous work, we have applied a distributed contro...