Techno-economic educational simulation games for trading and generating electrical energy

Author

Delarue, Erik ; Laga, Elisabeth ; Meeus, Leonardo ; Belmans, Ronnie ; Haeseleer, William D.

Author_Institution

Div. of Appl., Mech. & Energy Conversion TME, Univ. of Leuven (K.U. Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

fYear

2009

fDate

27-29 May 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents and motivates the development of a techno-economic education package, consisting of two simulation games, to simulate both the trading and the generation of electricity in a liberalized market. Six attributes (storytelling; players as problem solvers and explorers; feedback; challenges that fit the student characteristics; competition; appropriate graphics and sounds) are relevant in order for simulation games to achieve their learning potentials. These attributes are identified within both developed simulation games.

Keywords

engineering education; game theory; power generation economics; power markets; education package; generating electrical energy; liberalized electricity market; student characteristics; techno-economic educational simulation games; trading electrical energy; Acoustical engineering; Costs; Electricity supply industry; Feedback; Graphics; Packaging; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Supply chains; Voltage; Energy engineering; Liberalized electricity markets; Simulation game;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Market, 2009. EEM 2009. 6th International Conference on the European

Conference_Location

Leuven

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4455-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EEM.2009.5207166

Filename

5207166