Erik Ahlgren
Chalmers University of Technology| Chalmers University of Technology | |
| GOTHENBURG, Sweden | |
| Member ID | 0472 |
|---|---|
| Member since | Apr 22, 2013 |
| Status | Active |
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Professor in Energy Systems Technology at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Current research is addressing integrated energy system transitions mainly at the local scale both in Northern Europe and in Global South contexts, mainly East Africa.Details
Recent publications:Milky Ali Gelchu, Jimmy Ehnberg, Dereje Shiferaw, Erik O. Ahlgren (2025). Exploring the advantages of a multi-year-adaptive approach on cost-optimal long-term mini-grid design under different demand evolution scenarios. Smart Energy 18: 100178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.segy.2025.100178
Basilio Z.S. Tamele, Yibeltal T. Wassie, Alberto J. Tsamba, Erik O. Ahlgren (2025). Electricity Consumption and Its Determinants in Rural Mozambique – at the Edge of the Electricity Grid. Energy for Sustainable Development 85: 101662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2025.101662
Kushagra Gupta, Erik O. Ahlgren (2025). Analysis of City Energy Systems Modeling Case Studies: A Systematic Review. Int J Sustainable Energy Planning and Management 43: 123–139.
Kushagra Gupta, Kenneth Karlsson, Erik O. Ahlgren (2024). City energy planning: Modeling long-term strategies under system uncertainties. Energy Strategy Reviews 56: 101564.
Karl Vilén, Erik O. Ahlgren (2024). Seasonal Large-Scale Thermal Energy Storage in an Evolving District Heating System – Long-term Modeling of Interconnected Supply and Demand. Smart Energy 15: 100156.
Karl Vilén, Kristina Lygnerud, Erik O. Ahlgren (2024). Policy Implications of Challenges and Opportunities for District Heating – the Case for a Nordic Heating System. Energy 308: 132831.
Maria de Oliveira Laurin, Sujeetha Selvakkumaran, Erik O. Ahlgren, Maria Grahn (2024). Are decarbonization strategies municipality-dependent? Generating rural road transport pathways through an iterative process in the Swedish landscape. Energy Research & Social Science 114: 103570.
Hyunkyo Yu, Claire Bergaentzle, Stefan Petrovic, Erik O. Ahlgren, Filip Johnsson (2024). Combining techno-economic modeling and spatial analysis for heat planning in rural regions: A case study of the Holbæk municipality in Denmark. Smart Energy 14: 100144.
Adugnaw Lake Temesgen, Yibeltal T. Wassie, Erik O. Ahlgren (2024). Analyzing grid extension suitability: A case study of Ethiopia using OnSSET. Energy Strategy Reviews 52: 101292.
Yibeltal T. Wassie , Erik O. Ahlgren (2024). Understanding the load profiles and electricity consumption patterns of PV mini-grid customers in rural off-grid east africa: A data-driven study. Energy Policy 185: 113969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113969
Yibeltal T. Wassie, Erik O. Ahlgren (2023). Long-term optimal capacity expansion planning for an operating off-grid PV mini-grid in rural Africa under different demand evolution scenarios. Energy for Sustainable Development 76: 101305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2023.101305
Karl Vilén, Erik O. Ahlgren (2023). Linear or mixed integer programming in long-term energy systems modeling – A comparative analysis for a local expanding heating system. Energy 283: 129056.
Hyunkyo Yu, Erik O. Ahlgren (2023). Enhancing Urban Heating Systems Planning through Spatially Explicit Participatory Modeling. Energies 16: 4264.
Milky Ali Gelchu, Jimmy Ehnberg, Dereje Shiferaw, Erik O. Ahlgren (2023). Impact of demand-side management on the sizing of autonomous solar PV-based mini-grids. Energy 278: 127884. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.127884
Yibeltal T. Wassie, Erik O. Ahlgren (2023). Determinants of electricity consumption from decentralized solar PV mini-grids in rural East Africa: An econometric analysis. Energy 127351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.127351
Karl Vilén, Sujeetha Selvakkumaran, Erik O. Ahlgren (2023). Communal or individual – Exploring cost-efficient heating of new city-level housing in a systems perspective. Smart Energy 10: 100097.
Yibeltal T. Wassie, Erik O. Ahlgren (2023). Performance and reliability analysis of an off-grid PV mini-grid system in rural tropical Africa: A case study in southern Ethiopia. Development Engineering 8: 100106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.deveng.2022.100106
Dawit Habtu Gebremeskel, Erik O. Ahlgren, Getachew Bekele Beyene (2023). Long-term electricity supply modelling in the context of developing countries: The OSeMOSYS-LEAP soft-linking approach for Ethiopia. Energy Strategy Reviews 45 (2023) 101045.