Short CV for Mikael Togeby

Key qualifications  

Mikael Togeby has extensive experience as project manager in Danish and Nordic projects. In recent years, Mikael has worked with demand response, electricity markets and evaluation of policy instruments to promote energy efficiency. He has written several text books about evaluation of public policy.

 

Selected assignments  

• Eastern Africa: Training in cross-border trade for the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP)

• FlexPower - a market design project – Project Manager
• White Paper on the intelligent energy system – Project Manager
• Århus: Environmental alternatives for district heating – Projekt Manager
• Evaluation of the Danish energy savings effort - Project Manager
• Electricity demand as frequency controlled reserve
• EcoGrid: Suvey of market measures to help integrate large amount of wind power
• White certificates - What can we learn from other countries? - Project Manager

• Steps for improved congestion management and cost allocation for transit

  - Project Manager

• Reviewer for Energy Studies Review (June 2006), Wind Energy (October 2006 and December 2009), and Energy Efficiency (May 2007 and November 2007). AKF, Danish Institute of Governmental Research  (June 2008) and Journal of Cleaner production (September 2009 and March 2010) and Energy Journal (July 2010)
  
  

Professional experience  

• 2005 - : Partner in Ea Energy Analyses

• 1999 –2005: Expert in electricity demand in the Planning Department at Elkraft System, the Transmission System Operator in Eastern Denmark (from 2005 Energinet.dk)

• 1988 – 1999: Researcher at AKF, the Local Governments Research Institute. The last years as Director of Research

• 1983 – 1988: Researcher the Technical University of Denmark

 

Selected publications and presentations by subject

 

Energy efficiency

• Togeby, M., K. Dyhr-Mikkelsen, A. Larsen, P. Bach (2010): A Danish Case: Portfolio Evaluation and Its Impact on Energy Efficiency Policy. International Energy Program Evaluation Conference, 9-10 June 2010, Paris

• Hansen Kjærbye, V., A. Larsen and M. Togeby (2010): The effect of building regulations on energy consumption in single family houses in Denmark

• Gleerup, M., A. Larsen, S. Leth-Petersen, M. Togeby (2010): The Effect of Feedback by Text Message (SMS) and Email on Household Electricity Consumption: Experimental Evidence. The Energy Journal. Vol. 31, No. 3.

• Togeby, M. (2009): Danish DSM activities – current results and possible developments. 2009 IEEE PES General Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Invited Panel Presentation

• Togeby, M., K. Dyhr-Mikkelsen, A. Larsen, M. J. Hansen, P. Bach (2009): Danish Energy Efficiency Policy: Revisited and Future Improvements. ECEEE 2009.

• Kjærbye, V.H., A. Larsen, S. Leth-Petersen, M. Togeby (2009): E-mail and SMS as a tool for electricity savings in households, report from a field experiment. Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting, EEDAL ’09 Berlin.

• Togeby, M. (ed.) (2008): En vej til bedre og billigere energibesparelser. Evaluering af samtlige danske energispareaktiviteter Udarbejdet af Ea Energianalyse, Niras, RUC og 4-Fact for Energistyrelsen (Evaluation og all Danish energy efficiency programmes, for the Danish Energy Agency)

• Togeby, M., K. Dyhr-Mikkelsen and E. James-Smith (2007): White Certificates - What can we learn from other countries?

• Togeby, M., K. Dyhr-Mikkelsen and E. James-Smith (2007): Design of White Certificates. Comparing UK, Italy, France and Denmark

• Christoffersen, L. B., A. Larsen and M. Togeby (2006): Empirical analysis of Energy Management in Danish Industry. The Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 516-526. Elsevier Publications

 

Demand response and frequency controlled demand

• Xu, Z., J. Østergaard, M. Togeby (2010): Demand as Frequency Controlled Reserve. IEEE transactions on power systems (accepted for publication)

• Nyeng, P., J. Østergaard, M. Togeby and J. Hethey (2010): Design and Implementation of Frequency-responsive Thermostat Control. 45th International Universities' Power Engineering Conference (UPEC 2010), Cardiff, Wales, UK.

• Østergaard, J., C. Træholt, M. Togeby (2009): Flexibility in the distribution system. Chapter 7 in Risø Energy Report 8. H. Larsen and L. S. Petersen (ed.).

• Togeby, M. And C. Hay (2009): Prisfølsomt elforbrug i husholdninger (Demand response in households). With DI – Energibranchen, SYDENERGI a.m.b.a. SEAS/NVE a.m.b.a. Siemens A/S Danfoss A/S.

• Xu, Z, M. Togeby and J. Østergaard, (2008): Demand as frequency controlled reserve. Technical University of Denmark

• Andersen, F. M., S. Grenaa Jensen, H. V. Larsen, P. Meibom, H. Ravn, K. Skytte, M. Togeby (2006): Analyses of Demand Response in Denmark. Risø-R-1565(EN)

• Kofod, C., and M. Togeby (2004): Demand Response offered by households with direct electric heating. Demand Response in Energy Markets Conference, 26 November, 2004, Risø

 

Energy systems, energy markets

• Togeby, M., V. T. Frandsen and K. Dyhr-Mikkelsen (2010): Intelligent energy systems - A White Paper with Danish perspectives (draft)
• Togeby, M., A.E. Larsen and H.H. Lindboe (2010): Udviklingen i elpriserne (Development of electricity prices, 1995-2009).
• Togeby, M., and J. Hethey, S. Rygaard, P. Lauritzen, G. Føns Hjortbak and A. Lundfald, S. Panzer Engstrøm, L. Bregnbæk, J. Werling (2010): Kombination af vindkraft og varmepumpe til Varmeplan Århus. (Research project about the use of wind power combined with heat pumps for district heating in Århus).
• Togeby, M (2010): VindVarme - Skitseprojekt om fjernvarme fra vindmøller og varmepumper (Design project about the use of wind power combined with heat pumps for district heating in Århus).
• Togeby, M. (ed.), J. Werling, J. Hethey, L. Bregnbæk, A. Kofoed-Wiuff, H. H. Lindboe, Kim Mygind, J. Ahmt, A. Filippidis, P. Meibom. P. E. Morthorst (2009): Bedre integration af vind Analyse af elpatronloven, treledstariffen for mindre kraft-varmeanlæg, afgifter og andre væsentlige ramme­betingelser. (Integration of increasing amounts of renewable energy into the electricity system. For the Danish Energy Agency and the Danish Ministry of Taxation)
  
• Lind, M. (Ed.), T. Ackermann, P.-F. Bach, H. Bindner, Y. Chen, R. Garcia-Valle, M. Gordon, K. Heussen, P. Nyeng, K. Nørregaard, A. Saleem, P. Sørensen, B. Tennbak, M. Togeby, I. Vlachogiannis, S. You, Z. Xu, J. Østergaard (2009): Steps toward a Danish power system with 50% wind energy. Ecogrid.dk Phase 1 WP2: System Architecture.
  
• Togeby, M., H.H. Lindboe and T. E. Pedersen (2007): Steps for improved congestion management and cost allocation for transit. TemaNord 2007:537. Nordic Council of Ministers

 

Evaluation

• Togeby, M. (2004): Impact evaluation Chapter in: Handbook in Evaluation (In Danish). Ed. Olaf Rieper, AKF Forlaget
  
• Dyhr-Mikkelsen, K. P. Birr-Pedersen, M. Togeby, O. Rieper, T. Kristensen, E. Vedung and A. Larsen (2003): Handbook in Evaluation of energy saving measures (in Danish). Danish Energy Authority
  
• SRCI et al. (2001): A European Ex-Post Evaluation Guidebook for DSM and EE Services Programmes. (Contributions to several chapters)
  
• Dahler-Larsen, P. and H. K. Krogstrup (ed.) (2001): Tendencies in evaluation, Odense Universitets-forlag. Chapter 9: Mikael Togeby: Impact evaluation and statistical methods              

Education and training

MSc Engineering, the Technical University of Denmark, 1983

Ph.D., the Technical University of Denmark, 1988          

 

Last update 06-Oct-2011