Laboratory history
MAIN MILESTONES
2000
Establishment of the Laboratory
The Laboratory of Energy Policy (LEST) operates since 2000 within the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Andrej Gubina, PhD.
SEPTEMBER 2008
7th Balkan Power Conference BPC
For the seventh time, LEST organized the Balkan Conference of Electric Power Industry (BPC), this time in Šibenik, Croatia. More than 150 participants from industry and science gathered.
NOVEMBER 2011
Start of APPRAISE project
APRAISE: Assessment of Policy Interrelationships and Impacts on Sustainability in Europe; EU, FP7
SEPTEMBER 2013
Start of INCREASE project
INCREASE: Increasing the penetration of renewable energy sources; EU, FP7
AUGUST 2014
APRAISE Summer School
In connection with the European project APRAISE, LEST organized a summer school for all last year postgraduate and undergraduate students.
OCTOBER 2014
End of APRAISE project
Results are available on the link.
MAY 2015
Start of BET and STORY project
MAY 2016
INCREASE Summer School
The second summer school of the INCREASE project took place in Ljubljana. The main goal was to teach students about the management of distributed renewable energy sources on a low-voltage distribution network.
OCTOBER 2016
IEEE PES ISGT Europe
IEEE PES ISGT (Innovative Smart Grid Technologies) is one of the most recognized and largest conferences in this field, attracting participants from all over the world. Papers from the conference are also published by IEEE Xplore.
DECEMBER 2016
End of INCREASE project & start of CONSEED project
NOVEMBER 2017
Start of the CROSSBOW project
CROSSBOW: CROSS BOrder management of variable renewable energies and storage units enabling a transnational Wholesale market; EU, Horizon 2020
NOVEMBER 2018
Start of COMPILE project
COMPILE project (Integrating Community Power In Energy Islands) is the first EU project coordinated by the LEST team; EU, Horizon 2020
APRIL 2019
End of BET project
AUGUST 2019
Renovation of LEST office
The effort and time we put into planning and renovating the Laboratory have paid off. Today we have a modern office where we feel good. Visit us!
SEPTEMBER 2019
16th EEM conference
More than 300 participants joined us at the leading conference on the European Energy Market to discuss the latest challenges and solutions for energy market modelling and design, regulatory policies, climate changes and other aspects of the energy sector.
OCTOBER 2019
Start of X-FLEX project
X-FLEX: Integrated energy solutions and new market mechanisms for an eXtended FLEXibility of the European grid; EU, Horizon 2020
NOVEMBER 2019
End of CONSEED project
Results of the CONSEED project are available on the link.
JUNE 2020
Start of REScoopVPP project
REScoopVPP: Smart Building Ecosystem for Energy Communities; EU, Horizon 2020
OCTOBER 2020
End of STORY project
Results of the STORY project are available on the link.
JANUARY 2021
Start of BD4NRG project
BD4NRG: Big Data for Next Generation Energy; EU, Horizon2020
DECEMBER 2021
COMPILE Winter School
More information is available here.
