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of research results. These platforms are designed to strengthen dialogue andinteraction with the business community when it comes to market analysis,identification of research needs and priorities, ensuring relevance, and disseminationof results. The Division coordinates one of these platforms: power and heatproduction (Ola Carlson, project leader).Swedish Vehicle Hybrid Centre - SHCThe Swedish Hybrid Vehicle Centre (SHC) is a Centre of Excellence established2007 by the Swedish Energy Agency (Energimyndigheten) with three Swedishuniversities (Chalmers University of Technology, Royal Institute of Technology,Lund Institute of Technology within Lund University) and six Swedish industrialcompanies (AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Saab Automobile AB, GM PowertrainSweden AB, Scania CV AB, BAE Systems Hägglunds AB) as partners.Chalmers is the host for SHC.The mission of the Centre is to serve as a strategic knowledge and competencebase for education, research and development within hybrid electric vehicles, andto form a framework for cooperation between industry and academia. The focus ofthe research is divided into three thematic areas:1. System studies and tools2. Electrical machines and drives3. Energy storageThe division of Electric Power Engineering is active within SHC theme 2, electricalmachines and drives. Theme 2 contains three projects confronting the challengeof designing cost efficient, energy efficient and reliable traction systems fromdifferent perspectives. The project focus is on the design of sensorless operation(KTH), charger integration (Chalmers), EMC and safety optimization (LTH). Thepersons at the Division involved in this project are Saeid Haghbin, Sonja TidbladLundmark, and Ola Carlson.PathwaysThis project is carried out in collaboration with the Energy Technology Division atChalmers and with Power System Laboratory in ETH-Zurich. The overall aim ofthe project is to evaluate and propose robust pathways towards a sustainableenergy system with respect to environmental, technical, economic and socialissues. In this project, a comprehensive modelling package for power generationinvestment planning, power generation dispatch and detailed representation ofEuropean transmission network is developed. The network model of this packagefocuses on the modelling of current European transmission network in order toevaluate the potential bottlenecks, transmission capacity of interconnectionsbetween countries and regions in the grid, as well as propose future networkinvestment solutions in order to accommodate the future generation investment39 |