About
Tarjei Kristiansen is a Principal Fellow in the Utilities and Renewables program at KAPSARC, with extensive international experience in electricity market analysis and power system modeling across Europe, the United States, Australia, and Brazil. His current research focuses on hybrid renewables and storage PPA assessment, and electricity tariff reform. Prior to joining KAPSARC, he held senior analytical and trading roles at Danske Commodities, EDF Trading, J.P. Morgan, and Statkraft, among others. Tarjei holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Power Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and an M.Sc. in Physics from the University of Oslo.
Publications
18 May 2026
Benchmarking Global Practices in Hybrid Renewable Energy Storage Contracting: Features, Payment Schemes, and Risk SharingRapid growth in variable renewables is raising the system value of flexibility and accelerating the deployment of utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) and renewables-plus-storage hybrids. Consequently, the industry is transitioning toward new contracting and remuneratio...