Renewable Energy & Thermodynamics

Group trip to copenhill.dk to enjoy the view of the wind turbines from the roof of a waste incineration plant with a tourist attraction on top. It is amazing that the flue gas can be scrubbed clean enough for this to be possible.

Modelling to generate alternatives (MGA) is gaining attention in the energy modelling community. In Aarhus, we are trying to map ALL alternatives and not only some of them. Learn from the video by PhD student Tim youtu.be/Uwmyx0vpL1U or read the paper doi.org/10.1016/j.ener…

We just published a new paper on the interaction between climate scenarios and the energy system. The reduced heating demand from global warming has a huge impact on the optimal system design. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Read our latest research on the green transition here: nature.com/articles/s4146… @ReInvestEU

Today, we celebrate Kun Zhu who is defending his PhD thesis. Unfortunately, only supervisors are allowed at the physical presentation. An advantage is that Kun’s family and our international collaborators can join online.

In December I will live-stream a lecture about the transition to renewable energy for DK high school students. au.dk/samarbejde/sam…

Home schooling during the lock-down is a good opportunity to teach the kids about probability. Today we did a few hundred dice rolls.

We have a new paper online :-) In it, you can read about the interplay between decentralised heating technologies and climate change. Spoiler: Global will favour heat pumps in most places. #d1e2642" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Today, Smail Kozarcanin is defending his PhD dissertation titled “Impacts of Climate Change on European Electricity and Heating Systems”. In the picture you can see him in full battle gear and you can read the main conclusions from his presentation.

In Denmark, politicians seems to agree on 70% CO2 reductions in 2030. The power and heating emissions are on the right track, but it will be interesting to see which of the other sectors will be able to handle the rest. Thanks to Marta Victoria for helping with the figure.

Last week, our Ph.d. student Hailiang Lui defended his thesis on highly-renewable energy systems for China. Among other things, Hailiang has developed a new model for hydropower. You can find his thesis here: pure.au.dk/portal/da/pers…

Today we host a @ReInvestEU partner seminar at Aarhus University. Here, Jacob from Aalborg University is explaining how we plan to align with the EU Clean Planet for All scenarios.

In a recent paper, we use gas and power data from all European countries to learn about heating. authors.elsevier.com/c/1ZNOo1M7zG~H…. Thanks to @ReInvestEU funding.

Our new open solar data is getting some attention. We call it the “data sun” but other people can of course call it what they like inverse.com/article/57287-…

Our new validated solar time series for Europe are described in this new paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… . You can download them here: zenodo.org/record/2613651… . Funding from @ReInvestEU

Today, Bo Tranberg is defending his PhD thesis titled “Cost allocation and risk management in renewable electricity networks”. The work is the result of a 3 yr collaboration with Danske Commodities.

Wind and solar installations are growing world-wide to fight climate change. But some amount of global warming seems inevitable. In our new study, we investigate how a changing climate affects large weather-based power systems. cell.com/joule/fulltext…

Should we reconsider nuclear power in Denmark? This was the topic of a recent interview I gave to DR viden. dr.dk/viden/webfeatu…

We also have a short video where Kun Zhu guids you through the paper. Watch it here: vc.au.dk/videos/video/7…

Read our latest research on CO2 prices and renewable energy. We investigate if decarbonization can be achived effeciently by simply building enough wind and solar OR if a CO2 tax has to be added on top to force out fossil fuel. authors.elsevier.com/a/1YCp8_6zgtIF…. Funding: @ReInvestEU