Dr Clara F. Heuberger-Austin

Summary

My PhD project aims at investigating the electricity system transition to a low-carbon future. We are developing a technology evaluation metric which quantifies the value of a technology within the power system explicitly taking whole-system dynamics into account. The System Value of a technology is a function of the power system conditions and constraints, and varies between first-of-a-kind and n^th-of-a-kind power plants.

The heart of the System Value concept is an electricity systems optimisation (ESO) framework based on mixed-integer linear programming taking detailed technical as well as system-level economic, environmental, and security constraints into account. The ESO model can perform short-term and long-term unit commitment and capacity expansion planning for a national-scale power system of up to 2000 units of generation, energy storage, and interconnector technologies.

Prepared for the International Energy Agency (IEA) Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme we are conducting the FLEX-EVAL project which aims at determining the value of flexible CCS power plants and their role in the future UK electricity system.

biography

• Research visit at the Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
• Master thesis at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
• Master study of Energy Technology at RWTH Aachen University, abroad at MONASH University, Kuala Lumpur
• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University, Bachelor thesis at juwi technologies GmbH

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