*Post Duration*: 15 months, full-time (A part-time equivalent may be
considered)
*Principal Investigator*: Dr Paula Carroll
*Location: *University College Dublin, Ireland,
*How to Apply*: via the UCD jobs portal https://www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/
*UCD Job HR Reference No.*: 014735
*Closing Date*: 26-Jul-2022
*Project Summary*: Supporting Energy Communities - Operational Research and
Energy Analytics (SEC-OREA) aims to enable local energy communities (LECs)
to participate in the decarbonisation of the energy sector by developing
advanced efficient algorithms and analytics technologies. Our goal is to
create algorithms to support the design and operation of an LEC to use
renewable energy sources at a local level. The consortium brings together
expertise from Business, Climatology, Computational Methods, and Power
Systems with researchers in ULB Belgium, INRIA (Lille) France, UCD Ireland,
and IPE, Latvia.
*Duties*: the successful candidate will conduct a specified programme of
research and scholarship under the supervision and direction of the
Principal Investigator.:
1) Use Statistical or Machine Learning techniques to create renewable
electricity supply scenarios;
2) Use Statistical or Machine Learning techniques to create LEC demand
scenarios;
3) Support the consortium members to test their algorithms to design and
operate a Local Energy Community.
*Mandatory Requirements*: A PhD in Energy Systems Modelling or related area
such as Climate Services, Statistics, or Data Science for Energy
Applications; A demonstrated commitment to research and publications; An
understanding of the operational requirements for a successful research
project; Evidence of research activity.
*EDI Policies at UCD*: UCD is committed to creating an inclusive
environment where diversity is celebrated, and everyone is afforded
equality of opportunity. We encourage applicants to consult UCD's equality,
diversity and inclusion policies here https://www.ucd.ie/equality/
*Further Details*: contact paula.carroll@ucd.ie
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