Postdoc in Electrical flexibility mechanisms on the intersection of planning and operation in urban energy systems

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands

Updated: almost 2 years ago
Deadline: 09 May 2022

Delft University of Technology is hiring 2 postdoctoral candidates on the subject of “Electrical flexibility mechanisms on the intersection of planning and operation in urban energy systems”

The position is part of the GO-e project, which will investigate scalable, local electrical flexibility services for consumers, business, and distribution system operators. The rapid electrification of energy demand in the built environment necessitates electrical grid expansions. Grid congestion management is a key operational tool to smoothen the planning of such expansions. This requires intelligent, scalable, and socially acceptable flexibility solutions borne by the complete energy supply chain. The GO-e consortium includes a wide variety of partners, including TNO, distribution system operators, energy companies, aggregators, ICT specialists, and societal stakeholders.

In this position you will have plenty opportunities to collaborate with Dutch industrial and societal partners, but also with academics from other disciplines, as required (mathematics, social sciences, systems engineering).  Within the team, we strive to develop engineering methods that are mathematically rigorous and have near-term application potential in the power engineering domain. We are strong supporters of open science (publishing, source code, data).

As a postdoctoral researcher, you will investigate

  • the (mathematical) modelling of flexibility mechanisms for congestion management
  • test and validate the efficacy and scalability of flexibility mechanisms
  • cascading and market effects of gaming with (aggregated) flexibility
  • the inclusion of operational flexibility mechanisms into planning tools of DSOs
  • (electrical) transition scenarios for the built environment

    • About the department

    The research in the Department of Electrical Sustainable Energy is inspired by the technical, scientific, and societal challenges originating from the transition towards a more sustainable society and focuses on three areas:

    • DC Systems, Energy Conversion and Storage (DCE&S)
    • Photovoltaic Materials and Devices (PVMD)
    • Intelligent Electrical Power Grids (IEPG)

    The Electrical Sustainable Energy Department provides expertise in each of these areas throughout the entire energy system chain. The department owns a large ESP laboratory assembling High Voltage testing, DC Grids testing environment, and large RTDS that is actively used for real-time simulation of future electrical power systems, AC and DC protection and wide-area monitoring and protection.

    The Intelligent Electrical Power Grid (IEPG) group, headed by Professor Peter Palensky, works on the future of our power system. The goal is to generate, transmit and use electrical energy in a highly reliable, efficient, stable, clean, affordable, and safe way. IEPG integrates new power technologies and smart controls, which interact with other systems and allow for more distributed and variable generation.


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