Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Addressing nuclear power’s social challenges to increase deployment

Nuclear power could provide large amounts of low-carbon electricity that would help us deeply decarbonize the global energy system. However, it often faces societal challenges that dampen its deployment prospects. What are these challenges and how do we resolve them in the next generation of reactors? As part of his work on the U.S.... More

Thursday, May 26, 2022

PhD position in the modelling of separation processes and negative emissions technologies

A PhD position in the modelling of separation processes and negative emissions technologies is open in the Alternative Pathways for the Energy Transition (APEX) laboratory at Carleton University. The PhD candidate will develop open-source process models of negative emissions technologies (NETs), like direct air capture of CO2 (DAC) and carbon... More

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Postdoctoral Position in Power and Energy Systems Planning, Large-scale Network Optimization

A post-doctoral position in operations research / large-scale network optimization / power and energy systems planning is open in the Alternative Pathways for the Energy Transition (APEX) laboratory at Carleton University. The Position The postdoctoral researcher will contribute to the development of several network optimization models of the... More

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

APEX research featured on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

On the heels of COP26, research on carbon capture and storage (CCS) that was recently conducted by the APEX research group and colleagues was featured on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) Radio National show, Science Friction. Ahmed Abdulla took part in the broadcast, which can be heard on the ABC's website and is also available as... More

Monday, July 12, 2021

Spatio-temporal probabilistic wind power forecasting framework

Accurate probabilistic forecasting of wind power output is critical to maximizing network integration of this clean energy source. New research by Professors Arrieta-Prieto and Schell, published in the International Journal of Forecasting, developed a spatio-temporal framework that outperformed competitive models in both the univariate and... More

Monday, June 28, 2021

Real-time electricity price forecasting of wind farms

The ability to forecast real-time electricity price for wind power is key to the operation of energy markets and hedging price risks. In new research published in the journal Applied Energy, Professor Kristen Schell, working with her PhD student Haolin Yang at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the U.S., develop novel machine learning algorithms... More

Sunday, May 16, 2021

Exploring the deleterious effects of strategic energy storage operation

Batteries could be critical in the transition to clean energy. They can complement renewable energy sources and help the grid manage fluctuations between supply and demand. But the same characteristics that make batteries attractive could enable users to exploit the electric power system for private profit while increasing overall costs and making... More

Thursday, April 1, 2021

New methods for evaluating energy infrastructure development risks

In new research published in Risk Analysis, Ahmed Abdulla and his colleague Dr. Michael Ford at the Argonne National Laboratory analyze the role of economic risks and institutional risks in limiting the deployment of large, complex energy infrastructure. The abstract reads: "Many energy technologies that can provide reliable, low-carbon... More

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Ingenious Talk: Engineering Energy Systems for a Climate in Crisis

The climate change alarm bells are ringing for researchers as mounting evidence reveals the extent of humanity’s impact on the Earth and the growing risks of inaction on carbon pollution. Emissions are rising at 1-2% per year, which sets the world further back from stabilizing the climate at internationally agreed upon temperature targets, like... More

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Explaining success and failure in carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects

Global climate and energy system models often deploy carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies to address the challenge of cutting CO2 emissions. One can see the appeal: first, CCS technologies make it possible to use existing infrastructure, avoiding the need to construct new energy systems. Second, they can complement renewables as... More

Monday, December 14, 2020

Abdulla selected to membership of U.S. National Academies committee

Ahmed Abdulla has been selected to serve on a committee that will investigate the opportunities and challenges facing the future of nuclear power in the United States. This study, "Laying the Foundation for New and Advanced Nuclear Reactors in the United States", is being undertaken by the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems (BEES)... More

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

How might we turn nuclear fusion into an engineering reality?

Ahmed Abdulla recently published a discussion paper in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. Co-authored with Professor George R. Tynan, Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UC San Diego, the paper identifies the characteristics that fusion reactors will need if they are to fit into the emerging... More

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