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Luleå University of Technology is in strong growth with world-leading competence in several research areas. We shape the future through innovative education and ground-breaking research results, and based on the Arctic region, we create global social benefit. Our scientific and artistic research and education are conducted in close collaboration with international, national and regional companies, public actors and leading universities. Luleå University of Technology has a total turnover of SEK 1.9 billion per year. We currently have 1,840 employees and 17,670 students.
In the coming years, multi-billion investments will be made in large projects in Northern Sweden to create a fossil-free society both nationally and globally. Luleå University of Technology is involved in several of these cutting-edge research projects and in the societal transformation that they entail. We offer a broad range of courses and study programmes to match the skills in demand. We hope that you will help us to build the sustainable companies and societies of the future.The Department for Energy Science is looking for candidates who want to do a doctorate in Energy Engineering. Your research will focus on optimising the Swedish power system and on identifying cost-efficient options for Sweden to meet its climate targets. The research is based on applying the TIMES model framework, which is widely used across the globe to analyse energy transitions at local, national, or global scales.
Energy Engineering is a part of the Division of Energy Science in the Department of Engineering Science and Mathematics, which is a subject-wide department with many successful research groups and recognized educational programs. In Energy Engineering, we have a close collaboration with industries and organizations in both research projects and student projects. The research is of international quality, and we collaborate with researchers around the world. Within the area of Energy system analysis, the research is targeted at the transition to a sustainable future, including but not limited to, studies related to new technologies, process integration and policy measures, as well as overall energy system aspects at local, national and supranational levels. We collaborate interdisciplinary with several social science subjects.
The group working with TIMES, of which the chosen candidate will be a part, has a good national and international reputation and is a requested partner in both academic and public contexts. The current research areas for the group are energy system optimization models, sustainable energy transition, climate transition, scenario analysis and applied system analysis.
Project description
The project is about exploring the conditions and opportunities for Swedish hydropower to contribute with additional flexibility to the power system. This is needed as the shares of wind and solar power are increasing in the Swedish and European power grids. The overarching aim of the project is to explore opportunities for the Swedish power system to meet the increasing electricity demand, which is needed to achieve the Swedish and global climate targets. Funding is received from the Swedish Energy Agency.
The role of the PhD candidate is first to develop a new power system module for the existing TIMES-Sweden model and then to apply the model to develop a portfolio of actions and policies that are key for the future fossil-free Swedish power system given foreseen increasing power demand.
Duties
A PhD student research position means being part of a research group where you in collaboration with others carry out scientific work as well as teaching. The work includes for example:
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