Professor Chris Dent, School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh

Partner: Global Power System Transformation (G-PST) Consortium

Decarbonising the energy system, while maintaining resilience against a changing climate, is a major challenge facing society. The mathematical sciences have a vital role in addressing this, due to a more complex system with large numbers of local resources, management of uncertain renewable generation and time-shifting energy through storage, and planning with limited data on extremes of weather. This project will work with the Global Power System Transformation Consortium, an international collaboration of electricity system operators, on their decarbonisation agenda, and connect more broadly the mathematical science community to challenges associated with future energy supply.