Next Generation Challenges in Energy-Climate Modelling Workshop 2024
26th and 27th September 2024, 1200-1600 UTC
(6-10am Denver, 1-5pm London, 2-6pm Berlin, 10pm-2am Sydney)
Fully virtual/online; free to attend.
Registration is now closed.
Key information:
- Workshop programme (version 20/9/23)
- List of posters
- Detailed abstracts for breakout theme topics.
- Materials for training sessions (1).
- Materials for training sessions (2).
- Slack channel joining link
Energy systems around the world are undergoing rapid and far-reaching change. With increasing renewable generation, exposure of infrastructure assets and evolving energy demand, the need for weather and climate resilient energy systems has never been greater. At the same time, weather and climate science is progressing: from the emergence of skillful AI prediction systems and advances in downscaling, to the use of very large climate ensembles and decadal forecasts to understand climate risk.
This fast-moving landscape presents both opportunities and challenges for ‘energy-climate’ research. Since its first edition in 2020, the vision of NextGenEC has been to draw together researchers from the energy- and climate- sciences, highlighting the ‘state of the art’ and forging links across disciplines to explore new scientific opportunities. Information about our past events (2022, 2021, 2020) is available, including: a report from our first workshop; a perspective article in Joule on “Overcoming the disconnect between energy system and climate modelling”; and details and videos of our 2022 webinar series.
NextGenEC returns in September 2024, focussing on the following themes:
- AI in energy and climate modelling
- Opportunities and Challenges of Large Climate Ensembles for Energy System Planning
- How can the climate and energy mitigation synergies in the IPCC AR7 cycle be enhanced?
- Science for stakeholders
- Using climate data in energy-modelling
A more detailed abstract for each theme is provided here.
The workshop will feature:
- Plenary talks
- Interactive breakout groups
- Opportunities for participants to present their own research
The event is online-only and free-to-attend but registration has now closed.
Furher programme information will be added to the webpage as it becomes available and joining details will be sent prior to the event. You are also encouraged to join the conversation before, during and after the workshop (and to hear news about future NextGenEC events, job opportunities, new research papers and datasets) via our slack-channel:
Slack channel link: Slack
The NextGenEC24 team would like to acknowledge the support of EPRI for kindly covering some of the costs of running the workshop.
Organising committee:
- David Brayshaw (chair, University of Reading)
- Izzi Ariail (University of Reading & Climate X)
- Hannah Bloomfield (Newcastle University)
- Jethro Browell (University of Glasgow)
- Michael Craig (University of Michigan)
- James Fallon (University of Reading)
- Ekaterina Fedotova (Open Energy Transition)
- Matteo De Felice (Rabobank)
- Laura Fischer (EPRI)
- Leonard Goke (ETHZ)
- Paula Gonzalez (Met Office, UK)
- Andrea Hahmann (Technical University of Denmark)
- Ben Hutchins (University of Reading & RMetS)
- Alex Kies (Aarhus University & University of KwaZulu-Natal)
- Marisol Osman (CIMA & Universidad de Buenos Aires)
- Bryn Pickering (University of Cambridge & Arup)
- Salim Poovadiyil (University of Reading)
- Hazel Thornton (Met Office, UK)
- Matthew Wright (University of Oxford)