Durham University - School of Engineering and Computing Sciences
| Qualification type: | PhD |
| Location: | Durham |
| Funding for: | UK Students, EU Students |
| Funding amount: | please see advert for salary details |
| Hours: | Full Time |
| Placed on: | 6th September 2016 |
| Closes: | 30th September 2016 |
| Reference: | - |
Background
A studentship is available for research into offshore investment planning under severe uncertainty, at the School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, and the Department Mathematical Sciences, Durham University. Support and active involvement will come from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, which has facilities in Blyth, Glasgow and Fife in the UK. Funding
The funding provides a fee waiver at Home/EU rates and a stipend of about £1200 per month and 2.2k + 500 pounds travel and consumables per year for 3.5 years. Non-EU students only have to provide the difference between international and Home/EU fee rates.
Brief Summary and Objectives
The project aims to investigate investment planning over a wide range of technology options by formulating a set of decision problems. Actual physics-based models for different offshore transmission technologies will be coupled with statistical models to account for inherent uncertainties in both operational and environmental data which could ultimately influence initial investment and asset management decisions.
The aim of the project is to find the best investment decision based on cost, energy output and other factors for offshore transmission assets connecting offshore wind farms. Both economic and technical factors include severe uncertainties, given the scarce data and limited expert knowledge and changing investment landscape.
The overall objective of the PhD is the development of a novel power system planning technique to support decisions on offshore transmission assets taken under severe uncertainties – of technical, economic, and regulatory nature - through probability bounding in order to deal with limited information and knowledge.
Within this context, the challenge for academic and industrial research power systems engineers is to design, test and validate new power system planning and asset management techniques to support the right decisions being taken under the severe uncertainties in the offshore transmission industry of the 2020's.
Academic requirements
A requirement for the studentship is a good (normally first class) undergraduate or MSc degree in Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics. A good background in Statistics is required. Start date and More information.
The proposed starting date of the project is 1 October 2016, but there is some flexibility. The student will be based in Durham, but is expected to spend one third of their time at ORE Catapult facilities near Blyth or Glasgow to work on the PhD.
For more information including key dates and how to apply please follow the link below:https://www.dur.ac.uk/ecs/research/groups/energy/projects/pgresearch/funded/
If you are interested in this studentship, please Dr Behzad Kazemtabrizi (behzad.kazemtabrizi@durham.ac.uk), Dr Matthias Troffaes (matthias.troffaes@durham.ac.uk), or Dr Ander Madariaga (ander.madariaga@ore.catapult.org.uk) as soon as possible.
For more information about ORE Catapult and Durham University, see: https://ore.catapult.org.uk/https://www.dur.ac.uk/ecs/, http://www.dur.ac.uk/mathematical.sciences/.
Durham University - School of Engineering and Computing Sciences
| Qualification type: | PhD |
| Location: | Durham |
| Funding for: | UK Students, EU Students |
| Funding amount: | please see advert for salary details |
| Hours: | Full Time |
| Placed on: | 6th September 2016 |
| Closes: | 30th September 2016 |
| Reference: | - |
Background
A studentship is available for research into offshore investment planning under severe uncertainty, at the School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, and the Department Mathematical Sciences, Durham University. Support and active involvement will come from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, which has facilities in Blyth, Glasgow and Fife in the UK. Funding
The funding provides a fee waiver at Home/EU rates and a stipend of about £1200 per month and 2.2k + 500 pounds travel and consumables per year for 3.5 years. Non-EU students only have to provide the difference between international and Home/EU fee rates.
Brief Summary and Objectives
The project aims to investigate investment planning over a wide range of technology options by formulating a set of decision problems. Actual physics-based models for different offshore transmission technologies will be coupled with statistical models to account for inherent uncertainties in both operational and environmental data which could ultimately influence initial investment and asset management decisions.
The aim of the project is to find the best investment decision based on cost, energy output and other factors for offshore transmission assets connecting offshore wind farms. Both economic and technical factors include severe uncertainties, given the scarce data and limited expert knowledge and changing investment landscape.
The overall objective of the PhD is the development of a novel power system planning technique to support decisions on offshore transmission assets taken under severe uncertainties – of technical, economic, and regulatory nature - through probability bounding in order to deal with limited information and knowledge.
Within this context, the challenge for academic and industrial research power systems engineers is to design, test and validate new power system planning and asset management techniques to support the right decisions being taken under the severe uncertainties in the offshore transmission industry of the 2020's.
Academic requirements
A requirement for the studentship is a good (normally first class) undergraduate or MSc degree in Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics. A good background in Statistics is required. Start date and More information.
The proposed starting date of the project is 1 October 2016, but there is some flexibility. The student will be based in Durham, but is expected to spend one third of their time at ORE Catapult facilities near Blyth or Glasgow to work on the PhD.
For more information including key dates and how to apply please follow the link below:https://www.dur.ac.uk/ecs/research/groups/energy/projects/pgresearch/funded/
If you are interested in this studentship, please Dr Behzad Kazemtabrizi (behzad.kazemtabrizi@durham.ac.uk), Dr Matthias Troffaes (matthias.troffaes@durham.ac.uk), or Dr Ander Madariaga (ander.madariaga@ore.catapult.org.uk) as soon as possible.
For more information about ORE Catapult and Durham University, see: https://ore.catapult.org.uk/https://www.dur.ac.uk/ecs/, http://www.dur.ac.uk/mathematical.sciences/.
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