Course paper / final thesis Analysis and validation of global wind and solar energy potentials Student Energy technology, information technology or similar
Course paper / final thesis Analysis and validation of global wind and solar energy potentials Student Energy technology, information technology or similar
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For our Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics in Stuttgart, we wish to recruit a qualified
Analysis and validation of global wind and solar energy potentials
Your mission:
The DLR’s Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics is working on the utilization of technologies of energy conversion that are efficient and gentle on resources as well as on the accelerated utilization of renewable energies. Within this context the Department of Systems Analysis and Technology Assessment at Stuttgart, Germany, invites applicants from all over the world to work with us.
For the generation of energy supply scenarios on national, continental or global scale, information on the power generation potentials of renewable energy carriers is required. In order to consider the fluctuations of wind and solar energy, the potentials are analysed at DLR in high spatial and temporal resolution. The energy data analysis tool “EnDAT” uses meteorological, land use and other geographical data to calculate hourly potentials with a spatial resolution of 0.045°. EnDAT, originally written in C, was recently translated to Python. Improvements and extensions as regards content are planned.
Your task is to generate selective results with the new program, validate these using measured power generation data, and to calculate global power generation potentials. The work will cover the following steps:
- Literature research: methods and results of global and regional analyses of power generation potentials of wind, photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) plants
- Use of EnDAT to calculate selective potential data
- Collection of measured data and comparison with the model results (may require code debugging)
- Analysis of global power generation potentials, comparison of method and results with literature
- Recommend improvements of methods and input data
Your qualifications:
- Basic knowledge of energy conversion technologies (wind turbines, PV, CSP)
- Good programming skills, preferably in Python
- Experiences with GIS and handling large datasets are beneficial
Your benefits:
Look forward to a fulfilling job with an employer who appreciates your commitment and supports your personal and professional development. Our unique infrastructure offers you a working environment in which you have unparalled scope to develop your creative ideas and accomplish your professional objectives. Reconciling family and working life as well as equal opportunities for women and men are an integral part of our HR policy. We therefore strongly encourage applications from women. Disabled applicants with equivalent qualifications will be given preferential treatment.
If you have any questions concerning specific aspects of the job, please contact Yvonne Scholz by calling +49 711 6862-296. Please find further information on this vacancy with the reference number 13394, and details regarding the application procedure, at www.DLR.de/dlr/jobs/#25099.