Research output per year
Research output per year
Biography
Francesco Lombardi is an assistant professor at TU Delft, working on computational methods to support the practical realisation of the energy transition across scales, from districts to countries. He holds a PhD in Energy Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and has been a visiting researcher at ETH Zurich and KU Leuven.
Highlights
Media coverage of the article on the “diversity of options to eliminate fossil fuels and reach carbon-neutrality across the entire European energy system” in different languages: edu.nl/a8tcb
Expertise
His research focuses on developing optimisation methods applied to energy system models that generate a wide range of feasible alternatives near the optimum, from which stakeholders can realise trade-offs and identify practically viable consensus solutions. An example is the original SPORES algorithm, now implemented in the open-source energy modelling framework Calliope, which he contributes to develop.
He also leads the development of the open-source RAMP software for the stochastic simulation of any user-driven energy demand profiles. This data is essential wherever metered data does not exist, such as when designing systems for newly-built districts or when looking at future electric-vehicle fleets. Used by dozens of institutions, RAMP is co-funded by industrial and academic partners.
Currently, he leads the energy system design tasks in the SEEDS and WindSPORES projects, both of which are grounded in and further develop the SPORES method and apply it to real-world policy-relevant questions. He also works on other European projects and on self-established projects with industrial and academic partners looking at urban energy transition options. He is part of the Open Energy Modelling Initiative, promoting openness and transparency in energy system modelling. He is also a member of the cross-faculty PowerWeb institute, for which he coordinates the monthly lectures, and of the Urban Energy Institute, for which he leads the theme ‘Transforming Cities’.
Key publications
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Langer, J. K. A. (Creator), Lombardi, F. (Creator), Pfenninger, S. (Creator), Rahayu, H. P. (Creator), Indra Al Irsyad, M. (Creator) & Blok, K. (Creator), TU Delft - 4TU.ResearchData, 23 Nov 2023
DOI: 10.4121/ACC15D6D-D851-4519-A483-7E25FC810124
Dataset/Software: Dataset