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Personal Statement
I am a Researcher in Energy Systems, primarily working as part of the UK Energy Research Centre.
My main interest is in multi-vector simulation and optimisation, looking at how the different constraints we have in the future development of electricity, gas, hydrogen and heat networks may affect how we choose to meet our long-term carbon emissions targets.
My other interests include:
- Macro-level carbon budgeting (in particular using the TIMES modelling framework)
- Low-carbon heating technologies
- Local energy systems
- Operation and control of large wind farms in transmission networks
- Risk and reliability in power networks
- Machine learning for failure prediction
I have previously worked as an analyst and consultant in the Renewable Energy sector.
Academic / Professional qualifications
BA (hons.) Natural Sciences - Cambridge University 2002
BSc (hons.) Physical Sciences - Open University 2013
MSc Information Technology - Glasgow University 2003
Chartered Scientist and Member - The Energy Institute 2012
PhD in Electrical Engineering - University of Strathclyde 2018: "Spatial and Temporal Disaggregation of Whole System Energy Models Through Exemplar Local Multi-Carrier Networks"
Research Interests
Energy systems analysis, wind power, solar power, electricity and gas distribution, power system economics.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty Of Engineering
31 Oct 2012 → 24 Sep 2018
Bachelor of Science, Open University
Master of Natural Science at Cambridge University, University of Cambridge
Master of Science, University of Glasgow
Bachelor of Arts, University of Cambridge
Keywords
- Energy modelling
- Renewable Energy Technology
- Game Theory
- Microeconomics
- Smart Grids
- Distribution
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Selected Projects 2011 2020
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Flower, Jack
Bell, K., Hawker, G. & Flower, J.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/10/16 → 1/10/20
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated › Research Studentship (Internally Allocated)
ELECTRA
Burt, G., Bell, K., Catterson, V., McArthur, S., Roscoe, A. & Hawker, G.
European Commission - FP7 - Cooperation only
1/12/13 → 30/11/17
Project: Research
FITS-LCD: Fabric Integrated Thermal Storage for Low-Carbon Dwellings
Kelly, N., Bell, K., Clarke, J., Strachan, P., Tuohy, P. G. & Hawker, G.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/04/16 → 31/03/19
Project: Research
Liquid crystal displays
Carbon
Hot Temperature
Water tanks
Thermal energy
New mathematical tools for modelling uncertainties in offshore turbine operation and maintenance
Bedford, T., Bell, K., Walls, L. & Hawker, G.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/04/11 → 31/03/14
Project: Research
Turbines
Availability
Offshore wind farms
Uncertainty
Mathematical models
Review of electricity industry issues and government interventions in the UK and Republic of Ireland
China Light and Power CLP Hong Kong
Project: Knowledge Exchange (Services/Consultancy) › Knowledge Exchange (Services / Consultancy)
Selected Research Output 2006 2019
BEIS Call for Evidence - The Future for Small-scale Low-carbon Generation: Response from the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC)
McLachlan, C., Braunholtz-Speight, T., Hawker, G. & Watson, J., 31 Aug 2018, London, 16 p.Research output: Working paper
Open Access
File
Carbon
Electricity
Zoning for local heat and energy efficiency strategies
Hawker, G., Flower, J. D. & Bell, K., 30 Apr 2019. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Speech
Open Access
File
Zoning
Energy efficiency
Blueprints
Industry
Planning
Modelling responsive demand from electrified domestic heating and storage under different operating strategies
Allison, J., Cowie, A., Flett, G., Hand, J. W., Hawker, G. & Kelly, N. J., 30 Nov 2018. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Open Access
File
Heating
Pumps
Thermal comfort
Hot Temperature
Masks
Making energy system models useful: good practice in the modelling of multiple vectors
Hawker, G. S. & Bell, K. R. W., 2 Sep 2019, e363.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Decarbonization
modeling
energy
Parameterization
Planning
Managing regional security of supply: a case study from Scotland
Gill, S., Hawker, G. & Bell, K., 1 Feb 2017, In : CIGRE Science and Engineering. 7, p. 81-90 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Electric load loss
Electric power transmission networks
Availability
Domestic thermal storage requirements for heat demand flexibility
Allison, J., Bell, K., Clarke, J., Cowie, A., Elsayed, A., Flett, G., Gbemi, O., Hawkes, A., Hawker, G., Kelly, N., Manuela Marinho de Castro, M., Sharpe, T., Shea, A. & Strachan, P., 14 Mar 2017, (Accepted/In press) p. 1-10. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Open Access
File
Heat storage
Insulation
Temperature
Space heating
Phase change materials
A Smart, Flexible Energy System: The UK Energy Research Centre's (UKERC) Response to the Ofgem / BEIS Call for Evidence
Bell, K., Eyre, N., Hawker, G., Gissey, G. C., Dodds, P., Darby, S., Irvine, J., Paul, G. & Watson, J., 2 May 2017, London, p. 1-72, 72 p.Research output: Working paper
Open Access
File
'Scottish Energy Strategy: The Future of Energy in Scotland' Scottish Government, Edinburgh: Consultation Response by the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC)
Watson, J., Bell, K., Hawker, G., Winskel, M., Webb, J., Tingey, M., Dodds, P., Chilvers, J., Pallett, H., Pidgeon, N., Demski, C., Morton, C., Scott, K., Roelich, K., Sakai, M., Cotton, I., Sambrook, K., Giesekam, J. & Barrett, J., 14 Jun 2017, London, p. 1-43, 44 p.Research output: Working paper
Open Access
File
Potential for the Use of TIMES in Assessing Energy System Impacts of Improved Energy Efficiency: Using the TIMES Model in Developing Energy Policy
Calvillo, C., Turner, K., Bell, K., McGregor, P. & Hawker, G., 30 Jul 2017, Edinburgh. 55 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Open Access
File
Energy policy
Energy efficiency
Climate change
Consumer behavior
Costs
Local pathways to low-carbon domestic heat: exploring the options in the UK
Hawker, G., Bell, K., Flett, G., Allison, J., Cowie, A. & Kelly, N., 6 Dec 2017. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Open Access
File
Carbon
Decarbonization
Electricity
Gases
District heating
Analysis of necessary evolution of the regulatory framework to enable the Web-of-Cells development: [ELECTRA]
Di Somma, M., Valenti, M., Ciavarella, R., Graditi, G., Merino, J., Riaño, S., Hawker, G., Carlini, C., Bobinaite, V., Cornez, L., Gatti, A. & Canevese, S., 15 Mar 2018, Brussels. 100 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Open Access
File
Fabric integrated thermal storage: unlocking local energy systems
Hawker, G., Bell, K., Flett, G. H., Allison, J., Cowie, A. & Kelly, N., 22 Mar 2018, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Speech
Decarbonization
Energy security
Biofuels
Hot Temperature
Fossil fuels
A two-step optimization model for quantifying the flexibility potential of power-to-heat systems in dwellings
Oluleye, G., Allison, J., Hawker, G., Kelly, N. & Hawkes, A. D., 15 Oct 2018, In : Applied Energy. 228, p. 215-228 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
electricity
Electricity
linear programing
Linear programming
Air source heat pumps
Assessing domestic heat storage requirements for energy flexibility over varying timescales
Allison, J., Bell, K., Clarke, J., Cowie, A., Elsayed, A., Flett, G., Oluleye, G., Hawkes, A., Hawker, G., Kelly, N., Manuela Marinho de Castro, M., Sharpe, T., Shea, A., Strachan, P. & Tuohy, P., 25 May 2018, In : Applied Thermal Engineering. 136, p. 602-616 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Heat storage
Time Scales
Heat
Flexibility
Requirements
Capacity markets and the EU target model – a Great Britain case study
Hawker, G. S., Bell, K. R. W. & Gill, S., 21 Aug 2016, e-CIGRÉ. Paris, p. 1-15 15 p. C5 - 212Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book
Open Access
File
Electricity
Availability
Power markets
Developing networks for the low carbon energy future
Bell, K. & Hawker, G., 27 Oct 2015, London, 26 p.Research output: Working paper
Open Access
File
Carbon capture
Carbon
Fossil fuels
Nuclear energy
Energy transfer
Synthesis of wind time series for network adequacy assessment
Hawker, G. S., Bukhsh, W. A., Gill, S. & Bell, K. R. W., 24 Jun 2016, Proceedings of the 19th Power Systems Computation Conference. p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book
Open Access
File
Time series
Electric power transmission networks
Farms
Wind power
Electricity
The impact of maintenance contract arrangements on the yield of offshore wind power plants
Hawker, G. S. & McMillan, D. A., Oct 2015, In : Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability . 229, 5, p. 394-402 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue
Open Access
File
Wind power
Power plants
Farms
Industry
Network operation hierarchies in a transcontinental electricity system
Hawker, G. & Bell, K., 27 May 2015.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Electricity
Economics
Network security
Electronic data interchange
Visibility
Commercial integration of storage and responsive demand to facilitate wind energy on the Shetland Islands
Hawker, G., Kane, L., Gill, S., Kockar, I. & Bell, K., Mar 2014, (In preparation).Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
File
Wind power
Active networks
Network management
Water tanks
System stability
Modelling the effect of maintenance strategies and reliability for long-term wind yield assessment
Hawker, G., McMillan, D. & Zitrou, A., Mar 2014.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
File
Onshore wind farms
Availability
Contractors
Restoration
Repair
Analysis of wide-area availability of wind generators during storm events
MacDonald, H., Hawker, G. & Bell, K., 1 Jul 2014, 2014 International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems: PMAPS 2014 - Conference Proceedings. IEEE, p. 1-6 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book
Open Access
File
Availability
Farms
Turbines
Wind power
Power plants
Wind generator behaviour in a pay-as-bid curtailment market
Hawker, G., Kane, L. & Bell, K., Oct 2013, (Unpublished). 6 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
File
Wind power
Power plants
Fluidity
Game theory
Mathematical operators
Thesis
Spatial and temporal disaggregation of whole system energy models through exemplar local multi-carrier networks
Author: Hawker, G., 1 Oct 2013Supervisor: Bell, K. (Supervisor) & Kockar, I. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Activities 2007 2019
Invited seminar in partnership with Upside Energy: Decarbonisation of domestic heat: from the micro to the macro and back again
Graeme Hawker (Speaker)17 Oct 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
TIMES/CGE Workshop - The Use of Economic and Energy System Modelling for energy Policy Analysis
Christian Calvillo Munoz (Organiser), Gioele Figus (Organiser), Patricia Fortes (Speaker), Anna Krook-Riekkola (Speaker), Andrew Mortimer (Speaker), Alvaro Calzadilla Rivera (Speaker), Graeme Hawker (Speaker), Kristoffer Andersen (Speaker), Antonios Katris (Participant), Oluwafisayo Titilope Alabi (Participant), Karen Turner (Participant), Peter McGregor (Participant)23 May 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organiser of special symposia