Project Researcher
University College London
Mark Barrett is professor of Energy and Environmental System Modelling. He is working on the Heat theme using the ESTIMO model to explore different heating strategies.
Mark has a BSc in Physics and Philosophy and a PhD in Energy Modelling. He has forty five years’ experience of modelling energy and transport systems and atmospheric emissions working as a Civil Servant, and academic and as a consultant with his own company. He has developed a number of national scale models of energy demand in the stationary and transport (land, sea and air) sectors, and conventional and renewable supply, and used these to design low cost systems to enhance energy security and reduce emissions. He has also detailed electricity models of demand, supply, emissions and costs, both for national systems and for international trade. These models have been applied at international and local level in Europe and Asia working with a range of national and local government agencies, private companies and consultancies, and non-governmental and environmental organisations.
Mark’s models have been commercialised and used by National Grid and Western Power Distribution. He developed a city energy and environment scenario model including air pollution and health impacts. His current focus is spatiotemporal modelling of energy demand and supply at hourly and 0.5 degree latitude/longitude from city to European scale as driven by social patterns and meteorology: the aim is to find the optimal balance between storage and transmission in high renewable systems.
Decarbonisation of heat
Publications
- Green light: Net zero emission energy system designs for the UK
- Preliminary estimation of long-term storage needs in a system with electrified demands and 100% wind and solar electricity supply
- Heating with steam methane reformed hydrogen – a survey of the emissions, security and cost implications of heating with hydrogen produced from natural gas
- Meeting UK heat demands in zero emission renewable energy systems using storage and interconnectors
- Heat decarbonisation modelling approaches in the UK: An energy system architecture perspective
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