Julian Hunt
Research Scholar
Integrated Assessment and Climate Change Research Group
Energy, Climate, and Environment Program
Biography
Julian Hunt is a research scholar in the Sustainable Service Systems (S3) Research Group of the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program where he focuses on implementing daily and seasonal storage energy technologies in MESSAGE models and analyzing the impact of these technologies on long-term energy planning. His research interests include analysis of energy systems, water-energy-land interfaces, climate change risks, energy security, and energy storage.In addition to his position at IIASA, Hunt is also a visiting professor in the postgraduate program in mechanical engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, where he teaches energy storage and supervises master’s and doctoral students.
Prior to joining the S3 group, Hunt received a two-year IIASA/CAPES-Brazil research grant to map the global potential for seasonal pumped storage. He joined IIASA from the National Commission for Nuclear Energy (CNEN) in Brazil, developing hybrid nuclear and seawater desalination projects. He also previously worked at the Energy and Climate Change Branch of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
Hunt holds a D.Phil in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford and a B.Eng degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nottingham.
Last update: 29 SEP 2021
Publications
Lima, G.M., Belchior, F.N., Villena, J.E.N., Domingos, J.L., Freitas, M.A.V., & Hunt, J. (2024). Hybrid electrical energy generation from hydropower, solar photovoltaic and hydrogen. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 53 602-612. 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.12.092.
Hunt, J. , Zakeri, B. , Nascimento, A., Guo, F. , Freitas, M.A.V., Silva, C.V., & van Ruijven, B. (2023). Ammonia Airship Cooling: An Option for Renewable Cooling in the Tropics. Energies 17 (1) e111. 10.3390/en17010111.
Hunt, J. , Lagore, B., Brandão, R., Diuana, F.A., Quaranta, E., de Miranda, M., Lacorte, A., Barbosa, P.S., de Freitas, M.A.V., Zakeri, B. , Castro, N.J., & Wada, Y. (2023). Mapping the potential for pumped storage using existing lower reservoirs. Journal of Energy Storage 73 e109047. 10.1016/j.est.2023.109047.
Condessa, G., Ismail, K., Hunt, J. , Ponce Júnior, N., Velásquez, R., Borges, V., Tomé, F., de Souza, C., Gazoli, J., & Bindemann, F. (2023). Electricity generation potential from natural gas pressure reduction turbines in Brazil. Energy Efficiency 16 (8) e97. 10.1007/s12053-023-10176-8.
Hummes, D.N., Hunt, J. , Hervé, B.B., Schneider, P.S., & Montanari, P.M. (2023). A comparative study of different battery geometries used in electric vehicles. Latin American Journal of Energy Research 10 (2) 94-114. 10.21712/lajer.2023.v10.n2.p94-114.