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
Brandão, R., de Castro, N., & Hunt, J. (2021). A Viabilidade das Usinas Reversíveis no Sistema Interligado Nacional. GESEL/UFRJ. ISBN 978-65-87065-29-8
Hunt, J. , de Assis Brasil, N., Vieira, L.W., & Schneider, P.S. (2020). Increasing the Hydropower Generation at the Rio das Antas with Seasonal Pumped Hydropower Storage. In: 18th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering, 16-20 November 2020, Bento Gonçalves, RS, Brazil.
Hunt, J. , Zakeri, B. , Nascimento, A., Garnier, B., Pereira, M.G., Bellezoni, R.A., de Assis Brasil Weber, N., Schneider, P.S., Machado, P.P.B., & Ramos, D.S. (2020). High velocity seawater air-conditioning with thermal energy storage and its operation with intermittent renewable energies. Energy Efficiency 13 1825-1840. 10.1007/s12053-020-09905-0.
Andrade Furtado, G.C.d., Amarante Mesquita, A.L., Morabito, A., Hendrick, P., & Hunt, J. (2020). Using hydropower waterway locks for energy storage and renewable energies integration. Applied Energy 275 e115361. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115361.
Hunt, J. , Falchetta, G., Zakeri, B. , Nascimento, A., Schneider, P.S., Weber, N.A.B., Mesquita, A.L.A., Barbosa, P.S.F., & de Castro, N.J. (2020). Hydropower impact on the river flow of a humid regional climate. Climatic Change 10.1007/s10584-020-02828-w.