Julian Hunt
Research Scholar
Integrated Assessment and Climate Change Research Group
Energy, Climate, and Environment Program
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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
Hunt, J. , Zakeri, B. , Falchetta, G., Nascimento, A., Wada, Y. , & Riahi, K. (2020). Mountain Gravity Energy Storage: A new solution for closing the gap between existing short- and long-term storage technologies. Energy 190 e116419. 10.1016/j.energy.2019.116419.
Hunt, J.H. , Nascimento, A., Diuana, F.A., de Assis Brasil Weber, N., Castro, G.M., Chaves, A.C., Mesquita, A.L.A., Colling, A.V., & Schneider, P.S. (2020). Cooling down the world oceans and the earth by enhancing the North Atlantic Ocean current. SN Applied Sciences 2 (1) 10.1007/s42452-019-1755-y.
Falchetta, G. , Gernaat, D., Hunt, J. , & Sterl, S. (2019). Hydropower dependency and climate change in sub-Saharan Africa: A nexus framework and evidence-based review. Journal of Cleaner Production 231 1399-1417. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.05.263.
Hunt, J. , Byers, E. , Balogun, A.-L., Leal Filho, W., Viviani Colling, A., Nascimento, A., & Wada, Y. (2019). Using the jet stream for sustainable airship and balloon transportation of cargo and hydrogen. Energy Conversion and Management: X 3 e100016. 10.1016/j.ecmx.2019.100016.
Hunt, J.D. & Byers, E. (2019). Reducing sea level rise with submerged barriers and dams in Greenland. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 24 (5) 779-794. 10.1007/s11027-018-9831-y.