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
Hunt, J. , Byers, E. , Prenner, R., & de Freitas, M.A.V. (2018). Dams with head increaser effect: Harnessing potential and kinetic power from rivers with large head and flow variation. Energy Conversion and Management 157 549-561. 10.1016/j.enconman.2017.12.034.
Hunt, J. & de Freitas, M.A.V. (2018). Watershed Transposition Cycle with Irrigated Biomass. In: Climate Change Adaptation in Latin America. Eds. Leal Filho, W. & Esteves Freitas, L., pp. 179-191 Cham, Switzerland: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-56946-8 10.1007/978-3-319-56946-8_11.
Hunt, J. & Byers, E. (2017). Seasonal Pumped-Storage: An Integrated Approach for Hydropower, Water Management and Energy Storage. In: Colloquium CIGREE “Rotating Electrical Machines for Power Generation”, 18-20 September 2017, Vienna, Austria.
Hunt, J. (2017). Seasonal Pumped-Storage: An Integrated Approach for Hydropower, Water Management and Energy Storage. In: Colloquium CIGREE “Rotating Electrical Machines for Power Generation”, 18-20 September 2017, Vienna, Austria.
Hunt, J. , Lister, K., Nascimento, A., & Vasconcelos de Freitas, M.A. The Ideal Climate Latitude: Orbit and Axial Precession Influence in Ancient Migration. Archaeology & Anthropology:Open Access 4 (5) 671-678. 10.31031/AAOA.2023.04.000614.