Leverhulme Studentship

The Leverhulme Studentship is a PhD studentship opportunity funded by the Leverhulme Professorship held by Professor Mark O'Malley. The position is part of the project 'System Services in 100% Renewable Grids' at Imperial College London's Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department. The project aims to propose and study services needed in electricity grids with very large penetrations of variable renewable resources. The efficacy of the services will be assessed across multiple objectives for the electric grid including reliability, cost-effectiveness, affordability, and resiliency. As part of the project, emerging resources enabled by the digitalization and hybridization of energy systems will be modelled and their contribution to existing and proposed services will be studied. Emerging resources range from Inverter Based Resources (e.g., Wind, Solar Photovoltaic and Batteries) to large scale seasonal demand management and storage. The PhD studentship includes tuition fees (Home or Overseas level), a UKRI level stipend of approximately £21,237 per year (tax-free), and support for research expenses and travel to collaborators and conferences for 3.5 years.