Lukas Schirren

About me

I am a researcher at Imperial College London in the department of Chemical Engineering, supervised by Prof Adam Hawkes. My work focuses on open-source energy system modelling with an emphasis on deep decarbonisation and energy resilience. I am particularly interested in leveraging uncertainty quantification, geospatial analysis, and machine learning to address real-world energy challenges.

Current Research Projects

• Reconstruction of Power and Industry in Ukraine: Modelling the reconstruction of Ukraine’s power sector and its linked industries, with a focus on low-carbon steel and fertiliser production using electricity- and hydrogen-based processes. This requires advancing PyPSA-Eur for Ukraine by integrating sector coupling and country-specific parameters. Also working on stochastic optimisation to capture reconstruction uncertainties linked to the EU CBAM. This is part of the SHIELD project.

• Machine Learning for Energy Systems: Developing ML models for advanced preprocessing and improved prediction, capturing nonlinear effects, and addressing data scarcity. Currently exploring the application of ML to better capture solar PV generation losses during high temperatures.

• Geospatial Analysis of Commodity Production Costs: Advancing the Geo-X model and assessing the potential for hydrogen production from solar, wind, and hydropower in Lao PDR and Nepal. This is part of the CCG project.

Education

• MSc Sustainble Energy Futures, Imperial College London
• BSc Industrial Engineering, Technical University of Berlin