Francesco Lombardi

This page provides open-access slides from selected recent lectures and talks (starting from December 2021)

2024, Mar 20. Embracing uncertainty. Or how to use uncertainty to strengthen a modelling analysis Lecture for the TU Delft master course ‘Design of Integrated Energy Systems’.
2023, Aug 31. Generating alternative energy system design options that match real-world needs. The human-trained SPORES algorithm. Invited talk for 2023 the Operations Research Conference on advancements in the field of modelling to generate alternatives (MGA).
2023, Jun 14. Integrating stakeholder preferences in energy system design: the SEEDS project. Invited talk on methodological insights for the evolution of the Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) by the European gas and electricity network operators.
2023, Mar 23. The RAMP project for demand simulation. A bottom-up multi-institution co-development effort. Lightning talk on RAMP’s co-development process for the 11th OpenMod workshop in Vienna. (also available as video recording)
2023, Feb 14. System integration of Airborne Wind Energy. Quantifying grid balancing benefits and more. Presentation to join the IEA Wind TCP Task 48 on airborne wind energy.
2022, Sep 16. Perfect foresight and typical weather. Too good to be meaningful? Invited talk for the Next Generation Challenges in Energy-Climate Modelling Workshop 2022.
2022, Sep 09. Country-scale energy infrastructure. Which societal preferences would most restrict the technical option space? Presentation for the International Symposyum for Next Generation Infrastructures.
2022, Jun 08. The RAMP project for demand simulation. From remote villages to mobility and charging time series of electric vehicles across European countries. Joint presentation with F. D. Sanvito for the TU Delft’s Power Rangers seminars.
2022, May 18. Is an ‘optimal’ solution desirable in practice? Decision support for renewables deployment through Spatially Explicit Practically Optimal Alternatives. Invited presentation for the GIZ
2022, Feb 11. Can hydrogen integration in energy systems be the key to the acceleration of the energy transition? Short lecture for the TPM Faculty of TU Delft.
2021, Dec 16. Humans in the loop. Challenges and way forward in the use of MGA to support real-world energy policy decisions. Invited lecture for the journal club of TU Berlin managed by Fabian Neumann.