Dr. Danial Esmaeili Aliabadi

Contact

Dr. phil.
Group Leader 'Renewable Energies'

Department of Bioenergy
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstraße 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany

in cooperation with:
Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum - DBFZ
Torgauer Straße 116
04347 Leipzig, Germany

Tel: +49-341-2434-581
danial.esmaeili@ufz.de

Experience

since 2022	Group Leader 'Renewable Energies' Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) Department of Bioenergy
since 2021	Postdoctoral Researcher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) Department of Bioenergy
2017-2020	Senior Researcher Sabancı University Istanbul International Center for Energy and Climate IICEC-Sabancı University TIMES Energy Model
2017-2017	Postdoctoral Researcher Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
2016-2017	Part time Instructor Özyeğin University Department of Industrial Engineering
2012-2016	Ph.D. Student Sabancı University - Industrial Engineering Analysis of Collusion and Competition in Electricity Markets Using an Agent-Based Approach
2009-2011	M.Sc. Industrial Engineering Qazvin Azad University
2003-2008	B.Sc. Industrial Engineering Abhar Azad University

Honors and Awards

Invited Speaker to the Panel Session on Intelligent Decision Making in Power and Energy Systems Using Multi-agent Systems, @IEEE PES General Meeting in Denver, Colorado, 2022.
Second place at AI Hero Hackathon on Energy Efficient AI, 2022
Invited Speaker to the Panel Session on Artificial Intelligence Applications in Power Systems, with Focus on the Development of Local Energy Markets, Summer School @EPIA, 2019.
Best Paper Award in Facility Planning and Management Track, IEOM 2012.
Third place at International RoboCup competitions, Turkey, 2011.
Third place at International RoboCup Competitions, Singapore, 2010.

Projects

BioNET

BENOPT - BioENergy Optimization Model

BEniVEr

Upcoming Publications

Esmaeili Aliabadi, D., Chan, K., The emerging threat of artificial intelligence on competition in liberalized electricity markets: A deep Q-network approach, Applied Energy.
Chan, K., Esmaeili Aliabadi, D., Schneider, U.A., Thrän, D., Diet-Energy Nexus: Meeting Climate Targets by Shifts in Food-Demand, 30th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, 2022.

UFZ Publications

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2022 (2)
2021 (1)

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2022 (2)

Esmaeili Aliabadi, D., Chan, K., Jordan, M., Millinger, M., Thrän, D., (2022):
Abandoning the residual load duration curve and overcoming the computational challenge
2022 Open Source Modelling and Simulation of Energy Systems (OSMSES) April 4-5, 2022, Aachen, Germany. Proceedings
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), New York, NY, p. 1 - 6
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Esmaeili Aliabadi, D., Thrän, D., Bezama, A., Avşar, B., (2022):
A systematic analysis of bioenergy potentials for fuels and electricity in Turkey: a bottom-up modeling
In: Constable, E.C., (ed.)
Transitioning to affordable and clean energy
Transitioning to Sustainability 7
Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), Basel, p. 295 - 314
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2021 (1)

Esmaeili Aliabadi, D., Çelebi, E., Elhüseyni, M., Şahin, G., (2021):
Modeling, simulation, and decision support
In: Pinto, T., Vale, Z., Widergren, S., (eds.)
Local electricity markets
Academic Press, Amsterdam, p. 177 - 197
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Past Publications

ORCID: 0000-0003-2922-2400

News

Publication of the results report of the first phase of the Helmholtz-Climate-Initiative (HI-CAM): Final report (PDF)

The web application EE-Monitor contains the cartographic representation of the expansion of renewable energies for electricity generation until 2020 in Germany.

WHITEPAPER BEN/BS
Strategy and implementation of the scientific work - Joint research on systems analysis at Department BEN / Division BS: Mission, approach and planning

This paper describes the research objectives of the joint activities of the departments BEN (UFZ) and BS (DBFZ) up to the year 2025. The basic research theses, research fields and questions and approaches are supported and regularly updated in the TB6 research strategy of the UFZ and the roadmap of the DBFZ.

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Task 44: Flexible Bioenergy and System Integration

Release of the discussion paper: "Five cornerstones to unlock the potential of flexible bioenergy". The paper and further publications can be downloaded here:

IEA Publications

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daniela Thrän appointed Chair of the Bioeconomy Council

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) appointed the members of the new Bioeconomy Council. With Daniela Thrän and Iris Lewandowski, the council has now selected two female scientists from among its ranks to serve on its chair for the next three years.

UFZ press release 03/2021

Bioeconomy Council

New Publication: "Deployment of BECCS/U value chains – Technological pathways, policy options and business models" (IEA Bioenergy: Task 40, June 2020)

Authors: Olle Olsson, Christian Bang, Malgorzata Borchers, Alena Hahn, Hannu Karjunen, Daniela
Thrän and Tero Tynjälä

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Contact

Head of Department:
Prof. Dr-Ing. Daniela Thrän
Department Bioenergy
daniela.thraen@ufz.de

Office:
Caroline Lichtmann
caroline.lichtmann@ufz.de

Tel.: +49 341 235-1267

Postal address:
Postfach 500 136 | 04301 Leipzig, Germany

Visiting address:
Torgauer Str. 116 | 04347 Leipzig, Germany

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