The candidate should preferably be enthusiastic about the subject proposed. He should have the ability to present a scientific work both in oral and written form and have proactivity and parallel thinking. To carry out the PhD research goals, the candidate should have a background in:• Energy system modelling• Knowledge of RES plants design • Good programming skills (e.G. Python, Matlab) and good knowledge of GIS software.
The PhD activities will be mostly at Politecnico di Torino at the Marine Offshore Energy Lab (MORE) a highly multidisciplinary research center, part of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineer (DIMEAS). The group is currently composed of 2 full-time professors, four post-doctoral research fellows (2 under the H2020-MSCA-IF programme), 12 PhD students, 8 post-master research fellows, and various under-graduate interns and thesis students. The group's expertise is centered on all aspects of offshore renewable energy, especially focusing on the conception, design, testing, and deployment of novel wave energy converter technologies and floating offshore wind turbines. In particular, the major and tangible result of the group is the Inertial Sea Wave Energy Converter (ISWEC), which has been tested in wave tanks at different prototype scales, in dry-test hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) facilities, and deployed offshore in both half-and full scale, respectively in the Adriatic Sea and the Strait of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea). Other relevant lines of research and innovation comprise of a point absorber wave energy converter, a pendulum wave energy converter (PeWEC), innovative floating substructure for floating offshore wind turbines, and energy system modelling for small islands enabling the energy transition, also being the national representative within the Clean Energy for EU Islands Secretariat.