Dii together with the Desertec University Network organized this year for the second time the Desertec Best Paper Award. The aim of this award is to recognize outstanding academic work related to the development of renewable energy in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
Almost sixty students and young researchers from the region applied for the award. The jury comprising experts from Dii and from the DESERTEC University Network are happy to announce the names of the ten best papers, whose authors were invited to the 3rd Dii Desert Energy Conference in Berlin where they received their award and had the opportunity to present their work:
Zeineb Abdmouleh, Tunisia
École Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis
Topic: Technical and economic analysis of the Tunisian transmission grid with respect to renewable energies
Ahmed Alami Merrouni, Morocco
Mohamed 1st University
Topic: A novel method for automatic real-time monitoring of mirror soiling rates
Luigi Carafa, Italy
University of Cambridge
Topic: External governance of energy in the MENA: assessing the nexus between regulatory reform and renewable energy finance
Filippo Colzi and Stefano Petrucci, Italy
Universidad de Sevilla, Politecnico di Milano
Topic: Modelling on/off-design performance of solar tower plants
Tobias Fichter, Germany
German Aerospace Center
Topic: Optimized integration of renewable energy technologies in MENA: Jordan case study
Giovanni Leo Frisari and Angela Falconer, Italy
Climate Policy Initiative and Ca’Foscari University Venice
Topic: The financing model and risk allocation framework of Ouarzazate CSP I power plant
Rania Assem El Sayed Ibrahim, Egypt
Arab academy for science and technology and maritime transport
Topic: A novel topology for enhancing the low voltage ride through capability for grid connected wind turbine generators
Hassan Mohamed Salem and Aya Diab, Egypt
Ain Shams University
Topic: A preliminary study on the performance degradation of a wind turbine blade in dusty environment
Simon Sinsel, Germany
ETH Zürich
Topic: Policies for technical change: A systems framework exemplified for the European electricity sector
Johannes Wellmann, Germany
Technische Universität Berlin
Topic: Modeling the cogeneration of power and water with CSP and low temperature desalination
Poster presentations of these papers were exposed during the 3rd Dii Desert Energy conference.
Giovanni Leo about the award:
"The Desertec Best Paper Award 2012 has been a great opportunity for us to showcase our research and discuss its findings with highly relevant policymakers, government officials, project developers and financiers. We enjoyed participating in the debate on key issues that need to be addressed in order to make the Desertec vision a reality, appreciating how powerful, complex and ambitious the project of an integrated EU-MENA power system can be."
The Desertec Best Paper Award was sponsored by Deutsche Bank.
Click here for more information about last year’s award.
