Professor Jacopo Torriti
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Professor of Energy Economics and Policy
- Module Convenor, Environmental Management and Assessment (CE3EMA)
Office
Room 252Building location
JJ Thompson BuildingAreas of interest
- Energy policy and economics
- Energy demand flexibility
- Demand side response
- Dynamic tariffs
- Time use and energy demand
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
Postgraduate supervision
Mary Pothitou: Small power use and working practices in office buildings
Mitchell Curtis: Development of a profile-based electricity demand response estimation method
Yusuf Ibraheem: An examination of the everyday life of older people through their residential electricity demand, device use and activity patterns
Amish Poonyth: Investigating the potential value of electricity storage through market mechanisms in Great Britain
Richard Hanna: Installer businesses and renewable energy uptake in homes.
Teaching
Convenorship:
Environmental Management and Assessment (CE3EMA)
Research centres and groups
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Research projects
-2023-2028 Theme Lead (Flexibility Theme) and Co-Investigator EPSRC/ESRC “”, EP/Y010078/1, total project value: £15,507,720 (Project value for 澳门六合彩开奖记录: £994,387).
-2023 Co-Investigator Department for Energy Security & Net Zero “”. Project Value: £46,204
- 2018–2023 Co-Director, EPSRC/ESRC "", EP/R035288/1, total project value: £23,727,343 (Project value for 澳门六合彩开奖记录: £1,207,211)
-2017–2021 Principal Investigator, EPSRC Fellowship, "", EP/P000630/1, Project value for 澳门六合彩开奖记录: £615,782
-2017–2019 Principal Investigator, EPSRC project, "", EP/R000735/1, Project value for 澳门六合彩开奖记录: £181,420
-2013–2018 Co-Investigator, EPSRC/ESRC "", total project value: £4,808,648 (Project value for 澳门六合彩开奖记录: £183,484)
-2012–2013 Principal Investigator, TSB project "Assessing the Benefits of Demand Side Response Participation in a Capacity Market", total project value: £65,994 (Project value for 澳门六合彩开奖记录: £46,873)
Background
Before joining the 澳门六合彩开奖记录, Professor Jacopo Torriti held teaching and research positions at the London School of Economics, the University of Surrey, the European University Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He is Flexibility Theme Lead of the (EDRC). He is a member of Ofgem Academic Advisory Panel and Defra Economic Advisory Panel.
His books include (2020), (2019) and (2015) and are all published with Routledge.
Jacopo’s expertise is particularly well-suited for addressing questions associated with demand-side flexibility. The challenge of using energy at different times of the day or the year is shared by Demand Side Response aggregators, energy retailers and system operators. Jacopo’s research can support organisations interested in assessing the potential, impacts and implications of demand-side flexibility analysis on demand-side flexibility. An example of impact generated by Jacopo’s research relates to .
Academic qualifications
PhD, 2007, King鈥檚 College London
MA, 2003, King鈥檚 College London
BSc (Econ), 2001, University of Milan
Professional bodies/affiliations
- (Ofgem)
- (Defra)
Websites/blogs