Location: | London, Hybrid |
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Salary: | £48,056 to £56,345 per annum |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 28th August 2024 |
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Closes: | 24th September 2024 |
Job Ref: | ENG03106 |
Location: South Kensington, London
About the role:
Applications are invited for a Research Associate to investigate the global scaleup of subsurface CO2 storage for climate change mitigation. Energy systems models analysed by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have suggested that CO2 storage must achieve rates of 10's of Gt CO2 per year by 2050, implying energy infrastructure at a scale matching that of current oil and gas infrastructure. The use of CCS in these models is the leading control on the total costs of mitigating climate change. However, these models are lacking in realistic representations of CO2 storage. They do not constrain deployment rates, either with top down limitations on technological growth, or bottom up constraints from the physical limitations of the reservoir systems. Furthermore, there is an absence of centrally compiled data reported in a self-consistent way on the annual amounts of CO2 stored at industrial scale projects operating today.
What you would be doing:
The Research Associate will evaluate the potential for geographic, geologic, and techno-economic constraints to lead to bottlenecks in the development of large scale CO2 storage globally. The Subsurface CO2 Storage Research Group has developed a suite of models that evaluate the physical or techno-economic limitations to scaling up CO2 storage regionally (See De Simone & Krevor, 2021 and Zhang et al., 2023). Additionally, the researcher will work with a consortium and stakeholders to continue the work begun in Zhang et al., (2022), to establish a register of annual amounts of CO2 stored underground. Ultimately, we will construct models for plausible development trajectories that may be incorporated into energy systems models of the type used by the IPCC to outline techno-economic pathways for mitigating climate change.
What we are looking for:
We are looking for someone who meets the following criteria.
Please read the Job Description and Person Specification for more information.
What we can offer you:
Further Information
This is a full time, fixed term position for up to 2 years.
If you require any further details on the role please contact:
Dr Samuel Krevor (s.krevor@imperial.ac.uk).
To apply please click the 'Apply' button, above.
Closing date: 24th September 2024
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