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Comillas Pontifical University


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Call for fellowships 2012 is closed.

Deadline for SETS applicants requesting an Erasmus Mundus Doctoral Contract Fellowship 2012 closed in January 31st 2012.

 

 

The Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate in Sustainable Energy Technologies and Strategies (SETS) is an international programme offered by six of the most renowned universities in this field of knowledge.

 

The doctorate copes with the challenge to lead the technological transition required by today’s world, where a compromise must be reached between energy and sustainability. Some of the research topics of the programme are future energy networks, regulation and economics of energy systems in future European scenarios and sustainable development.

 

SETS Joint Doctorate is the only Ph.D. programme on energy and sustainability awarded the Erasmus Mundus excellence label by the European Commission. This excellence label has been granted only to thirty four international doctorates in all disciplines and Universities across Europe so far.

 

 

9 positions will be offered in 2012 for priority research lines. The candidates selected for these positions will be proposed to the Education, Audiovisual and Communications Executive Agency for an Erasmus Mundus Doctoral fellowship contract to be confirmed before the end of May:

  • Linking energy and social policies: Electricity tariffs design in a sustainable and low carbon economy. Long-term security of supply, energy efficiency and energy poverty. Comillas.

  • Electricity markets medium term equilibrium considering risk averse agents with mixed renewable-thermal generation portfolios. Comillas.

  • Energy management of European smart cities. Comillas.

  • Dynamic security region assessment. KTH.

  • Impact of high levels of wind penetration on the exercise of market power in multi-area systems. KTH.

  • Optimal long-term generation-transmission planning in the context of multiple TSOs. KTH.

  • A multi-actor real options approach for carbon capture and storage infraestructure. TUDelft.

  • Electricity network innovation, smart grids and Europe's 20-20-20 policy objectives. TUDelft.

  • Security of supply during the energy transition. TUDelft.

 

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