Smart Grids
Digital infrastructure for intelligent power distribution, demand response, and distributed generation. Includes grid cybersecurity and real-time balancing.
Research Groups
View allSolar Futures Lab
MIT Energy Initiative
🇺🇸 Cambridge, United States
Research group focusing on next-generation photovoltaic materials, perovskite solar cells, and grid-scale solar integration. We combine computational modelling with lab-scale fabrication to push solar efficiency beyond 30%.
Climate & Energy Systems Lab
ETH Zurich
🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland
Integrated assessment of energy-climate systems, carbon capture pathways, and energy transition policy. Providers of the Swiss Energy Scenarios used by the federal government.
Smart Grid & Power Electronics Lab
Tsinghua University
🇨🇳 Beijing, China
Power electronics for grid integration of renewables, flexible HVDC transmission, and AI-driven demand-response optimisation for China's ultra-large grid.
EV & Mobility Transition Lab
IIT Bombay
🇮🇳 Mumbai, India
Electric vehicle powertrains, two-wheeler electrification for Indian markets, battery second-life, and EV charging infrastructure planning for dense urban grids.
Grid-Scale Storage & Policy Group
Columbia University SIPA
🇺🇸 New York, United States
Techno-economic analysis of long-duration energy storage (iron-air, vanadium flow, CAES), electricity market design, and US federal energy policy.
Open Grants
ERC Advanced Grant – Energy
European Research Council
IIA Deep Tech Venture Incubators — Energy Track
Israel Innovation Authority
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 (Israel-hosted)
European Commission / Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
US-Israel Energy Center Consortium Call (2nd Round)
BIRD Foundation / US DOE / Israel Ministry of Energy
BIRD Energy Open Call 2026
BIRD Foundation (US DOE + Israel Ministry of Energy + IIA)
ISF Individual Research Grants — Annual Cycle
Israel Science Foundation