Pizza Sponsor: Cornucopia Technical Sales Facility Sponsor: Monolithic Power Systems Steven Louis PhD Speaker(s): Steven Louis PhD Room: 2nd Floor Conference Room, Bldg: MPS, 19499 Victor Pkwy, Livonia, Michigan, United States, 48152, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/479634

Open-source tools for energy system modeling have gained significant attention to support transparent policy and technical decision-making. However, many of these tools lack fine-grained data or a sufficiently broad regional scope, limiting effective collaboration, adoption, and long-term support. In response, the PyPSA meets Earth initiative was established to bridge these gaps by promoting open, independent research, knowledge sharing, and transparent planning in energy modeling. PyPSA meets Earth maintains tools such as PyPSA-Earth and PyPSA-Distribution, which facilitate sector-coupled energy modeling for any region worldwide. This talk will introduce the initiative’s vision, showcase current tools and applications, and outline opportunities for interested individuals and organizations to join and contribute. Speaker: Davide Fioriti is Assistant Professor at the University of Pisa and co-director of the PyPSAmeetsEarth initiative. He received the Ph.D. in Pisa in 2019 with a thesis on planning and operation methods for rural electrification by mini-grids, in which he developed his skills in mathematical optimization and microgrids. Thereafter, he expanded his interests into multi-energy systems. In 2021, he joined the PyPSAmeetsEarth initiative, initially focusing on Africa, where is has been an active contributor and facilitator of the various workstreams. He has collaborated with several private and public companies (4+) and public entities (10+) in several funded projects. In 2018 he was visiting scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/480958

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