Understanding Climate Risk in Future Energy Systems: An Energy-Climate Data Hackathon

Abstract

2021 Energy-Climate Hackathon: What: Approximately 40 participants-with expertise spanning energy, computer science, and weather and climate research-joined a week-long Energy-Climate data "hackathon"in a run-up to the 2021 UN COP26 conference. Six projects to promote and grow data and science understanding were initiated and developed by teams over the course of the week, supported by access to state-of-the-art computational resources and stimulated by keynote speakers from industry and academia. The hackathon concluded with teams presenting their output to a panel of invited experts. The conference was initiated by University of Oxford Dr. Sarah Sparrow, Professor David Wallom, Professor Tim Woollings, and University of Reading Professor David Brayshaw, Dr. Hannah Bloomfield, in partnership with the Met Office, the United Kingdom's national meteorological service, and with support from the United Kingdom's CEDA-JASMIN service and Gurobi optimization software. When: 18 May (half-day "scoping"event) and 21-25 June 2021 (main hackathon) Where: Online.