Meet the Jury David Pozo Camara on Renewable auction and pan-EU optimization models in the European power system

Arenberg Doctoral School is proud to invite you to Meet The Jury!

When internationally renowned experts visit KU Leuven as a member of a PhD Examination Committee, we like to seize this opportunity to give this expert a forum to a large audience. All members of Science, Engineering & Technology are most welcome to the Meet The Jury Lectures.

Dr. David Pozo Camara (European Commission – Joint Research Centre, Netherlands) will give a lecture on “Renewable auction and pan-EU optimization models in the European power system”.

The European power system is being reshaped by a rapid build-out of wind and solar, and by the market and support mechanisms that steer where and when that capacity arrives. Renewable auctions determine much of the investment, while the wholesale market and network determine what the system can actually absorb, and the two are designed largely in isolation. This seminar looks at how large-scale optimization models of the pan-European power system can bridge that gap. It covers the modelling tools used to represent European markets and networks, how auction design can be evaluated within them, and what such models reveal about system costs, congestion, and the distribution of effects across Member States. The talk closes with reflections on the practical limits of continental-scale modelling and on the role of open models and data in supporting EU energy policy.

Following the lecture, there will be opportunity for young researchers to interact with him.

• Venue: B91.100, ESAT, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 , 3001 Heverlee
• Date: 19 October 2026 – 10:30-13:00
• Dr. David Pozo Camara is visiting KU Leuven on the occasion of the PhD defence of Giacomo Bastianel