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Rustem
Nizamov

Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Engineering
DSc-Tech
Computational photovoltaics and Nordic Energy Systems analysis

Areas of expertise

Geospatial PV Simulation
Energy Economics (NPV/IRR/LCOE)
High-Performance Python Development
Nordic Electricity Markets (NordPool)
Satellite Weather Data Integration (PVGIS, ERA5, CDS)
Bifacial Solar Technology, Accelerated ageing tests, UV exposure, visual tracking, 3D modeling and FDM 3D printing

Research

My current research focuses on the spatial-temporal profitability analysis of photovoltaic systems across Nordic bidding zones. I develop and maintain a comprehensive simulation pipeline consisting of two primary engines:

  1. AC Generation Engine: Integrates satellite-based weather data (SARAH-3, ERA5) and Copernicus albedo datasets with pvlib to model energy production for monofacial and bifacial configurations across thousands of geographic coordinates.
  2. Financial Engineering Engine: Analyzes real-time and historical electricity spot prices (ENTSO-E) to compute key economic indicators, including Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), and self-consumption rates.


A central theme of my work is the development of automated, parallelized data pipelines for large-scale geographic simulations. This includes the implementation of Voronoi-based spatial visualizations (interactive maps) and longitudinal trend analysis to identify optimal PV configurations in varying market conditions and high-latitude climates.

Publications

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