A/Prof Merlinde Kay

Bio

Associate Professor Merlinde Kay completed her bachelor's degree and PhD in atmospheric physics from the University of New South Wales. She then worked as a weather risk analyst providing weather forecasts for the energy sector. Currently she is an Associate Prof. in the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE) leading the Energy Meteorology group. She has experience in short term weather forecasting, resource assessment (for all renewables), impacts of climate change on siting of renewable technologies, optimisation of hybrid RE systems with storage, integration of EV's and the impact of atmospheric particulates on the operation of solar technologies. Her current interest is in extremes weather events and the impact they have on energy infrastructure and renewables. She is a member of the IEA PVPS Task 16 - Solar Resource for High Penetration and Large Scale Applications.