Description of the project: Microclimate Impacts of SOLar farms (MISOL)
Photovoltaic solar farms are being constructed rapidly across the world at an unprecedented pace in order to meet global demand and achieve net-zero emission targets. Together with wind power, solar energy is set to become the world’s leading source of renewable energy by 2030, with a total of 354 GW installed globally in 2023 alone.
Large-scale farms, for example of 50 MW or more, cover over 150 hectares (1.5 km² or approximately 100 football pitches). With the installation of thousands of solar panels over such vast areas of land, soil properties such as albedo (solar reflectance) and vegetation index are modified, which may lead to changes in land–atmosphere processes.
These changes can generate impacts on the microclimate, such as variations in surface humidity or temperature, compared to the surrounding (unaltered) area. It is necessary to quantify these impacts at the microclimatic scale over time through long-term studies, even though these effects result from the accumulation of instantaneous impacts induced by solar farms.
Click on the links below to view the documentation and details of the positions we are going to fill in the project.
| Job title | Job opennings | Application deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher in Applied Fluid Mechanics for Renewable Energy | 1 | 23/09/2025 |
| Predoctoral Researcher in Fluid Mechanics Applied to Renewable Energy | 1 | 23/09/2025 |
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