Taco Niet

Industrial and research interests

• Energy Systems Modelling
• Energy Storage Technologies
• Integration of Renewable/Variable Technologies
• Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

Teaching interests

• Instrumentation
• Systems Design and Modelling
• Control Systems and Instrumentation
• Strength of Materials
• Technology and Society

Selected recently taught courses

• SEE 110 - Energy, Environment & Society (2019)
• ENGR 7480 - Environment, Energy and Engineering (2019, BCIT)
• MECH 8135 - Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (2008-2018, BCIT)
• MECH 2240 - Strength of Materials (2006 - 2018, BCIT)

Selected recent publications

• T. Niet, “Storage end effects: An evaluation of common storage modelling assumptions,” Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 27, p. 101050, Feb. 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.est.2019.101050.
• English, J., T. Niet, B. Lyseng, V. Keller, K. Palmer-Wilson, B. Robertson, P. Wild, A. Rowe.  “Impact of Flexibility Requirements on Electricity System Decarbonization.”  Renewable Energy.  Vol 145, pp. 2770–2782, Jan. 2020.
• Niet, T.  “Storage End Effects:  An evaluation of common storage modelling assumptions.”  Presented at the ETSAP Workshop, Paris, France, June 7, 2019.
• Niet, T., B. Lyseng, J. English, V. Keller, K Palmer-Wilson, B. Robertson, A. Rowe, P. Wild.  “Valuing infrastructure investments to reduce curtailment.”  Energy Strategy Reviews (22) 2018 pages 196-206.
• Keller, V., B. Lyseng, J. English, T. Niet, K. Palmer-Wilson, I. Moazzen, B. Robertson, P. Wild, A. Rowe.  “Coal-to-biomass retrofit in Alberta –value of forest residue bioenergy in the electricity system.”  Renewable Energy (125) 2018 pages 373-383.
• Gardumi, F., A. Shivakumar, R. Morrison, C. Taliotis, O. Broad, A. Beltramo, V. Sridharan, M. Howells, J. Hörsch, T. Niet.  “From the development of an open-source energy modelling tool to its application and the creation of communities of practice: The example of OSeMOSYS.”  Energy Strategy Reviews (20) 2018 pages 209-228.
• Lyseng, B., T. Niet, J. English, V. Keller, K. Palmer-Wilson, B. Robertson, A. Rowe, P. Wild. “System level power to gas energy storage for high penetrations of variable renewables.” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (43) 2018, pages 1966-1979.
• Niet, T., B. Lyseng, J. English, V. Keller, K. Palmer-Wilson, I. Moazzen, B. Robertson, P. Wild , A. Rowe “Hedging the risk of increased emissions in long term energy planning”, Energy Strategy Reviews (16) 2017, pages 1-12.
• English, J., T. Niet, B. Lyseng, K. Palmer-Wilson, V. Keller, I. Moazzen, L. Pitt, P. Wild, A. Rowe.  “Impact of electrical intertie capacity on carbon policy effectiveness.”  Energy Policy. Volume 101, February 2017, pages 571-581.
• Lyseng, B., T. Niet, K.Palmer-Wilson, J. Donald, A. Rowe, B. Robertson. “Pathways to a decarbonised 2060”. Presented at EnVision 2017: Decarbonising energy and environment. Victoria, BC. April 27-28, 2017.