Baltazar Solano Rodriguez

Baltazar is a Research Associate in Energy Systems at the UCL Energy Institute. He specializes in the application and development of models to provide quantitative insights into energy and climate change issues. He is the lead developer of ETM-UCL, a European energy systems model that provides a basis for estimating EU energy dynamics to 2050. ETM-UCL is currently used in European Commission backed research to study the implications of different long-term techno-economic scenarios. Baltazar's current research interests revolve around energy-environment-economic modelling, low carbon transition pathways, carbon risk, poverty dynamics and broader Operational Research applications in the energy industry.

Baltazar has over ten years experience working in different energy sectors. Prior to joining UCL he worked for AEA, where he was responsible for the delivery of technical consulting support across the organisation to assigned projects that involved the use of advanced analytic techniques, mainly on UK Government and EU energy and climate change programmes. One of his roles was as lead modeller for the UK's Market Transformation Programme. Previously, Baltazar worked for the UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory as Technical Advisor for the Strategic and Operational Analysis Team. This position involved a wide range of modelling and analytical tasks undertaken mostly for nuclear waste reprocessing plants. Baltazar joined the NNL after pursuing academic qualifications in the UK gaining an MSc in Operational Research from the University of Edinburgh and an MPhil in Manufacturing, Industrial Systems and Management from the University of Cambridge. Previously, he worked in the Oil&Gas industry for Schlumberger as a Senior Field Engineer in different worldwide locations. In this role Baltazar worked in operational analysis and management.