Hydrogen and fuel cells Active
Prof. Kodjo Agbossou · David Toquica (stage postdoctoral) · Jersson Garcia
Many remote communities and industrial sites across Canada — including northern mines — still depend on diesel for their electricity supply, with high costs and significant environmental impact. Their transition to renewables faces intermittent generation and extreme climate conditions that demand flawless reliability.
This LIREI program develops sizing and management methods for hybrid microgrids integrating renewable generation and energy storage (batteries, hydrogen, thermal): optimal capacity planning algorithms, operating strategies that minimize both emissions and costs, and consideration of demand flexibility and energy recovery mechanisms — for a viable energy transition of remote communities and the mining sector.
Develop distributed thermo-energy management strategies for Canadian autonomous grids with high penetration of intermittent renewables, combining planning through Dynamic Operational Envelopes (DOEs) with real-time distributed optimization via Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL).
The CRSNG strand runs in five phases: (i) data-driven electrothermal modeling with stochastic scenario generation; (ii) a DOE planning framework computed by stochastic optimization with fair allocation mechanisms; (iii) MARL distributed control algorithms operating within the envelopes; (iv) techno-economic and social analysis, with robust co-optimization of hybrid storage sizing and cooperative-game business models; (v) validation through integrated co-simulation against technical, economic and equity indicators.
Dynamic operational envelopes, computed by stochastic optimization, set safe power limits; within them, reinforcement-learning agents coordinate resources in real time. Supported by NSERC, and continuing from a Kuujjuaq study where stochastic coordination of thermal storage cut diesel consumption by more than 35%.
Sizing and management of hybrid storage systems for Quebec's isolated mines, with the t3e research group at École de technologie supérieure and Professor Daniel R. Rousse.
Participation in the Accelerating Community Energy Transformation network, led by the University of Victoria with Royal Roads, UBC and Yukon University, connecting the technical work to the communities that depend on it.
Hydrogen and fuel cells Active
Sizing and management algorithms for hybrid storage systems supporting the energy transition of Quebec's isolated mines.
Jersson Garcia — dir. Prof. Kodjo Agbossou · en collaboration avec le Prof. Daniel R. Rousse (groupe t3e, ÉTS)
Partners : École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Montréal
Hydrogen and fuel cells Active
Sizing and management of hybrid hydrogen-integrated systems: renewable backup for microgrids, shared storage and fuel cell vehicles.
Partners : Institut de recherche sur l'hydrogène (IRH)
