Amir Arasteh earned his PhD from DTU Wind Energy and currently is working as Development Engineer in the same department. A key research topic in their team is the design, control, and optimization of hybrid power and energy plants. One of the primary tools they have developed for this purpose is HyDesign, a software platform for planning and optimizing utility-scale hybrid power plants consisting wind, solar, storage, and P2X technologies.
As part of the SOLARX project, the team at DTU Wind Energy has developed and integrated the SOLARX technology module into HyDesign. This adaptation enables the platform to effectively model and optimize hybrid energy solutions incorporating SOLARX. Amir has collaborated closely on this effort with Megha Gupta, Juan Pablo Murcia Leon, Flore Baize-Roch, Mikkel Friis-Møller, and Kaushik Das, whose expertise has been invaluable.
The SOLARX module in HyDesign processes key input data—Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI), component characteristics, and energy prices—to optimize component sizing. The system follows a structured approach: an outer loop handles component modeling, while an Energy Management System (EMS) dynamically determines the optimal production of electricity and hydrogen (H₂). The EMS optimizes operations based on market prices and available energy, making strategic decisions on whether to store energy in a molten salt tank for later use or utilize it immediately.
