Curran Crawford

Dr. Curran Crawford is the Executive Director of the Accelerating Community Energy Transformation (ACET) initiative, led by the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems (IESVic) at the University of Victoria. He also co-directs the Pacific Regional Institute for Marine Energy Discovery (PRIMED) with Dr. Buckham, focusing on assisting community energy planning and demonstration projects to integrate marine renewables into remote Indigenous community micro-grids to displace diesel. His core research is focused on energy system modeling, optimization and control, with a particular focus on machine learning and multi-disciplinary/fidelity optimization techniques applied to energy systems digital twins. He leads projects partnered witha range of industrial, local/provincial/federal government/Indigenous and academic partners to innovate in the area of renewable energy systems. Particular technology foci include wind energyand tidal generation, e-transportation, energy storage systems and microgrids, and carbon capturewith many projects involving multi-disciplinary collaborations and working with community partners to understand real-world deployment options including social acceptance and policy implications.