Dr Graeme Hawker
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
I am a Lecturer in Energy Systems, primarily working as part of the UK Energy Research Centre.
My main interest is in multi-carrier energy simulation/optimisation and Whole System Modelling, looking at how the different constraints we have in the future development of electricity, gas, hydrogen and heat networks may affect how we choose to meet our long-term carbon emissions targets.
My other interests include:
- Macro-level carbon budgeting (in particular using the TIMES modelling framework)
- Low-carbon heating technologies
- Local energy systems
- Operation and control of large wind farms in transmission networks
- Risk and reliability in power networks
- Machine learning for failure prediction
I have previously worked as an analyst and consultant in the Renewable Energy sector.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2876-4371
Qualifications
BA (hons.) Natural Sciences - Cambridge University 2002
BSc (hons.) Physical Sciences - Open University 2013
MSc Information Technology - Glasgow University 2003
Chartered Scientist and Member - The Energy Institute 2012
PhD in Electrical Engineering - University of Strathclyde 2018: "Spatial and Temporal Disaggregation of Whole System Energy Models Through Exemplar Local Multi-Carrier Networks"
Publications
- Energy sectors integration and impact on power grids
- Fang Jiakun, Chen Fang, Koca Gulcan, Hawker Graeme, Osborne Polly, Hernandez Lopez Laura
- (2025)
- Flexibility in the GB power system : future needs, alternative sources and procurement
- Qadrdan Meysam, Hawker Graeme, Heptonstall Phil
- (2025)
- Impact of batteries' energy trading on distribution network congestion : a Great Britain case study
- Brush Susan, Hawker Graeme, Bell Keith
- 2024 59th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC) 2024 59th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), pp. 1-6 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/upec61344.2024.10892549
- EV charging and its implications across transport, power, buildings and planning : insights from stakeholder workshops
- Barnes Jake, Anable Jillian, Davoudi Simin, Dixon James, Hawker Graeme, Killip Gavin
- (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.5286/UKERC.EDC.000981
- Batteries in wind-dominated areas of network: solution or problem? A Scottish case study
- Brush S, Hawker G, Bell K
- IET Conference Proceedings Vol 2023, pp. 144-149 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2023.3220
- Management of extreme weather impacts on electricity grids : an international review
- Hawker Graeme, Bell Keith, Bialek Janusz, MacIver Callum
- Progress in Energy Vol 6 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/ad3f6a
Research Interests
Energy systems analysis, wind power, solar power, electricity and gas distribution, power system economics.
Professional Activities
- The Engineering, Pedagogy and Scholarship (EPAS)
- Invited speaker
- 21/1/2026
- ENSIGN Prosperity Partnership: A Whole System Digital Twin for the Distribution Networks
- Speaker
- 8/9/2025
- Evidence to Scottish Parliament on Project Willow - The Future of Grangemouth
- Recipient
- 13/5/2025
- Scottish Parliament Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee: Evidence on Plans for future of Grangemouth
- Recipient
- 13/5/2025
- Energy Security and Net Zero Committee call for evidence on ‘Unlocking community energy at scale’: UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) Response
- Recipient
- 1/2025
- Steering Group Meeting (August 2022) - Delivering a Sustainable and Equitable Heat Transition (SEHT) project
- Contributor
- 11/8/2022
Projects
- A resilient Scottish energy system (IAA)
- Bell, Keith (Principal Investigator) Hawker, Graeme (Co-investigator)
- 17-Jan-2019 - 17-Jan-2020
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Flower, Jack
- Bell, Keith (Principal Investigator) Hawker, Graeme (Co-investigator) Flower, Jack (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2016 - 30-Jan-2022
- UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) phase 3: theme 3 - Energy systems at multiple scales
- Bell, Keith (Principal Investigator) Xu, Lie (Co-investigator) Frame, Damien (Researcher) Hawker, Graeme (Researcher) MacIver, Callum (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2014 - 30-Jan-2019
- Realising Energy Storage Technologies in Low-carbon Energy Systems (RESTLESS)
- Bell, Keith (Principal Investigator) Bukhsh, Waqquas (Researcher) Hawker, Graeme (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2015 - 31-Jan-2019
- ELECTRA
- Burt, Graeme (Principal Investigator) Bell, Keith (Co-investigator) Catterson, Victoria (Co-investigator) McArthur, Stephen (Co-investigator) Roscoe, Andrew (Co-investigator) Hawker, Graeme (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2013 - 30-Jan-2017
- FITS-LCD: Fabric Integrated Thermal Storage for Low-Carbon Dwellings
- Kelly, Nick (Principal Investigator) Bell, Keith (Co-investigator) Clarke, Joe (Co-investigator) Strachan, Paul (Co-investigator) Tuohy, Paul Gerard (Co-investigator) Hawker, Graeme (Researcher)
- Investigating the use and design of fabric-integrated thermal storage materials in buildings to enhance low-carbon heat transitions via demand reduction and energy flexibility
- 01-Jan-2016 - 31-Jan-2019
Contact
Dr
Graeme
Hawker
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: graeme.hawker@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 7232