Estimating and analysing the solar resource in territories
How much sun reaches a façade, a rooftop, a valley. And how to describe the variation without simulating every hour of every year.
Read moreCNRS Research Scientist · LOCIE
I am a CNRS research scientist at LOCIE. Current research topic concern, solar energy in territories, urban or rural, irradiance modelling in complex environments, photovoltaic performance in its environment, physically informed data analysis, decision-aiding, remote imagery and their use for solar applications...
How much sun reaches a façade, a rooftop, a valley. And how to describe the variation without simulating every hour of every year.
Read moreA module in a dense, warm city does not produce like the same module on a test bench. The gap matters if you size an installation.
Read moreA municipality cannot equip every roof at once. You have to choose. The choice involves far more than sunlight.
Read moreOngoing 2025–present
An ANR young-researcher project I lead. Surveying and analysing the photovoltaic capacity already installed at national scale.
ANR, jeune Chercheuse Jeune Chercheur (JCJC)
Completed 2020–2024
An international collaboration across ten countries. Planning neighbourhoods so solar access survives the next round of construction.
IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme
Completed 2019–2022
A cross-border Interreg project. Building, validating and putting to work a solar cadastre covering 265,000 buildings.
Interreg France–Suisse