Martin Thebault

CNRS Research Scientist · LOCIE

Modeling, analysis, and integration of solar energy in territories

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...

The sun over Le Bourget-du-Lac. Where the sun stands through the year, at the latitude of LOCIE. Each curve is one month. The coloured path is today, and the dot is the sun at this moment. The height above the horizon runs up the side, the compass bearing along the bottom. All the work below starts from this geometry.

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Ongoing 2025–present

DOLMEN, ANR JCJC

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

IEA SHC Task 63, solar Neighborhood Planning

An international collaboration across ten countries. Planning neighbourhoods so solar access survives the next round of construction.

IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme

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