Alberto Grimaldi

Alberto Grimaldi is a Postdoctoral Appointee in the Generation and Storage Analysis group, part of the Energy Resources and Demand department within the Energy Systems and Infrastructure Assessment (ESIA) division at Argonne National Laboratory. His research focuses on techno-economic optimization of hybrid energy storage systems integrated with renewable power plants, with an emphasis on electricity market-oriented strategies to support decarbonization and grid reliability.

He received a Ph.D. in Energy Engineering from Politecnico di Torino in 2025. As part of his Ph.D. research, he collaborated with the University of California, Irvine as a Visiting Research Scholar at the UCI Clean Energy Institute. He also partnered with Edison S.p.A., a leading Italian electric utility, to analyze real-world energy storage data in the Italian electricity market. He holds both an M.S. (2021) and a B.S. (2019) in Energy and Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Torino. During his academic career, he focused on renewable energy systems, energy storage, and advanced modeling techniques for decarbonized energy systems.

His research expertise includes optimization-based modeling, dynamic energy storage dispatch strategies, battery degradation modeling, and techno-economic assessment of renewable energy and storage systems. He has conducted studies on energy arbitrage and market participation strategies for battery energy storage systems in both European and U.S. electricity markets, contributing to peer-reviewed journals and international conferences.