PowerMix Hackathon: Design a Country-Scale Energy Mix
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Hackathon
| Thursday, March 12, 2026 |
| 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
Details
The EAGE Digitalization 2026 Hackathon challenges participants to turn open energy data into an actionable national-scale plan for the future of power generation. Using public datasets and transparent techno-economic assumptions, teams will determine how many renewable assets (solar panels and wind farms) and non-renewable resources (oil and gas production wells) should be deployed to meet a country’s hourly electricity demand at the lowest possible cost, while staying within a defined CO₂ budget. The event blends real-world data science with energy-system modelling and optimization, requiring participants to balance cost, emissions, and reliability through different analytical approaches, and to defend their final plan with quantitative evidence.
Participants will learn hands-on techniques in open energy-system modelling, grasp the tangible trade-offs between levelized cost of energy (LCOE), CO₂ emissions, renewable versus non-renewable shares, and system reliability, and will be encouraged to ensure transparency, reproducibility, and sensitivity testing (for example, by varying CO₂ prices or fuel costs).
