Welcome to the Renewable Energy Advancement Lab (REALab) lead by Dr. Mengying Li in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Extracting food, energy and clean water from the Earth’s limited resources and land area while mitigating climate change and reducing pollution is essential but challenging. In REALab, we are dedicated to explore the science and develop technologies to utilize renewable energy efficiently. To improve solar power integration, we develop high fidelity solar power forecasting models by integrating spectral atmospheric radiative transfer, physics-based estimation of cloud optical properties from cutting-edge remote sensing data (e.g., GOES satellite imaging) and machine learning techniques. To improve the grid penetration of renewable power, we research novel large-scale thermal and chemical energy storage, hybridization of different renewable sources for power production and solar-driven passive cooling and desalination.

Please forward all inquiries to Dr. Li at mengying.li@polyu.edu.hk.