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

Extracting food, energy, and clean water from Earth’s limited resources and land area, while mitigating climate change and reducing pollution, is both essential and challenging. At REALab, we are committed to exploring the science and developing technologies that utilize renewable energy efficiently. To enhance the integration of solar power, 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/deep learning techniques. To improve the grid penetration of renewable power, we investigate PV integration with solid oxide electrolysis and fuel cells, integration of PV with green roofs, salt fields, agriculture, and PV-integrated desalination.

If you are interested in our research, please forward all inquiries to Prof. Li at mengying.li@polyu.edu.hk.