Magnus de Witt (he/his/him)
Research Assistant Professor
Email: mdewitt9@alaska.eduPhone
Expertise
- Decarbonization
- Microgrids
- Modeling
- Policy and Global Application
BIO
Magnus de Witt is adjunct research faculty at ACEP. His research at ACEP focuses on the energy transition in Alaska, the Railbelt and remote communities. His research includes energy security, energy policy and energy implementation methods.
De Witt’s doctoral research at the Department of Engineering at Reykjavík University focused on which energy resources are available in the Arctic and how the various resources can be harvested with different mature energy technology options for remote Arctic communities to reduce the cost burden related to energy. Furthermore, he studied the current energy situation among remote Arctic communities. He mapped out which energy sources are used, the share of the different sources, and the energy demand of remote communities.
De Witt earned a master’s degree in sustainable energy engineering from the Iceland School of Energy hosted at Reykjavík University. His research focused on analyzing and optimizing the project lifecycle of geothermal power plants. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
De Witt has traveled across the Arctic to conduct field studies and see the energy situation firsthand.