Thomas Gilon
Energy System Modeller at Open Energy Transition
La Rochelle, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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Top SchoolThomas Gilon is an Energy System Modeller with nine years of experience applying engineering and data skills to decarbonisation challenges across consultancy, defence, and non-profit sectors. Currently at Open Energy Transition, he co-maintains widely used open-source Python tools in the PyPSA ecosystem to support transparent, data-driven energy planning. Previously at CLIMACT he combined programming and modelling to build scenario tools like PyPSA-Eur and the 2050 Pathways Explorer for public and private clients aiming for net-zero pathways. Trained as a polytechnic engineer at the Royal Military Academy, he brings a disciplined, systems-level perspective informed by data handling experience in the Belgian Defence. Based in La Rochelle, he pairs hands-on software development with policy-aware modelling to accelerate practical, climate-resilient energy transitions.
9 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Polytechnic Engineer, Master's degree, Polytechnic Engineer at Royal Military Academy, Belgium
Github Skills (25)
snakemake10
modeling-tool10
energy10
power-systems10
transmission10
energy-system10
renewable-energy10
optimisation10
electrical-engineering10
modelica10
pypsa9
snl-applications9
optimization9
delta7
pandas-dataframe6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
cylab-be/apt-graph
Oct 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:287 commits, 149 pushes, 9 branches in 7 months
open-energy-transition/open-tyndp
Feb 2025 - Apr 2025
PyPSA-Eur: A Sector-Coupled Open Optimisation Model of the European Energy System
Contributions:9 reviews, 5 PRs, 40 pushes in 1 month
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