Calgary Alberta Canada – Delft Netherlands – June 26, 2025
Energi Simulation, a Calgary-based not-for-profit organization, has committed $2,000,000 Canadian Dollars to continue their partnership with the Delft University of Technology for another 5 years by supporting Professors Hadi Hajibeygi and Sebastian Geiger from the Department of Geoscience and Engineering.
This investment directly underpins the Energi Simulation Centre for Geoenergy, a collaborative research hub at the Department of Geoscience and Engineering headed by Professors Hajibeygi and Geiger. The centre focuses on integrating geoscience and reservoir engineering research activities to accelerate the transition to a just and fair low-carbon energy future.
At the Energi Simulation Centre for Geoenergy, Professors Hajibeygi and Geiger, together with their teams and in cooperation with other academics from TU Delft as well Energi Simulation chair programmes across the world, conduct fundamental and applied research in characterising, modelling, and simulating multi-scale fluid movements across different low-carbon geoenergy systems, from hydrogen to CO2 and geothermal heat. Their research activities also support and help to expand various other interdisciplinary research activities at the department such as the Delft Advanced Reservoir Simulation consortium or the TU Delft Campus Geothermal Project.
Each year, the Energi Simulation Centre for Geoenergy is expected to train around 35 researchers, from MSc students to PhDs and postdocs and raise over €15,000,000 (CAD $23,000,000) of matching funds from industry and government in total over the next 5 years. This level of funding means that the centre is one of Europe’s premier research hubs that focuses on the integration of geosciences, reservoir engineering, and multi-scale modelling for the energy transition.
Professor Hajibeygi said: “Over the past 3 years, our partnership with Energi Simulation has played a major role in advancing our research, education of the next generation of talents, and impact in the geoenergy field, from geothermal energy to subsurface storage of energy and greenhouse gases. This partnership has been especially valuable within the international community, strengthened by the valuable network of all the Energi Simulation Chairs across the globe. At TU Delft, we are committed to work on globally impactful and locally feasible solutions to make the net-zero an achievable goal. I am grateful that Energi Simulation keeps its trust in the inclusiveness and leading role of our department. This continuation of funding over the next five years will specially enable us to support many talented students and inspiring young academic staff to establish further their impact and innovative contribution in the field of geoenergy.”
Professor Geiger added: “I am incredibly grateful for the continued trust and the support from Energi Simulation, which has provided unparalleled support to my students and postdocs for the last 15 years. The long-standing partnership with Energi Simulation offers a truly unique opportunity to develop new collaborations and support timely research that addresses the most important challenge humanity faces today – how can we accelerate the transition to a low-carbon energy future without leaving anyone behind.”
Professor Stefan Aarninkhof, Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at the Delft University of Technology, said: “We are very pleased with the continued financial support by Energi Simulation for two of our excellent researchers and their contribution to a sustainable energy future. Having left behind the classic oil and gas related research, this significant recognition by Energi Simulation allows us to explore new avenues towards responsible use of the subsurface for the energy transition, thus contributing directly to one of the biggest global challenges faced at the moment”
Duke Anderson, President of Energi Simulation, commented on the extension of this partnership: “We are truly excited to continue our relationship with Professors Hajibeygi and Geiger for another 5 years! Our belief is that subsurface geoenergy will play a leading role in the energy future of the planet. We plan to contribute to that exciting future through the research that Professors Hajibeygi and Geiger will be conducting with their teams at TU Delft.”
About Energi Simulation
Founded in 1978, Energi Simulation (formerly Foundation CMG) promotes and financially supports research and graduate students through research grants at universities. Our mandate is to invest in leading edge research and innovation in energy resource modelling. Energi Simulation partners with universities, governments, and industry sponsors to drive unique multi-year support of student education and world leading researchers at universities, in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia-Pacific region. Energi Simulation is a not-for-profit company registered in the province of Alberta, Canada.
About Delft University of Technology
The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) was founded in 1842. At TU Delft our mission is ‘Impact for a better society’. We are tackling global challenges that affect everyone personally: climate change, urbanisation, the digital society, healthcare and, of course, the energy transition. We have all the expertise in-house to play a major role in accelerating the transition to sustainable energy sources. With around a thousand scientists, TU Delft is one of the largest energy research institutes in Europe. Our people invent, design, make and implement. Whether it is wind and solar energy, hydrogen, geoenergy, new synthetic fuels or nuclear energy: we have it all in-house. From fundamental to applied science and back again. And we do it all in a way that characterises TU Delft: with our feet firmly planted in the ground and with our universally recognised ‘can do’ mentality. We always work from multiple perspectives and interests and we look at issues from an interdisciplinary perspective. We do not work alone, but together with our partners, including industry, government and knowledge institutions.