Overview
Personal Profile
Merve Turan joined NLR’s Grid Planning and Analysis Center in 2022 as a postdoctoral researcher in the Capacity Expansion & Electricity Markets Group. Her research focus is on the development of optimization model for power system investments. Turan also is interested in mineral and energy market decisions and supply chain analysis.
Research Interests
Power systems modeling and analysis
Fuel and electricity market interactions
Optimization and modeling techniques
Professional Experience
Research Assistant, U.S. Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Institute (2019–2022)
Teaching Assistant, Colorado School of Mines (2019–2019)
Education/Academic Qualification
PhD, Mineral and Energy Economics, Colorado School of Mines
Master, Mining Engineering, Middle East Technical University
Bachelor, Mining Engineering, Middle East Technical University
Certificate, Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing, Middle East Technical University
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Advanced Gravity Energy Storage System Leveraging Idle Wells for Novel Efficiency and Sustainability
Akindipe, D., Akar, S., Shlosberg, D., Turan, M. & Cole, W., 2026, 8 p. National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR).Research output: NLR › Fact Sheet
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Gravity Well Commercial Economics Assessment: Potential Revenue and Cost: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-22-23269
Akindipe, D., Turan, M., Akar, S., Cole, W., Shlosberg, D. & Taverna, N., 2026, 57 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Cost Projections for Utility-Scale Battery Storage: 2025 Update
Cole, W., Ramasamy, V. & Turan, M., 2025, 26 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Regional Energy Deployment System (ReEDS) Model Documentation: 2025
Avraam, C., Ayad, A., Brown, P., Carag, V., Chen, Y., Chernyakhovskiy, I., Cohen, S., Cole, W., Dhulipala, S., Duraes de Faria, V., Gagnon, P., Halloran, C., Hamilton, A., Ho, J., Karmakar, A., Lavin, L., Mai, T., Mindermann, K., Mowers, J. & Mowers, M. & 12 others, , 2025, 160 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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2024 Standard Scenarios Report: A U.S. Electricity Sector Outlook
Gagnon, P., Pham, A., Cole, W., Hamilton, A., Awara, S., Barlas, A., Brown, M., Brown, P., Carag, V., Cohen, S., Chen, Y., Das, P., Dhulipala, S., Gonzalez, N., Ho, J., Inskeep, S., Karmakar, A., Lavin, L., Lopez, A. & Mai, T. & 15 others, , 2024, 105 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report