缅北禁地

Since completing my PhD in 2017 I have worked on five research projects investigating climate related risks to the energy, insurance, financial and rail sectors. In June 2023 I started an Academic track fellowship which draws much of this work together to study Climate resilient net-zero energy systems. A key goal of my work is to demonstrate how weather and climate information can be clearly communicated to end users including: industry professionals, other academics, policy makers, and the general public.

My research interests include:

Energy:

• Characterising the impacts of climate variability and climate change on energy systems.
• Early warning systems for highly weather-dependent systems.
• Modelling and assessing highly renewable energy systems in developing regions.
• How can net-zero transitions also be just energy transitions?
• Open datasets for weather-dependent energy system modelling.

Insurance/Rail:

• Compound events research for weather-dependent sectors (e.g. energy, insurance, rail).
• How can the best climate science research be implemented in the insurance sector?
• Understanding sources of uncertainty in complex modelling chains.

Please see the research tab for some ongoing projects and get in touch if you're interested in collaborating!

Ongoing projects

• Climate Resilient Energy Systems, 5-year 缅北禁地 Academic Track (NUACT) fellowship (2023-2028)
• Power-Kenya Potential of sub-seasonal Operational Weather and climate information for building Energy Resilience in Kenya (Co-I, 缅北禁地 Lead, 2025-2027)
• RESTORES Resilience Toolkit for Offshore Energy Systems (Co-I 2025-2027)
• Understanding the drivers and implications of a more variable North Atlantic jet stream under climate change (JetVar) (Co-I, 缅北禁地 Lead, 2025-2028)
• ANTICIPATE: extended-range multi-hazard predictions and early warnings (Management committee, 2025-2029)

Completed Projects I have led

• BRINES (PI) Building Risk-Informed Redundancy for Net-Zero Energy Systems (2024-2025)
• USARIS (Co-I, 缅北禁地 Lead) Uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis for resilient infrastructure systems
• The impact of future UK offshore wind farm distribution and climate change on generation performance and variability (Bristol, PI 2023)

Projects where I was a research scientist

• HYRDA (Res-CoI) Hydrometeorological extremes which exacerbate risk (2022-2023)
• CGFI (Researcher) Centre for greening finance and investment, compound wind and flood risk (2021-2023)
• CLEARHEADS (Res-CoI) Climate-Energy Modelling for Assessing Resilience: Heat Decarbonisation and the Northwest European Super grid (2020-2021)
• S2S4E (Research Scientist) Sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasts for the energy sector (2018-2020)
• WISC (Research Scientists) Wind Storm Information Service (2017-2018)
• The impacts of climate variability and climate change on the GB power system (PhD Project, 2013-2017)

Consultancy activities

• Reasonable worst case scenarios for the UK energy sector under climate change (Climate change committee, 2024)
• Scenario development for (in collaboration with TNEI and National Gas, 2023-2024)
• CS-NOW project adaptation to extreme heat, 缅北禁地 scientific reviewer. (2024)

Community membership and professional activities

• OFGEM climate resilience expert elicitation group.
• Royal Meteorological society special interest group: Energy
• Royal Meteorological society special interest group: Insurance
• UK Met Office compound events community of practice

I contribute towards the delivery of:

• CEG8514 Climate Change: vulnerability, impacts and adaptation.
• CEG2004 Sustainable Engineering Design.
• SCX8000: Facing Up to Climate Change – A Multidisciplinary Perspective
• ENG8040 Sustainable Engineering Management

I have created a Continued Professional Development (CPD) course on

I also supervise BEng, MEng, and MSc projects around the themes of climate resilience and climate change impacts.

Current PhD Students

• Matthew Calladine: The impacts of climate variability and climate change on the Indian Power system
• Dea Bestari: Exploring the Climate-Energy-Land Use Nexus towards an Energy Transition in Indonesia.
• Natthanan Suksuwan: Integrated Climate and PV Sustainability Assessment of Solar Power System in Thailand

• Kanzis Mattu (co-supervisor with University of Strathclyde): Characterising multi-variate cold-wet and cold-dry events in the UK.
• Érika Boisvert-Vigneault (co-supervisor with Northumbria University): Monitoring and Predicting Rain-on-Snow Events in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
• Rajeev Sukumara Kurup (co-supervisor with University of Hertfordshire): Towards resilient renewable energy deployment in Africa through a weather-aware optimization framework

If you're interested in doing a PhD project with me then please get in touch!

• Articles

  • Kurup RS, Bloomfield HC, Tiwari PR, Acharya N, Hesse E. . Nature partner journals Clean Energy 2026, 2, 3.
  • Wilczak JM, Kirk-Davidoff DB, Bloomfield HC, Bracken C, Sharp J. . Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 2025, 17(2), 022301.
  • Priestley M, Bloomfield HC. . Weather 2025, 81(2), 46-47.
  • Brett L, Bloomfield HC, Bradley A, Calvet T, Champion A, De Angeli S, de Ruiter MC, Guerreiro SB, Hillier J, Jaroszweski D, Kamranzad B, Keinänen-Toivola MM, Kornhuber K, Küpfer K, Manning C, Mattu K, Murtagh E, Murray V, Bhreasail AN, O'Loughlin F, Parker C, Pregnolato M, Ramos AM, Schlumberger J, Theochari D, Ward P, Wessels A, White CJ. . Meteorological Applications 2025, 32(2), e70043.
  • Hillier JK, Bloomfield HC, Manning C, Garry F, Shaffrey L, Bates P, Kumar D. . International Journal of Climatology 2025, 45(5), e8763.
  • Dijkstra I, Bloomfield HC, Hunt KMR. . Advances in Geosciences 2025, 65, 127–140.
  • Thompson V, Mitchell D, Melia N, Bloomfield H, Dunstone N, Kay G. . Climate Resilience and Sustainability 2025, 4(1), e70002.
  • Mattu KL, White CJ, Bloomfield HC, Robbins J. . International Journal of Climatology 2025, 45(9), e8859.
  • Hunt KMR, Bloomfield HC. . Environmental Research: Energy 2025, 2(2), 025003.
  • Strommen, K, Christensen, HM, Bloomfield, HC. . Meteorological Applications 2025, 32(4).
  • Sanchez-Pozo, N, Vanem, E, Bloomfield, HC, Aizpurua, JI. . Renewable Energy 2025, 240, 122168. In Preparation.
  • Grochowicz A, van Greevenbroak K, Bloomfield HC. . Environmental Research Letters 2024, 19(5), 054038.
  • Kapica J, Jurasz J, Canales F, Bloomfield H, Guezgouz M, De Felice M, Zbigniew K. . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2024, 189(Part A), 114011.
  • Giddings, J, Bloomfield, HC, James, R, Blair, M. . Environmental Research Letters 2024, 19, 064022.
  • Bloomfield HC, Bates P, Shaffrey LC, Hillier J, Champion A, Cotterill D, Pope JO, Kumar D. . Environmental Research Letters 2024, 19(2), 024019.
  • Hunt KMR, Bloomfield HC. . Meteorological Applications 2024, 31(3), e2196.
  • Ruggles, TH, Virguez, E, Reich, N, Dowling, J, Bloomfield, HC, Antonini, EGA, Davis, SJ, Lewis, NS, Caldeira, K. . Advances in Applied Energy 2024, 15, 100185.
  • Hillier, J, Champion, A, Perkins, T, Garry, F, Bloomfield, HC. . Geoscience Communication 2024, 7, 195--200.
  • Anel JA, Perez-Souto C, Bayo-Besteiro S, Prieto-Godino L, Bloomfield HC, Troccoli A, de la Torre L. . Weather Climate and Society 2024, 16, 353–368.
  • Guezgouz M, Jurasz J, Campana PE, Kuriqi A, Bloomfield HC, Hingray B, Canales FA, Hunt JD, Sterl S, Elkadeem MR. . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2024, 191, 114011.
  • Macholl JD, Roberts H, Steptoe H, Sun S, Angus M, Davenport C, Luscombe W, Rolker HB, Pope J, Dawkins LC, Munday G, Giles D, Lam T, Deutloff J, Champion AJ, Bloomfield HC, Mendes J, Speight L, Bradshaw CD, Wyatt F. . Weather 2024, 79(6), 196-203.
  • Tedesco P, Lenkoski A, Bloomfield HC, Sillmann J. . Environmental Research Letters 2023, 18(3), 034008.
  • Bloomfield HC, Hillier J, Griffin A, KAy AL, Shaffrey LC, Pianosi F, James R, Kumar D, Champion A, Bates PD. . Weather and Climate Extremes 2023, 39, 100550.
  • Fallon JC, Bloomfield HC, Brayshaw DJ, Sparrow SN, Wallom DCH, Woollings T, Brown K, Dawkins L, Palin E, Houben N, Huppmann D, Schyska B. . BAMS 2022, 103(5), E1321-E1329.
  • Mattu KL, Bloomfield HC, Thomas S, Martinez-Alvarado O, Rodriguez-Hernandez O. . Energy for Sustainable Development 2022, 68, 29-39.
  • Schuhen N, Schaller N, Bloomfield HC, Brayshaw DJ, Lledo L, Cionni I, Sillmann J. . Geophysical Research Letters 2022, 49(11), e2020GL092360.
  • Craig MT, Wohland J, Stoop LP, Kies A, Pickering B, Bloomfield HC, Browell J, De Felice M, Dent CJ, Deroubaix A, Frischmuth F, Gonzalez PLM, Grochowicz A, Gruber K, Hartel P, Kittel M, Kotzue L, Labuhn I, Lundquist JK, Pflugradt N, van der Wiel K, Zeyringer M, Brayshaw DJ. . Joule 2022, 6(7), 1405-1417.
  • Thomas J, Stone EJ, Mitchell DM, Seviour W, Barnes C, Bloomfield HC, Crook J, Jones H, Macleod C. . Weather 2022, 77(6), 221-226.
  • Bloomfield HC, Brayshaw DJ, Deakin M, Greenwood D. . Earth System Science Data 2022, 14(6), 2749-2766.
  • Bloomfield HC, Wainwright CM, Mitchell N. . Meteorological Applications 2022, 29(5), e2093.
  • Otero N, Martius O, Allen S, Bloomfield HC, Schaefli B. . Meteorological Applications 2022, 29(5), e2089.
  • Domeisen DIV, White CJ, Afargan-Gertsman H, Munoz AG, Janiga MA, Vitart F, Wulff CO, Antoine S, Ardilouze C, Batte L, Bloomfield HC, Brayshaw DJ, Camargo SJ, Chartlon-Perez A, Collins D, Cowan T, del Mar Chaves M, Ferranti L, Gomez R, Gonzalez PLM, Gonzalez Romero C, Infanti JM, Karozis S, Kim H, Kolstad EW, LaJoie E, Lledo L, Magnusson L, Malguzzi P, Manrique-Sunen A, Mastrangelo D, Materia S, Medina H, Palma L, Pineda LE, Sfetsos A, Sun SW, Soret A, Strazzo S, Tian D. . Bulletin of the American Meterological Society 2022, 103(6), E1473-E1501.
  • Otero N, Martius O, Allen S, Bloomfield HC, Schaefli B. . Renewable Energy 2022, 201(1), 667-677.
  • Bloomfield HC, Gonzalez PLM, Lundquist JK, Stoop LP, Browell J, Dargaville R, De Felice M, Gruber K, Hilbers A, Kies A, Panteli M, Thornton HE, Wohland J, Zeyringer M, Brayshaw DJ. . Bulletin of the American Meterological Society 2021, 102(1), E159-E167.
  • Bloomfield HC, Brayshaw DJ, Gonzalez P, Charlton-Perez A. . Earth System Science Data 2021, 13, 2259-2274.
  • Bloomfield HC, Brayshaw DJ, Troccoli A, Goodess CM, De Felice M, Dubus L, Bett PE, Saint-Drenan YM. . Renewable Energy 2021, 164, 1062-1075.
  • Bloomfield HC, Brayshaw DJ, Gonzalez PLM, Charlton-Perez A. . Meteorological Applications 2021, 28(4), e2018.
  • Deakin M, Bloomfield HC, Greenwood D, Sheehy S, Walker S, Taylor PC. . Applied Energy 2021, 298, 117261.
  • Thomas SR, Nicolau S, Martinez-Alvarado O, Drew DJ, Bloomfield HC. . Meteorological Applications 2021, 28(5), e2023.
  • Thomas SR, Martinez-Alvarado O, Drew DR, Bloomfield HC. . International Journal of Climatology 2021, 41(S1), E2321-E2340.
  • Guezgouz M, Jurasz J, Chouai M, Bloomfield HC, Bekkouche B. . Energy Conversion and Management 2021, 238, 114710.
  • Bloomfield HC, Suitters C, Drew DR. Meteorological Drivers of European Power System Stress. Journal of Renewable Energy 2020, 2020.
  • Coker PJ, Bloomfield HC, Drew DR, Brayshaw DJ. Interannual weather variability and the challenges for Great Britain’s electricity market design. Renewable Energy 2020, 150, 509-522.
  • Wohland J, Brayshaw DJ, Bloomfield HC, Wild M. . Environmental Research Letters 2020, 15, 104021.
  • Bloomfield HC, Brayshaw DJ, Charlton-Perez AJ. . Meteorological Applications 2020, 27(1), e1858.
  • van der Wiel, K, Bloomfield, HC, Lee, RW, Stoop, LP, Blackport, R, Screen, JA, Selten, FM. The influence of weather regimes on European renewable energy production and demand. Environmental Research Letters 2019, 14, 094010.
  • Drew, DR, Coker, PJ, Bloomfield, HC, Brayshaw, DJ, Barlow, JF, Richards, A. Sunny Windy Sundays. Renewable Energy 2019, 138, 870-875.
  • Bloomfield HC, Brayshaw DJ, Shraffey LC, Coker PJ, Thornton HE. . Environmental Research Letters 2018, 13(5), 054028.
  • Bloomfield HC, Shaffrey LC, Hodges KI, Vidale PL. A critical assessment of the long term changes in the wintertime surface Arctic Oscillation and Northern Hemisphere storminess in the ERA20C reanalysis. Environmental Research Letters 2018, 13.
  • Bloomfield HC, Brayshaw DJ, Shaffrey LC, Coker PJ, Thornton HE. . Environmental Research Letters 2016, 11, 124025.

• Book Chapter

  • Soret A, Gonzalez PLM, Bloomfield HC, Masato G, Goutham N, Plouhonven R, Torralba V. . In: Robertson AW; Vitart F, ed. Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Prediction (Second Edition) : The Gap Between Weather and Climate Forecasting. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2026, pp.779-807.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

  • Greenwood DM, Deakin M, Sarantakos I, Brayshaw D, Bloomfield H. . In: 17th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS 2022). 2022, Manchester, UK: IEEE.

• Reports

  • Hutchins B, Wright M, Mollard J, Fallon J, Gonzalez P, Rogers I, Staffell I, Swabey S, Bloomfield HC. . Royal Metroecological Society, 2025.
  • Wright M, Hutchins B, Fallon J, Bloomfield HC. State of the climate for the UK Energy Sector 2023-24. Reading: Royal Meteorological Society, 2025.
  • Bloomfield HC. . Climate Change Committee: 缅北禁地, 2025.