October 1, 2024
Hongbo Sun, Ph.D. (Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab)
The power grid is designed as a three-phase alternating current (AC) system. To operate and control the grid effectively, it is crucial to know precisely how power sources and consumers are connected to its phases. Additionally, the three phases of...
October 18, 2024
Mark O’Malley (Imperial College London)
“Energy & Infrastructure Systems: Modeling, Computing, and Control”
Connection to the power system via synchronous machines (SMs) was the norm for fossil fuels, nuclear, hydro etc. and they inherently have inertial response. Variable renewable...
October 25, 2024
Hannele Holttinen and Julia Matevosyan ()
"Recommended practices for wind/solar integration studies"
The International Energy Agency (IEA) WIND Task 25 ”Design and Operation of Energy Systems with Large Amounts of Variable Generation” has compiled Recommended Practices for power system...
October 28, 2024
Yuanyuan Shi (University of California San Diego)
"Learning for Power Grid and Building Control"
In this talk, I will share our recent progress on developing learning algorithms for real-world energy system control, with stability and computational tractability guarantees.
The first application...
October 29, 2024
Nicolas Stevens (UCLouvain, Belgium)
“On some advantages of convex hull pricing for the European electricity auction”
Since the liberalization of the power sector and the creation of wholesale electricity markets, the question of how to price the non-convexities that are present in the...
November 12, 2024
Deepjyoti Deka (MIT Energy Initiative)
"Fast optimization of generator dispatch and associated risk estimation are crucial to ensuring reliable and economical delivery of electricity in power grids."
AC Optimal Power Flow (OPF), with non-linear AC power flow equations and constraints,...
November 26, 2024
Rahman Khorramfar (MITEI and LIDS)
“Robust Power-Gas Infrastructure Planning under Supply and Demand Uncertainties”
Achieving economy-wide decarbonization via variable renewable energy (VRE) expansion and electrification of end-uses requires new approaches for energy infrastructure...
March 13, 2025
Pablo A. Ruiz (NewGrid, The Brattle Group, and Boston University)
"Efficient and reliable congestion mitigation with topology optimization: experience in the Midcontinent ISO footprint"
Timely and effective management of transmission system limitations has become critical to support the ongoing energy transition...
