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#CFP Digest submission Mar 2, 2025. The Seventeenth Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) will be held in Philadelphia, PA, USA, from Oct 19 to Oct 23, 2025. ECCE is a pivotal international event on energy conversion. ECCE 2025 will feature both industry-driven and application-oriented technical sessions as well as an exposition. The conference will bring together practicing engineers, researchers and other professionals for interactive and multidisciplinary discussions on the latest advances in areas related to energy conversion. https://buff.ly/3B5H3XY

I am delighted to share our recently published review article titled "#Recent Developments of Demand-Side Management Towards Flexible DER-Rich Power Systems: A Systematic Review." This article is now available in the prestigious #IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution journal. Authors: Hossam H. H. Mousa, Karar Mahmoud, Matti Lehtonen (Aalto University, South Valley University-Qena, Aswan University) #In this review article, a comprehensive review of recent developments in the power system flexibility and demand-side management strategies and demand response programs are provided to include mainly classifications, estimation methods, distributed energy resource modelling approaches, infrastructure requirements, and applications. In addition, current research topics for applying power system flexibility solutions and demand-side management strategies based on modern power system operation are deliberated. Also, prominent challenges, research trends, and future perspectives are discussed. #Enjoy Reading https://lnkd.in/daRZ9u98

The article entitled "A Comprehensive Analysis of the Optimal GWO based FOPID MPPT Controller for Grid-Tied Photovoltaics System under Atmospheric Uncertainty"-has been accepted for publication in Energy Reports, Elsevier. Impact Factor: 4.7, Thanks to the Almighty.

We are thrilled to announce the release of our latest whitepaper co-authored with the University of Melbourne, shedding light on inertia measurement challenges in modern power grids. 📝 In this comprehensive study, we delve into the complexities of accurately measuring inertia in grids rich with #renewables, exploring the impact of fast controllers on traditional measurement methods. As renewable energy sources continue to reshape the energy landscape, it's crucial to understand how these changes affect #gridstability. Our paper highlights the shift from traditional passive approaches to real-time measurement and how real-time data becomes a pressing necessity once renewables surpass 30% of annual output ⚙️ We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Duncan Burt and Professor Pierluigi Mancarella for their invaluable contributions to this paper. Read the full whitepaper below to discover how accurate inertia measurement plays a crucial role in the seamless integration of renewables into the grid.

Why do Reactive use 'active' ultracapacitors and batteries to measure inertia? The answer is in this new white paper! Turns out that the use of fast controllers in low inertia power systems means that 'passive' techniques for inertia estimation get less and less accurate and eventually redundant over time. Thanks Pierluigi Mancarella at University of Melbourne and our Reactive Technologies Limited team for the work on this paper .

Our presented paper titled "Locating Faults with Ease- A Fault Current Matching Method for Distribution Feeders" at the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Energy Technologies for Future Grids (ETFG) is available online (https://lnkd.in/gBiSGVND). In this research, we have proposed a simple and efficient fault current matching approach for fault location in distribution networks using only the magnitude of the fault current. Our method was tested using two recent fault events from two feeders (more than 1000 nodes) in New South Wales, Australia, and our method was able to classify and locate the fault. The main advantage of the method is it is scalable and can be an attractive choice for distribution utilities. Currently, we are testing our method on more real fault events. I want to thank all my co-authors, Carlos Macana, Krishneel Prakash, Ashish kumar karmaker, Prof Himanshu R Pota, and Prof. Dr. Saad Mekhilef. If anyone is interested in this research, please go through the following link and feel free to ask any questions. Article link: https://lnkd.in/gBiSGVND

I am delighted to share our recently published review article titled "#Recent Developments of Demand-Side Management Towards Flexible DER-Rich Power Systems: A Systematic Review." This article is now available in the prestigious #IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution journal. Authors: Hossam H. H. Mousa, Karar Mahmoud, Matti Lehtonen (Aalto University, South Valley University-Qena, Aswan University) #in this review article, a comprehensive review of recent developments in the power system flexibility and demand-side management strategies and demand response programs are provided to include mainly classifications, estimation methods, distributed energy resource modelling approaches, infrastructure requirements, and applications. In addition, current research topics for applying power system flexibility solutions and demand-side management strategies based on modern power system operation are deliberated. Also, prominent challenges, research trends, and future perspectives are discussed. #Enjoy Reading https://lnkd.in/daRZ9u98

All countries looking to increase their renewable penetration will be aware of the effect that will have on inertia and therefore reduced network stability. This whitepaper looks at the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM) and the continuous measuring of inertia (not estimating it). This can facilitate the optimization of operations in transmission networks, not just saving money but reducing renewable energy curtailment. Kazumichi Matsumoto Hiroshi Okamoto Christiaan Zuur Simon English Suvendra Kumar Senapati Narasimhan S.R. Redi Allan Remoroza K V N Pawan Kumar ogiwara daisuke Taehoon KIM Aznan Ariffin Minh Nguyễn

Last week, the conference IEEE PES ISGT Europe 2024 took place in Dubrovnik (https://lnkd.in/eKaa-NPe). Five papers of researchers from ULB were presented: - "Evaluation of Risk of Cascading Outages due to Imperfect Manual Corrective Actions" by Shahabeddin Kamyab - "Contribution of storage to adequacy in power systems with a large share of renewable energy resources" by Butrint Avdijaj - "Phase imbalance impact on operating envelope for low-voltage distribution grid" by Lionel Delchambre - "Active and Reactive Power Sequences for Energy Disaggregation with Deep Learning Models" by Jean-Luc T. - "Impacts of probabilistically sized reserves on the operation of the Senegalese electrical grid" by Mouhamed Fall (who was unfortunately not able to attend the conference - so not in the picture) Do not hesitate to contact them if you are interested by their work!

🔋 Everyone is talking about the new Flexibility Needs Assessment (FNA), but what should an FNA actually look like? Josipa Landeka and I argue that FNAs should be full-scale modeling exercises—not just a residual load curve analysis—to meet the requirements set out by the Electricity Market Directive (EMD). Why? Because they need to inform Member States about the level of flexibility required to balance their energy systems. 📖 Full report here: https://lnkd.in/eicQsdvJ To clarify what FNAs in Europe should achieve, we reviewed a range of flexibility assessments from the literature. Our findings outline how an FNA aligned with the EMD should be structured. Key takeaways: 1️⃣ Decarbonization: Member States need to define how much renewable integration they aim for—or how much curtailment they are willing to accept. In other words, FNAs can only determine how much flexibility is required if a clear target is set. 2️⃣ Flexibility vs. Adequacy: The need for flexibility to maintain supply security should focus on identifying shortfalls in energy and reserves related to the inflexibility of power plants. This contrasts with adequacy assessments (ERAA), which address overall capacity. While these security of supply issues related to inflexibility might seem secondary today, they will become relevant as we phase out conventional fossil-fuel generation on a large scale. 3️⃣ To assess inflexibility, we need to model it: All power plant limitations—such as minimum stable load, minimum downtime, and ramping constraints—must be included in the analysis. Otherwise, we will miss a big part of the picture. This is a new challenge, as, to our knowledge, no European-wide assessment currently uses full-scale unit commitment modeling. A big thanks to the colleagues at ACER for the insightful discussions: Daniel Ihasz-Toth, Rafael Muruais Garcia, Arthur Lynch, Christos Kolokathis and Francois Beaude. And of course a shout out to the team: Silvia L. Vitiello, Rade Cadjenovic, David Pozo Camara, Josipa Landeka, Alexis Meletiou PhD