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Thursday, January 16, 2014
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
CNLS Conference Room (TA-3, Bldg 1690)

Seminar

Changing the Paradigm of Power System Operation and Control

Janusz Bialek
Durham University

Power systems are undergoing an unprecedented period of change driven by increased penetration of renewable generation, electric vehicles, and increased take-up of Demand Side Response facilitated by smart metering. All those changes mean that the traditional mode of power system operation and control based on centralised control, deterministic (N-1)-based dispatch and generation following demand will have to change. A new paradigm is needed to facilitate distributed and stochastic control. This change of paradigm will require a significant interdisciplinary effort combining the skills of engineers, mathematicians, economists, social scientists and politicians. The talk will give examples of some of the research projects that address those challenges.

Host: Misha Chertkov