Title: Efficient and Reliable Operation of Insular Power Systems with Cleaner and Greener Generation

Abstract:

A large share of renewable energy sources installed capacity is taking place in insular electricity grids. However, the increasing renewables penetration in the generation mix of insular power systems presents a big challenge in the efficient grid management, mainly due to the limited predictability and the high variability of renewables, in conjunction with the relevant small size of most of these networks. This lecture addresses the effects of large-scale integration of cleaner and greener generation on the operation of insular power systems, presenting efficient and reliable solutions towards the development of a sustainable and smart grid. Different insular electricity grids across Europe will be highlighted, addressing the challenges and benefits associated with advanced tools.

Biography:

João P. S. Catalão is an IEEE Fellow and a Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Engineering. He is also among the Top 2% of Scientists. He received the M.Sc. degree from the Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree and Habilitation for Full Professor (“Agregação”) from the University of Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal, in 2007 and 2013, respectively. Currently, he is a Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal. He was the Primary Coordinator of the EU-funded FP7 project SiNGULAR, a 5.2-million-euro project involving 11 industry partners. He has authored or coauthored more than 530 journal publications and 450 conference proceedings papers, with an h-index of 95 and more than 34,000 citations (according to Google Scholar), having supervised more than 130 post-docs, Ph.D. and M.Sc. students, and other students with project grants. He was the General Chair of SEST 2019, after being the inaugural Technical Chair and co-founder of SEST 2018. He is a Senior Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, and the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems. He was an IEEE CIS Fellows Committee Member in 2022 and 2023. He was elected Full Member of Sigma Xi in 2023. He was recognized as an Outstanding Associate Editor 2023 of the IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, an Outstanding Associate Editor 2021 of the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, and an Outstanding Senior Associate Editor 2020 of the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. He has won 5 Best Paper Awards at IEEE Conferences. Moreover, he was the recipient of the 2017-2023 FEUP Scientific Recognition Diplomas. His research interests include power system operations and planning, power system economics and electricity markets, distributed renewable generation, demand response, smart grid, and multi-energy carriers