Power and Energy Resources

Professor Farhad Shahnia received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Queensland University of Technology (Australia) in 2011. Since 2015, he is with the School of Engineering and Energy, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. Prior to that, he was a Lecturer at Curtin University (Australia, 2012-15). His research interests are in the areas of planning, control and optimization of electrical distribution systems, microgrids, smart grids, power systems and distributed energy resources. Professor Fushuan Wen received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Zhejiang University (China) in 1991. He has been Full Professor and Director of the Institute of Power Economics and Information since 1997 and the Director of Zhejiang University-Insigma Joint Research Center for Smart Grids since 2010. His research interests are in the areas of power economics and electricity markets and power system investment, planning, and operation optimization.

• Statistically feasible robust power system operation.- Modeling and operational optimization of hydropower generation.- Economic dispatch of wind and thermal bundled power systems.- Modeling of natural gas dynamics impact on power systems with high renewables.- Short term prediction of photovoltaic power generation.-Optimal placement of photovoltaic systems in multi energy systems.-Modeling of reactive power voltage response characteristics of renewable energy resources.- Carbon aware distribution network operation and optimization.- Distribution network reconfiguration.