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Jan '23 IEEE Publications' Roles Updates, News

IEEE Publications’ roles updates Jan. ’23

January 2023

Prof. Fran Li, the EiC of the IEEE Open Access Journal of Power & Energy (OAJPE), kindly informed me I have been awarded the Outstanding Associate Editor (AE) recognition for 2022. It is always exciting to realize you are doing your job well, let alone in a nascent publication with exciting trajectory, immense potential and a respectful and strong Open Access policy. I would have not received this recognition without the expert Reviewers that accept my invitations and contribute their thoughtful and in-depth comments on the manuscripts submitted to the IEEE OAJPE. To my dear Reviewers, thank you for putting up with me and taking on my assignments!

Another very exciting development is that I have been nominated by the IEEE Young Professionals (YP) for the position of the YP representative with voting rights at the IEEE Publication Services and Products Board (PSPB). This is a special honor and, also, acknowledgement of all my efforts to improve and enhance the quality of scientific publications, especially in my field of power and energy systems. Beyond my own personal experience, I have been lucky that many friends and colleagues who are Authors, Reviewers and Associate Editors across multiple publications have trusted me with their concerns and ideas. I plan to make the best of this opportunity and all input I have received during my 2023 term at the PSPB, aiming for positive and valuable changes.

In the context of both these updates, please, do not hesitate to contact me with your availability to review papers in the scope of your expertise and also tell me of any concerns and ideas you got for the improvement of publications. I will treat all input as confidential and I am thankful in advance for your interest!

News, Power & Energy at 2022 IEEE WF IoT

Power & Energy Vertical Track at the 2022 IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things

May 2022

I am sincerely excited to co-chair the Power & Energy Vertical Track at the 2022 IEEE World Forum on Internet-of-Things (WF IoT), in Yokohama, Japan, coming November. I have happily chaired the same track in the last installment of the WF and I look forward to putting together multiple sessions of researchers and experts on all things (“Internet of… things” – see what I did there?) energy and power systems.

My track co-chair Sérgio Ivan Lopes, Technology and Management School of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (ESTG-IPVC), and I will be reaching out to many of you who can contribute to the subjects of interest. The contributions may also be remote/online. A paper track is planned, too, and I will be updating this announcement with submission and deadline details soon.

If you want to nominate yourself or someone you know as a contributor to the Energy & Power Vertical Track of the 2022 IEEE WF on IoT, please reach out. I will be delighted to have you!

Inverter Interfaced Renewables Seminar at Yale Oct. 13, News

Seminar at Yale on Inverter Control for Grids Rich in Renewables

October 2021

I am extremely lucky to have recently met and exchanged ideas and research aspirations with Prof. Leandros Tassiulas, chair of Electrical Engineering (EE) at Yale.  He has honored me with an invitation to offer a seminar to the Dept. of EE and the Institute for Network Science at Yale on October 13th. I will be presenting 2 of my earlier research works on control methods to procure active power reserves from wind generators and string photovoltaic inverters. Even though these technologies typically pursue maximum use of their aerodynamic and solar potential, respectively, they must also be able to support system stability. This becomes even more critical as renewable resources slowly dominate the grid and displace conventional resources that have until recently ensured stability. I will extend my previous results into the most recent research aspirations for a grid dominated by inverter-interfaced renewables and batteries and how such aspirations may be made possible.

The seminar will be virtual, but I will make myself available to all faculty, students & researchers at Yale, who would like us to talk before/after the seminar, so, please, do not hesitate to reach out!

News, PV-BSS seminar at OSU Nov. 10

Seminar at Ohio State University on residential PV & batteries

August 2021

I am grateful to my friend and collaborator at the IET Renewable Power Generation journal, Prof. Ramteen Sioshansi for kindly inviting me to offer a seminar at the Dept. of Integrated Systems Engineering at Ohio State University on November 10. I will talk about my earlier work at CMU on the Dept. of Energy SHINES project, on how batteries can allow residential end-customers to widely benefit from behind-the-meter photovoltaics. Reducing the costly effects of demand charges promises additional value to that of net-metering or self-consumption from photovoltaics, while the policy implications offer much food for thought on the role of utilities, cooperatives and/or microgrids.

Depending on the situation with COVID the seminar might be in-person, so follow me on Twitter & LinkedIn for updates.

2022 IET RPG Conference, News

11th IET International Renewable Power Generation Conference, 2022

Last Updated December 2021 (originally published August 2021)

Call for Papers (deadline Jan. 28t, 2022) – 2022 IET RPG Conference, London, UK

Initiatives, policy proposals, legislation and cheap capital have been defining the framework of a broad and accelerating shift towards cleaner infrastructure and processes in all sectors and aspects of society. The race to zero carbon emissions is on and organizations and consortia all around the world are bringing together experts, scholars, thought leaders and industry stakeholders to exchange views and inform each other about the what, how and when of new methods, new materials and new ideas. For the electricity sector, the shift to a future of generating fleets comprising almost exclusively of renewable energy sources (RES) is undoubted and brings about engineering challenges and policy hurdles.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has one of the longest living journals about RES, titled Renewable Power Generation (RPG), first indexed in 2007. IET also holds a similarly named and themed conference. In its 11th instalment, the IET RPG conference seeks to answer the call to meet Net Zero Carbon future and invites all stakeholders to contribute with papers on how RES and the electricity sector as a whole can serve the most of their part towards this future.

The technical scope of the 11th IET RPG, 2022 includes:

  • Wind technology
  • PV systems technology
  • Grid integration, technologies, compliance and assessments
  • Other renewable energy sources
  • Battery and energy storage systems

Full details about the technical scope can be found here: https://rpg.theiet.org/author-information/technical-scope/

You may submit your one A4 page long abstracts here by January 28th 2022: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/2960/submitter All accepted and presented papers will be indexed in IET Inspec, IEEE Explore Digital Library and EI Compendex.

IEEE Standard 2660.1 Published, News

Standard IEEE 2660.1-2020 Published

February 2021

After many efforts over about a 5-year period I am happy to report the publication of the IEEE Standard 2660.1-2020 titled “Recommended Practice for Industrial Agents.” You can find it here. We are moving fast into an IoT era where local decision making either in the form of optimization, control action or system assessment, becomes critical and widespread. The most typical software entity that performs some type of any activity at a local level and in the form of a module is the ‘agent.’ Agents have been the backbone of many approaches, paradigms and architectures in dozens of applications. However, there is little information or methodology of how an agent should be deployed for a certain purpose, how to interact with other agents or the equipment it drives and the data it collects. This standard introduces exactly that. An algorithm (in the abstract sense) that takes into account the premises of an application and ranks according to various metrics which type of programming, organizing and communication protocols would fit best the said application.

This standard represents a major step forward in opening up a wide and clearly specified path for agents to be deployed in applications of the buildings, industrial, power, energy and other sectors. Stakeholders in these fields can employ this standard to best define the value of every different agent implementation in light of each application scoped.

I have been fortunate to work with great collaborators and honored to serve as the subgroup chair for the Energy & Power systems applications.

 

News, Regional Editor IET RPG

Appointed Regional Editor at IET RPG Journal

January 2021

I am delighted to report that the Editor- and Deputy-Editor-in-Chief at the Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET) Renewable Power Generation (RPG) journal have appointed me Regional Editor of these publications for North America. I am humbled by the role and will work hard to promote the activities of the journal.

This appointment follows that of the Associate Editor in the same journal and on the subject of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, as of my expertise on Virtual Power Plants. Although, as you may know, I am senior member, volunteer and ‘big fan’ of the IEEE, I cannot contain my enthusiasm about how the IET RPG devotes a subject and editorial team on the broader subject of hybrid renewable energy systems, especially given the fact that virtual power plants (either including renewables or not) are on the rise (see OhmConnect, Enbala, SunRun, Enel X, Stem).

Please, contact me to propose Special Issues or for questions about submissions under the subject of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems. I will be glad to help!

Member IEEE USA EPC, News

Appointed to the IEEE-USA Energy Policy Committee

December 2020

I am joining the IEEE USA Energy Policy Committee (EPC), following the particularly honoring nomination by Prof. Parisini, President of the IEEE Control Systems Society. I am looking forward to serve my role in resolving the energy challenges in the US by offering my best technical counsel.

The IEEE-USA EPC publishes position statements and white papers targeted at the legislative and executive branches of the US government and revolves around the matters of energy modernization and diversification, workforce training and advancement, security of infrastructure, promoting technology innovations, and reducing barriers in implementing all of the above.