What Faculty do you work in?
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering
What is your main area of research?
Integration, control and management of renewable energy systems
Smart Grids
Micro/nano-Grids
Energy Management Strategies
Energy Community, Peer-to-Peer trading and transactive grids
Ancillary services
Why is your research important?
Mitigating climate change is an urgency not a choice, meaning that the human race can no longer afford the luxury of fossil fuels. This can only be achieved by utilizing more renewable energy, and developing more efficient and smarter energy systems.
What SDG is your research most closely aligned with?
SDG7: Affordable and clean energy
SDG11: Sustainable cities and communities
SDG13: Climate action
What do you hope to accomplish with your research?
Reversing climate change impacts through achieving Net-Zero energy systems, and developing a sustained and just structural and operational model for it.
Is there a cross-disciplinary element to your research? If so, who else at the University is involved?
Through CARI, I have been working with colleagues from different disciplines including Computer Science, Social Science, and Business School.
Are there any external collaborators involved?
National Grid ESO.
What is next for your research?
Modern energy systems are evolving into living entities that both shape and are shaped by our lifestyle choices, technological advancements, socioeconomic factors, and environmental conditions. Net zero energy systems comprise multiple dynamic sub-systems that continuously evolve and interact with each other. Therefore, optimising such a complex and living system requires a deep understanding of these interactions and the ability to model them accurately.
Since the sub-systems of net zero interact dynamically, creating an energy system that works for all stakeholders, necessitates understanding and modelling the interactions between different drivers including technological, commercial, social-cultural, environmental, and economic factors. Moreover, since the evolution of energy systems will not stop at net zero, ensuring its long-term sustainability and resilience necessitates studying and modelling interactions beyond net zero too. This includes investigating the impact of emerging and disruptive technologies and trends on net zero drivers.