
Prof. dr. Jovica Milanović
Abstract
Due to the evident climate change and environmental pressures the future power/energy systems will have to operate, sooner rather than later, in a net-zero environment. This will manifest in a mix of wide range of electricity generation, storage and demand technologies (increasingly power electronics interfaced); blurred boundaries between transmission and distribution system; significantly higher reliance on the use of legacy and measurement data including global signals for system identification, characterization and control and Information and Communication Technology embedded within the power system network and its components. The key characteristics of such a complex system, would certainly be proliferation of power electronic devices in different shapes and forms and for different purposes, increased uncertainties in system operation and parameters and much larger reliance on the use of measurement and other data collected.
This presentation will first briefly introduce some of the key characteristics of future net-zero, sustainable power systems and the need for holistic approach to solving the identified challenges and then present the holistic approach to solving them with examples of the recent advances in this area focusing on applications of nondeterministic approaches, use of data anаlytics, machine learning and risk assessment based approaches.
Keywords: uncertainty, renewable energy, data analytics, machine leaning, risk assessment, planning, operation
Biography of the presenter
Jovica V Milanovićreceived Dipl.Ing. and M.Sc. degrees from the University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Ph.D. degree from the University of Newcastle, Australia, and D.Sc. degree from The University of Manchester, UK. Prior to joining The University of Manchester, UK, in 1998, he worked with “Energoproject”, Engineering and Consulting Co. and the University of Belgrade in Yugoslavia, and the Universities of Newcastle and Tasmania in Australia. Professor Milanović is Head of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Manchester, UK, Visiting Professor at the University of Novi Sad and the University of Belgrade, Serbia and a Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland, Australia. He was chairman of 6 international conferences, member of 9 (convenor of 3) past IEEE/CIGRE/CIRED WG, participated in or lead numerous research projects with total value of over £80 million, published over 600 research papers and reports, gave over 30 key-note speeches at international conferences and presented over 150 courses/tutorials and lectures to industry and academia around the world. Professor Milanovic is a Chartered Engineer in the UK, Foreign member of the Serbian Academy of Engineering Sciences, Fellow of the IET, Fellow of the IEEE, Distinguished IEEE PES Lecturer, Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, member of IEEE PES Governing board, Executive Board and Financial Committee, IEEE PES Long Range Planning Committee and IEEE PES Vice President – Publications. He was a member of the IEEE PES Governing Board as Regional Representative for Europe, Middle East and Africa for six years, member and vice-chair of IEEE PES Fellows Evaluation Committee, Chair of the IEEE Herman Halperin Transmission and Distribution Award Committee, member of the IEEE PES Industry Technical Support Leadership Committee and member of the IEEE Fellows Committee.

