School of Engineering, Newcastle University, UK
Prof. dr. Vladimir Terzija
Digitalization – a Revolution Leading to Future Low-Carbon Economies
Abstract
The 4th Industrial Revolution, Industry 4.0, is significantly changing the shape of processes in the 21st century, particularly those related to technology, industry and society. Through introduction of smart technologies, doors for designing and implementing smart solutions contributing to security, dependability, flexibility and resilience of modern energy systems, are opened. Newly designed “digital substations” are enabling rapid and efficient transfer of information from the actual electricity network to hierarchically higher centers in which information is processed. Through application of data science-based solutions, integration of renewable energy sources is maximized, different energy vectors are integrated into single multi-energy systems, optimizing processes, making them more efficient and contributing to confident transformation of the existing energy system into a sustainable and low carbon one. The abovementioned issues will be discussed from the new technology perspective, its impact to new solutions and its expected benefits. Some representative practical examples will be presented, too.
Keywords: Digitalization, Smart Grid, Situational Awareness, Frequency Regulation, AI/ML
Biography of the presenter
Professor Vladimir Terzija, Professor of Energy Systems & Networks, received the Dipl-Ing., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Belgrade, Serbia. Currently he is a Professor of Energy Systems & Networks at the Newcastle University, UK. He is also a Distinguished Professor at Shandong University, China, as well as a Guest Professor at the Technical University of Munich, Germany and University of Belgrade, Serbia. In the past, he has been with the University of Belgrade (Serbia), ABB (Germany), The University of Manchester (UK) and Skoltech (Russian Federation). His research interests include smart grid applications; WAMPAC; power system protection; data analytics and application of complex science for sustainable low-carbon energy systems. Prof. Terzija is Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Fellow of IEEE and the recipient of the National Friendship Award (China).
