Jovica V Milanović of The University of Manchester

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 (multi parameter, multi criteria and multi system)  approach to solving the identified challenges and then illustrate, as an example, a holistic approach to multicriteria multi system analysis  of net zero power systems focusing on applications of nondeterministic approaches, use of data analytics and  machine learning. It aims, above all, to stimulate multidisciplinary research in the area of modelling and analysis of power and energy systems by identifying existing and foreseen challenges,  and opportunities to  contribute to solving them through joint thinking and effort.

Biography:

Jovica V Milanović received 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, 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 Fellows Committee and immediate past Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.