Research
Selected Projects (working as PI)
Research on Key Technologies of Distributed Flexible Resource Aggregation and Optimization for EU Market Operation (January 2023 – December 2024), 6,500,000 CNY
- Supported by State Grid Corporation of China
- Collaboration partners: China Electric Power Research Institute, NESTER (Portugal)
- Propose methods to aggregate distributed energy resources (DERs) with European Union market conditions
- Design hardware aggregation terminal for DERs interface with prediction functionality
- Simulate the market price-based operation for DERs in Hardware-in-the-loop environment
- Supported by The State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City, University of Macau
- Study the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) for energy community
- Explore the P2P energy trading mechanism with local market
- Build the AIoT simulation platform to showcase the large-scale interaction dynamics
Intelligent decision-making in Transactive Energy System based on Deep Reinforcement learning and Internet-of-things (January 2022 – December 2024), 240,000 CNY
- Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
- Modify the conventional reinforcement learning algorithms with bounding constraints
- Study the transactive energy mechanism for electricity trading at distribution network
- Build the Internet-of-things platform to simulate the multi-agent demonstration
Large-scale Demand Side Resources Operation for Power System Planning and Management (January 2021 – December 2022), 2,200,000 CNY
- Supported by State Grid Corporation of China - Zhejiang
- Collaboration partners: China Electric Power Research Institute
- Propose methods to operate the large-scale demand side resources
- Design local P2P trading mechanism for user-side resources
- Analyze the aggregation effect of large-scale demand response on power system operation
Efficiency Analysis and Policy Recommendation of Jiangsu Power Market Design and Operation (June 2020 – November 2021), 250,000 GBP
- Supported by UK-China CELCEP program
- Collaboration partners: University of Cambridge, Baringa Partners, Hohai University
- Analysis of UK electricity market development and lessons for China
- Policy recommendation for Jiangsu power market structure design
- Efficiency analysis of Chinese electricity market and energy sector in Jiangsu province
Demand Side Resouce Operation Strategy and Market Model for High Penetration of Renewable Energy (January 2020 – December 2021), 840,000 CNY
- Supported by Jiangsu Power Exchange Center
- Collaboration partners: State Grid Corporation of China, NARI Technology Co., Ltd
- Propose methods to facilitate renewable energy adoption with demand side resources
- Design new market mechanism and business models for renewable energy transactions
- Propose control strategy and decision-making methods for energy storage system in market participation
