Special Session Introduction

Renewable energy, such as wind and solar photovoltaic, has been developed and utilized all over the world due to the global efforts to reduce carbon emission and various environmental regulations. In this situation, it becomes quite urgent to make use of renewable energy to improve power system resilience to resist high impact low probability events, which are weather-related disasters (e.g. typhoon, earthquake, wildfire, etc.) and man-made cyber-physical attacks. However, the output of renewable energy is deeply dependent on weather conditions. Weak controllability and anti-disturbance, as well as its uncertainness, have brought great challenges to enhance the resilience of power systems with high penetration of renewable energy. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce resilience-oriented advanced techniques for power systems with high penetration of renewable energy sources with an objective of constructing resilient power systems to resist disasters and man-made attacks.

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Technical Outline of the Session:

This special session focuses on a hot research topic - resilient power systems. Due to the impact of global warming and rapid development of information technology, the occurrence frequency and intensity of weather-related and man-made extreme events have shown an increasing trend, which poses great challenges to maintain the reliable and secure operation of power systems. Improving the resilience of power systems is an effective means to solve the problems. In this sense, resilience-oriented advanced techniques for power systems with high penetration of renewable energy resources are strongly encouraged in this special session. Topics of interest include (but are not limit to): resilience-oriented planning, hardening, preventive scheduling, and restoration.

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Special Session Organizers

Heng Zhang, Assistant Researcher, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Heng Zhang received the Ph.D. in Department of Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 2019. Now, he is an assistant researcher in Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His main research interests are resilient power systems and power system planning

Lu Zhang, Associate Professor, China Agricultural University

Lu Zhang received the Ph.D. in Agricultural Electrification and Automation from China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, in 2016. Now, he is an Associate Professor with the College of Information and Electrical Engineering in China Agricultural University. His main research interests are resilient distribution network and hybrid AC/DC distribution network.