The Supergen Energy Networks Hub brings together the vibrant and diverse energy networks community to gain a deeper understanding of the interactions and inter-dependencies of energy networks. I am a Co-Director of the Supergen Energy Networks Hub, leading the research being conducted into risk and uncertainty in future energy networks, as well as leading on activities related to Early Career Researchers.

This project investigated how Battery Energy Storage Systems, or other power electronic based assets, connected to the power system through the tertiary windings of grid transformers can be used to facilitate the reduction of system level constraints.

The aim of MIGRATE was to find solutions for the technological challenges associated with the massive penetration of power electronics that the grid of the future will be faced with. The project was delivered by a massive consortium of 24 partners: 11 Transmission System Operators, 12 Universities and Labs, and one manufacturer.

This two-year project was focussed on trying to understand the cost of instability and how this can be captured better by understanding the uncertainty in our power systems. A complex multi-dimensional search of thousands of variations in different system parameters helped to develop stability boundaries that can be used to work out where the true stability limits are and how they can be avoided.

This Network Innovation Competition Project led by National Grid was focussed on maintaining grid stability in low inertia systems. The project was focussed on identifying sustainable and cost-effective ways of ensuring fast acting response when frequency disturbances occur, paving the way for greater renewable energy integration.

This project developed new methods for identifying which sources of uncertainty within power systems have the largest impact on system performance. new methods were developed and applied to power system stability analysis. There were some important steps forward made with respect to modelling correlated uncertainties that will be very important for future uncertainty analysis.

This three year project covered many aspects of multi-terminal VSC-HVDC control and operation. I helped to deliver a stream concerned with the operation and impact of multi-terminal VSC-HVDC systems on mixed AC/DC system dynamics. This covered many aspects of system stability and developed some new control algorithms to help improve performance.

This was a scoping study of advanced controllers for multi-infeed VSC-HVDC, analysing their impacts on system performance following disturbances. It helped to de-risk the implementation of multi-infeed VSC-HVDC by identifying important testing regimes and the weaknesses of existing practices.

This project deals with the impact of the new European grid-codes (and the wider voltage and frequency ranges) on the electrical systems and equipment of nuclear power plants. Different aspects such as the impact on the regulation of machines, overheating and vibrations of the equipment, and the appearance of electrical transients in the plant distribution network, have been researched.

This project analysed risk and uncertainty in power system operating - focussing on impacts on the dynamic performance of power systems. Advanced sensitivity analysis and game theoretic approaches have been compared and analysed to identify the best techniques for quantifying the impact of uncertainty on system stability.

In this project, a detailed analysis of the electricity system anticipated in 2030 was undertaken, with a particular focus on the design and operation of distribution networks with a high proliferation of low carbon technologies.