List of Contributors
Thomas Degner, Thomas Degner is Head of Department Network Technology and Integration at Fraunhofer IWES, Kassel, Germany. He received his Diploma in Physics and his Ph.D. from University of Oldenburg. His particular interests include microgrids, interconnection requirements and testing procedures for distributed generators, as well as power system stability and control for island and interconnected power systems with a large share of renewable generation.
Aris Dimeas, Aris L. Dimeas received the Diploma and his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He is currently senior researcher at the Electrical and Computer Engineering School of NTUA. His research interests include dispersed generation, artificial intelligence techniques in power systems and computer applications in liberalized energy markets.
Alfred Engler, Alfred Engler received his Dipl.-Ing. (Master's) from the Technical University of Braunschweig and the degree Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D.) from the University of Kassel. He has been head of the group Electricity Grids and of Power Electronics at ISET e.V. involved with inverter control, island grids, microgrids, power quality and grid integration of wind power. He is currently Manager of the Department of Advance Development at Liebherr Elektronik GmbH.
Nuno Gil, Nuno José Gil received his electrical engineering degree from the University of Coimbra and M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Porto. He is a researcher in the Power Systems Unit of INESC Porto and assistant professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal. His research interests include integration of distributed generation and storage devices in distribution grids, islanded operation and frequency control.
Guillermo Jiménez-Estévez, Guillermo A. Jiménez-Estévez received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería, Bogotá, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chile, Santiago. He is assistant director of the Energy Center, FCFM, University of Chile.
George Kariniotakis, Georges Kariniotakis received his engineering and M.Sc. degrees from the Technical University of Crete, Greece and his Ph.D. degree from Ecole des Mines de Paris. He is currently with the Centre for Processes, Renewable Energies & Energy Systems (PERSEE) of MINES ParisTech as senior scientist and head of the Renewable Energies & Smartgrids Group. His research interests include renewables, forecasting and smartgrids.
George Korres, George N. Korres received the Diploma and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. He is professor with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of NTUA. His research interests are in power system state estimation, power system protection and industrial automation.
André Madureira, André G. Madureira received an Electrical Engineering degree, M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. He is senior researcher/consultant in the Power Systems Unit of INESC Porto. His research interests include integration of distributed generation and microgeneration in distribution grids, voltage and frequency control and smartgrid deployment.
Meiqin Mao, Meiqin Mao is professor with Research Center of Photovoltaic System Engineering, Ministry of Education, Hefei University of Technology, P.R. China. She has been devoted to renewable energy generation research since 1993. Her research interests include optimal operation and energy management of microgrids and power electronics applications in renewable energy systems.
Chris Marnay, Chris Marnay has been involved in microgrid research since the 1990s. He studies the economic and environmental optimization of microgrid equipment selection and operation. He has chaired nine of the annual international microgrid symposiums.
Satoshi Morozumi, Satoshi Morozumi has graduated from a doctor course in Hokkaido University. He joined Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. and for past 20 years, he was engaged in the utility's system. He is currently director general of Smart Community Department at NEDO, where he is in charge of management of international smart community demonstrations.
Asier Gil de Muro, Asier Gil de Muro has received his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the School of Engineering of the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, Spain. Since 1999 he is researcher and project manager at the Energy Unit of TECNALIA, working in projects dealing with power electronics equipment, design and developing of grid interconnected power devices, microgrids and active distribution.
Alexandre Oudalov, Alexandre Oudalov received the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2003 from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. He joined ABB Switzerland Ltd., Corporate Research Center in 2004 where he is currently a principal scientist in the Utility Solutions group. His research interests include T&D grid automation, integration and management of DER and control and protection of microgrids
Frank van Overbeeke, Frank van Overbeeke graduated in Electrical Power Engineering at Delft University of Technology and obtained a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the University of Twente. He is founder and owner of EMforce, a consultancy firm specialized in power electronic applications for distribution networks. He has acted as the system architect for several major utility energy storage projects in the Netherlands.
Rodrigo Palma Behnke, Rodrigo Palma Behnke received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. on Electrical Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a Dr.-Ing. from the University of Dortmund, Germany. He is the director of the Energy Center, FCFM, and the Solar Energy Research Center SERC-Chile, he also is associate professor at the Electrical Engineering Department, University of Chile.
João Abel Peças Lopes, João Abel Peças Lopes is full professor at Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto and member of the Board of Directors of INESC Porto
Fernanda Resende, Fernanda O. Resende received an Electrical Engineering degree, from the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro and M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. She is senior researcher in the Power Systems Unit of INESC Porto and assistant professor at Losófona University of Porto. Her research interests include integration of distributed generation, modeling and control of power systems and small signal stability.
John Romankiewicz, John Romankiewicz is a senior research associate at Berkeley Lab, focusing on distributed generation and energy efficiency policy. He has been working in the energy sector in the United States and China for the past 7 years and is currently studying for his Masters of Energy and Resources and Masters of Public Policy at UC Berkeley.
Christine Schwaegerl, Christine Schwaegerl received her Diploma in Electrical Engineering at the University of Erlangen and her Ph.D. from Dresden Technical University, Germany. In 2000, she joined Siemens AG where she has been responsible for several national and international research and development activities on power transmission and distribution networks. Since 2011 she is professor at Augsburg University of Applied Science.
Nikos Soultanis, Nikos Soultanis graduated from the Electrical Engineering Department of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in 1989 and has worked on various projects as an independent consultant. He received his M.Sc. from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) and his Ph.D. from NTUA. He works currently in the dispatching center of the Greek TSO and as an associated researcher at NTUA with interests in the area of distributed generation applications and power system analysis.
Liang Tao, Liang Tao is a technical consultant working at Siemens PTI, Germany. His main research interests include stochastic modeling of renewable energy sources, dimensioning and operation methods for storage devices, optimal power flow and optimal scheduling of multiple types of resources in smartgrids.
Antonis Tsikalakis, Antonis G. Tsikalakis received the Diploma and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from NTUA. Currently he is an adjunct lecturer in the School of Electronics and Computer Engineering of the Technical University of Crete (TUC) and research associate of the Technological Educational Institute of Crete. He co-operates with the NTUA as post-doc researcher. His research interests are in distributed generation, energy storage and autonomous power systems operation with increased RES penetration.
José Miguel Yarza, José Miguel Yarza received an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and a master degree on “Quality and Security in Electrical Energy Delivery. Power System Protections” from the University of Basque Country and an executive MBA from ESEUNE Business School. He is currently CTO at CG Automation. He is member of AENOR SC57 (Spanish standardization body), IEC TC57 and CIGRE.