Review on Virtual Power Plants/Virtual Aggregators: Concepts, applications, prospects and operation strategies

M Kaiss, Y Wan, D Gebbran, CU Vila… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract A Virtual Power Plant (VPP), Virtual Aggregator (VA), or simply Aggregator,
represents the association of several Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) orchestrated to …

[HTML][HTML] Trust-Based Detection and Mitigation of Cyber Attacks in Distributed Cooperative Control of Islanded AC Microgrids

MA Taher, M Tariq, AI Sarwat - Electronics, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this study, we address the challenge of detecting and mitigating cyber attacks in the
distributed cooperative control of islanded AC microgrids, with a particular focus on …

Deep Neural Network-Based State Estimator for Transmission System Considering Practical Implementation Challenges

AC Varghese, H Shah, B Azimian, A Pal… - Journal of Modern …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As the phasor measurement unit (PMU) placement problem involves a cost-benefit trade-off,
more PMUs get placed on the higher voltage buses. However, this causes many of the lower …

Aggregation and control of electric vehicles AC charging for grid services delivery

K Sevdari, PB Andersen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The mass electrification and penetration of converter-based renewable energy source (RES)
challenges the conventional stability and operation of the power grid. Therefore, the power …

Distribution System Behind-the-Meter DERs: Estimation, Uncertainty Quantification, and Control

A Srivastava, J Zhao, H Zhu, F Ding… - … on Power Systems, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper summarizes the three-year technical activities of the IEEE Task Force (TF) on
behind-the-meter (BTM) distributed energy resources (DERs): estimation, uncertainty …

[HTML][HTML] Electrifying thermal loads vs. installing batteries: A case study on fast frequency resource potentials of the Victorian power system

J Vorwerk, I Saedi, P Mancarella, G Hug - Electric Power Systems …, 2024 - Elsevier
Literature suggests different technologies and control algorithms to counteract the decrease
in system dam** and inertia caused by the increasing penetration of inverter-interfaced …

On the Definition and Classification of Power System Flexibility

T Kërçi - 2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper provides a discussion on the definition and classification of “flexibility” in power
systems. The discussion is motivated by a lack of common understanding of what the power …

[HTML][HTML] Hierarchical coordination scheme for voltage-aware fast frequency provision with flexible loads

J Vorwerk, C Tajoli, G Hug - Electric Power Systems Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Fast-frequency reserve (FFR) is required to counteract the limited system dam** in
renewable-rich power systems. Several distributed resources, such as batteries, PVs, and …

Time-Synchronized Full System State Estimation Considering Practical Implementation Challenges

AC Varghese, H Shah, B Azimian, A Pal… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
As phasor measurement units (PMUs) are usually placed on the highest voltage buses,
many lower voltage levels of the bulk power system are not observed by them. This lack of …

Virtual inertia provision from distribution power systems using machine learning

S Stock, D Babazadeh, C Becker - Big Data Application in Power Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
This chapter focuses on the application of physics-informed neural networks (PINNs),
Bayesian physics-informed neural networks (BPINNs), and reinforcement learning (RL) in …