Applications of Advanced Heuristic Optimization Methods in Sustainable Power and Energy Systems

The operation and planning of sustainable electrical power systems faces several challenges, like modified steady-state and dynamic properties, and high uncertainty due to the variability and high share of renewable power generation and random variations of demand and ancillary service providers. The different types of optimization problems defined for different applications in operation and planning are hard-to-solve due to the necessity of considering a large number of aspects, like probabilistic models that represent uncertain variables, combined with the complexity of a search space defined by non-linear equations modelling the physical system performance, as well as special problem properties like non-convexity, discontinuity and multi-modality. This panel will promote the vast expertise synthetized in the book œApplications of Modern Heuristic Optimization Methods in Power and Energy Systems�, edited by Prof. Kwang Y. Lee and Prof. Zita A. Vale. The book is the latest publication of the Working Group on Modern Heuristic Optimization (WGMHO). Namely, the panel will present advanced heuristic optimization methods and their applications in problems related to Planning and Operation of Sustainable Transmission and Distribution Systems, Control System Design, Integration of Renewable Energy in Smart Grid, and Electricity Markets.