Professor Lie Xu received his PhD in Electrical Engineering in 2000 from University of Sheffield and spent his early career with ALSTOM T&D Ltd. UK. Since 2016 he has been a Professor at Strathclyde University and head of the Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Conversion (PEDEC) research group. He is also an editor of the IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion and Power Delivery.

Prof. Xu’s main research interests and activities centre on developing advanced power converter technology and control for integrating renewables and safe operation of converter dominated power networks. His current research is supported by research councils and industries including EPSRC, EU H2020, Siemens, Scottish Power, Scottish and Southern Energy, Carbon Trust, etc. He has published over 200 papers and has over 13,500 citations and an h-index of 48.
 

Future Converter Dominated Power Networks

Abstract

Towards the target of a “Net-Zero” energy network and large exploration of renewable energy, future power network will be converter dominated with most of the existing synchronous generations replaced by converter interfaced renewables, energy storage and HVDC interconnectors. This talk will discuss some of the key challenges on future power network operation from a UK prospective, and highlight some of the research activities at Strathclyde in developing novel converter control and power system operation strategies in addressing such challenges.