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His current research interests include operation, management and cyber security analysis of smart grids, microgrid, smart city, electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. In recent years, due to the grid modernizations, high penetration of renewable energies, and using smart sensors in the main structure of the power grids, a large amount of data has been generated that can potentially lead to the complexity of the network. His current research interests include power system operation, reliability, resiliency, renewable energy sources, cybersecurity analysis, machine learning, smart grids, and microgrids. TOPIC 1: OPTIMAL OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MULTI-MICROGRIDS USING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY Paper 1 by Misagh Dehghani Ghotbabadi et al. investigates the optimal operation of a networked microgrid from the reliability perspective in a correlated atmosphere for the wind generators using an advanced machine learning technique. [Extracted from the article]

Energy forecasting plays a vital role in mitigating challenges in data rich smart grid (SG) systems involving various applications such as demand‐side management, load shedding, and optimum dispatch. Managing efficient forecasting while ensuring the least possible prediction error is one of the main challenges posed in the grid today, considering the uncertainty in SG data. This paper presents a comprehensive and application‐oriented review of state‐of‐the‐art forecasting methods for SG systems along with recent developments in probabilistic deep learning (PDL). Traditional point forecasting methods including statistical, machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL) are extensively investigated in terms of their applicability to energy forecasting. In addition, the significance of hybrid and data pre‐processing techniques to support forecasting performance is also studied. A comparative case study using the Victorian electricity consumption in Australia and American electric power (AEP) datasets is conducted to analyze the performance of deterministic and probabilistic forecasting methods. The analysis demonstrates higher efficacy of DL methods with appropriate hyper‐parameter tuning when sample sizes are larger and involve nonlinear patterns. Furthermore, PDL methods are found to achieve at least 60% lower prediction errors in comparison to other benchmark DL methods. However, the execution time increases significantly for PDL methods due to large sample space and a tradeoff between computational performance and forecasting accuracy needs to be maintained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the increasing prevalence of electric vehicles (EVs), the EV charging station (EVCS) and power distribution have become a coupled physical system. A multi‐objective planning model is developed herein for the sizing and siting of EVCSs and the expansion of a power distribution network with high wind power penetration. The objectives of the planning model are to minimise the total cost of investment and energy losses of the distribution system while maximising the total captured traffic flow. The uncertainties associated with wind power sources are considered. Additionally, the uncertainties in EV daily charging loads are also important concerns in the optimisation of the planning model. To model the EV load uncertainties, a recent scenario generation (SG) method is adopted. Further, a multi‐objective optimisation tool, Multi‐Objective Natural Aggregation Algorithm (MONAA), is introduced to obtain the final solutions of the planning model. The simulations based on coupled 54‐node distribution network and 25‐node traffic network systems are conducted to verify the efficiency of the proposed model and the effectiveness of SG‐based MONAA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]