KEYNOTES > Prof. Mohamed Benbouzid

Exploring Microgrids Energy Management Systems: Methods, Challenges, and Prospects

Mohamed Benbouzid, IEEE Fellow

University of Brest

UMR CNRS 6027 IRDL – Institut de Recherche Dupuy de Lôme, Brest, France

Abstract

Renewable energy resources are currently being deployed on a large scale to meet the requirements of increased energy demand, mitigate the environmental pollutants, and achieve socio-economic benefits for sustainable development. The integration of such distributed energy sources into utility grid paves the way for microgrids. The microgrid concept is introduced to have a self-sustained system consisting of distributed energy resources that can operate in an islanded mode during grid failures. In microgrid, an energy management system is essential for optimal use of these distributed energy resources in intelligent, secure, reliable, and coordinated ways.

In this context, this keynote aims to critically discuss decision-making strategies and their solution methods for microgrid energy management systems. Renewables and load demand volatility and intermittency will also be discussed through uncertainty quantification methods. Finally, a comparative analysis of communication technologies will also be discussed for cost-effective implementation of microgrid energy management systems.

Biography:

Mohamed Benbouzid received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, Grenoble, France, in 1994, and the Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches degree from the University of Amiens, Amiens, France, in 2000.

Following the completion of his Ph.D., he served as an Associate Professor of electrical engineering at the University of Amiens, Amiens, France. Since September 2004, he has been with the University of Brest, Brest, France, where he is a Full Professor of electrical engineering. Prof. Benbouzid is also a Distinguished Professor at the Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China.

Prof. Benbouzid research interests and experience are primarily focused on electromechanical systems, including traction, propulsion, and renewable energy applications, with a particular emphasis on fault diagnosis, fault prognosis, and fault-tolerant control.

Prof. Benbouzid is an IEEE Fellow and a Fellow of the IET. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Energy Conversion and the Applied Sciences (MDPI) Section on Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. He is a Deputy Editor for the IET Renewable Power Generation.