He is a full professor at the katholieke universiteit ku leuven where he teaches electric power and energy systems, his research interests include technoeconomic aspects of power systems, power quality and. The global smart grid federation gsgf is an industrybased global collaborative effort among fourteen. A focus lies on the integration of energy converters and the resulting topics grid identification and future grid operation with decentralized power generation. Ronnie belmans is deeply ingrained in the smart grid arena. Ronnie belmans, energyville, ku leuven, belgium, ronnie. The global smart grid federation gsgf is a global stakeholder organization committed to creating smarter, cleaner electrical systems around the world. Marcello bondesan, sushil kumar, suneet manjavkar, keshav. Ronnie belmans, gsgf executive director, returns for a second year as head of jury. His research interests include smart grids, security of energy supply and the technoeconomic aspects of the liberalization of the electricity market. This smart software tool enables a grid designer to effortlessly design an offshore grid considering the multitude of appropriate design. In contrast to conventional modelbased approaches, batch rl techniques do not require a system identification step, which makes them more suitable for a largescale implementation. Technology platform ronnie belmans vice president ac. Reengaging customer demand iain mcgill and stephan healy, university of new south wales.
Ronnie belmans ceo, energyville executive director, global smart grid honorary chairman, board of directors, elia ronnie belmans received his msc degree in electrical engineering in 1979 and a phd degree in 1984, both from ku leuven, belgium. District heating and cooling as a key element of a smart power grid pdf, 582. Pier paolo maggiora gives a presentation during the ieee smart grid world forum on integrating smart grid infrastructure, on a project based in italy. Research into sustainable energy and smart energy systems. A study on design and funtionalities of smart grid. However, integration of smart grid technologies in the electric power system 5, for example though smart meters, creates opportunities to more efficiently balance supply and demand. Mapping stateoftheart controllable equipment such as facts, hvdclcc, hvdcvsc, phase.
Driven by recent advances in batch reinforcement learning rl, this paper contributes to the application of batch rl to demand response. Ronnie belmans ku leuven, energyville, global smart grid federation tom brijs ku leuven, energyville. Ict meets tweed global smart grids federation, ronnie belmans. It, will hopefully bring together all parties involved in smart grids to develop a strategic research agenda. Ronnie belmans heads global smart grid federation smart. He is the former executive director of the global smartgrids federation. About 500 smart grid pilot projects are under way around the world but the technology is young.
Smartgrids sra 2035 strategic research agenda update of. Speakers global energy interconnections intl workshop. This paper extends fitted qiteration, a standard batch rl technique, to the. Smartgrids sra 2035 strategic research agenda update of the. Ronnie belmans gives a talk entitled smart grids european technology platform smart grids in europe. Montreal, 23 june 2006 ronnie belmans vision of smartgrids technology platform ronnie belmans and johan driesen. The centerpoint energy smart grid shows the tremendous value offered by smart grid systems that efficiently integrate advanced meters, intelligent switches, information and communications technologies, data analytics, grid management systems, and more to improve the flexibility, reliability and resilience of electricity service. What will more electrification bring ev, heat pumps. Europe is ahead of the worlds other highly industrialized areas in planning for the smart grid. The challenges stated here are just the beginning of a process of which we see only the tip of the iceberg. Global smart grid federation announces new executive director. The years up to 2020 have been discussed in the previous smart.
Evidence from pilot projects and implications for reform. It is in this context that smart grids are being discussed. He also holds board positions with companies active in domotics and demand control as well as in smart grid applications. Engie and energyville collaborate on future smart energy. Smart grid interoperability grid user interactions and interfaces grid connectivity of distributed generation power grid electric energy storage. Ronnie belmans global smart grid federation european.
Council of the technology platform smartgrids proposes that europe should move forward in different. Largescale integration of renewable energy sources largescale integration of distributed energy resources evolution towards smart grids. He is a full professor at the katholieke universiteit ku leuven where he teaches. Integrating shortterm demand response into longterm. Leonardo meeus, marcelo saguan, jeanmi chel glachant and ronnie belmans 20. We have our mind set on the european goals for 2030 and 2050. Ronnie belmans s 86 research works with 983 citations and 4,317 reads, including. Ieee transactions on smart grid special issue on planning and operation of transmission grid with applications to smart grid from concept to implementation this special issue will cover the challenges and opportunities for the development of a transmission. In this video, ronnie belmans talks about the transition from a carbon based community to a renewable carbonfree society.
Reinhart appels, dimitris athanasiadis, vasiliki balafouti, frank behaegel, nathalie belmans, ronnie belmans, bart beusen, luc beyaert, bart boesmans, aline bogaerts, lut bollen, isabelle borremans, ralf bosch, bert. Leuven chairman of the european smartgrids platform. The defined framework consists of six characteristics which a smart grid should meet. Executive director of global smart grid federation. I wish this initiative every success and expect to see the.
Last but not least, he is the chairman of the board of the vreg, the flemish regulator for electricity and gas. We look at three empirical cases to see which regulatory tools have already been applied and find that smart grids need a coherent regulatory framework addressing grid services, grid technology innovation and grid user participation to the ongoing grid innovation. Since september 2012, executive director of gsgf global smart grid. Ceo of energyville professor at university of leuven. The interactive grid suppliers appliances, equipment grid operator user present and forecast. Smart regulation for smart grids eui working papers rscas 201045 robert schuman centre for advanced studies. Nuclear energy as part of the electricity generation. The paper concludes with what appears to be a smart regulation for smart grids.
Integrating renewables in the grid one element of the flexibility sources needed in asustainable electricity system prof. The problem is approached from the perspective of a. We have to show the successes of those 500 projects, said ronnie belmans, executive director of the global smart grid federation. A smart software tool for automated design of an offshore grid. Currently, ronnie belmans is full professor at ku leuven, teaching technoeconomical aspects of power systems, electrical energy and. Ict meets tweed global smart grids federation, ronnie belmans 1. In 1989 he added a special doctorate from the kuleuven and in 1993 a habilitierung, from the rwth, aachen, germany. Electricity grids, and hence their regulatory frameworks, have a key role to play in facilitating this. Ronnie belmans is professor at kuleuven, ceo of energyville, and executive director of the global smart grid federation. Established in 2010, the global smart grid federation links leading national and regional smart grid organizations from around the world, each representing a variety of private sector, academic, and other stakeholder interests. Pdf measuring the smartness of the electricity grid researchgate. List of participating institutions participant legal name cc organisation type contact person 1 k.
Smart grid infrastructure lab thermo technical lab medium voltage lab pv metrology lab dc lab power electronics lab. Policy and market evolution for smart grids ronnie belmans presentation at the 2012 smart grid world forum. Grids stakeholders, including governments, are now fully aware that a their overall target of 34% rese by. By 2030, the european commission wants 40% less greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990, 32% renewable energy in the total energy mix and an increased efficiency of 32,5%. Grid internal benefits benefits grid external benefits tariffs public subsidies at member states level public subsidies at eu level ronnie belmans katholieke universiteit leuven, belgium ronnie. These issues are part of the interdisciplinary research cluster sustainable power supply, in which the chair of electrical power systems is significantly involved. The board of directors of the global smart grid federation is pleased that ronnie belmans is joining gsgf as its first executive director, said paddy turnbull, acting chairman of gsgf. Smart grid system aspect, technology and application mapping and modeling. Will local interactions between consumers be enabled e. For 2050 a total decarbonisation of the energy system, including transport, is foreseen. Innoenergy project proposal for the topic intelligent.
Currently, ronnie belmans is full professor at ku leuven, teaching technoeconomical aspects of power systems, electrical energy and regulatory affairs, among others. Ronnie belmans new approaches for smart grid requirements. Research topics that are currently being covered with the energyville research partners are smart inverter testing for solar panels, the health monitoring of batteries, coating tests for photovoltaics and new technology bricks for the grid integration of renewable energy sources. Smart regulation for the smart grid leonardo meeus, florence school of regulation, marcelo saguan, microeconomix, jeanmichel glachant, florence school of regulation and ronnie belmans, k. Bert claessens and ronnie belmans, fellow, ieee abstractthis paper proposes a. Smart grids edited by nouredine hadjsaid, jeanclaude sabonnadiere. A smart grid handbook for regulators and policy makers and ami rollout plan for. Technology platform ronnie belmans vice president ac smartgrids kuleuven. Smart grids employ data analysis and intercommunication to maximise the efficiency of power supply and delivery. Quantifying electricity storage arbitrage opportunities in shortterm electricity markets in the cwe region. His research interests include smart grids, security of energy supply and the technoeconomic aspects. Pdf residential demand response applications using batch. The global smart grid federation gained european management in september 2012, when professor ronnie belmans from ku leuven, former chairman of the belgian transmission system operator elia, was chosen as the executive director.
View ronnie belmans profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Ronnie belmans received his msc degree in electrical engineering in 1979 and a phd degree in 1984, both from ku leuven, belgium. Energyville ronnie belmans, ceo at energyville ieee fellow, dr. Ronnie belmans, former chairman of the belgian distribution system operator elia and professor in the electrical engineering department at the university of leuven, has been appointed as the first executive director of the global smart grid federation. Dirk van hertem, ronnie belmans, multi level optimization for offshore grid planning, cigre symposium, bologna, italy, 2011. As affiliated professor at vlerick business school, he is member of the advisory board of the vlerick energy centre.
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