The Evolving Power Grid Towards a Greener Future Video

Abstract: As prompted by the increasing use of renewable sources and the quest for higher performance in the control of power conversion, the use of power electronics in generation and distribution systems has increased significantly in recent years,. Interactions of power electronics systems and conventional synchronous machines' dynamics would inevitably cause stability and robustness concerns, which can be understood from the conventional control viewpoint and the coupling effects among interacting dynamical systems of varying stability margins (or transient performances). In this talk, we discuss the various circuits and systems problems of power electronics penetration into power grids and the implications on the continuous evolution of the power grids. Biography: C K Michael Tse received the BEng (Hons) degree in electrical engineering and the PhD degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is currently Associate Vice President, Director of Academy of Innovation, and Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering with City University of Hong Kong. His research interests include power electronics, nonlinear systems, and complex network applications. Prof. Tse was the recipient of a number of research and industry awards, including the IEEE CASS Charles A. Desoer Technical Achievement Award in 2022, Prize Paper Awards by IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics in 2001, 2015, 2017, 2021 and 2022, four Gold Medals and Grand Prizes at the international invention exhibitions, and a number of recognitions by the academic and research communities, including honorary professorship by several Chinese, Canadian and Australian universities. He was the Editorin- Chief for the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II from 2016 to 2019 and IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine from 2012 to 2015, and on the editorial boards of a few other IEEE journals. He was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 2005.