– Published Journals –
These journals are the outputs from the completed ESIPP (Energy Systems Integration Partnership) Programme which was a flagship project of the UCD Energy Institute. ESIPP is a precursor to the NexSys (Next Generation Energy Systems) programme.
Linking the Determinants of Air Passenger Flows and Aviation-Related Carbon Emissions:
A European Study 2021; Sustainability; Xue, Y. and Byrne, J.
Enhanced Transmission and Distribution Network Coordination to Host More Electric Vehicles and PV
2021; IEEE Systems Journal; Abbas Rabiee, Andrew Keane, Alireza Soroudi
A Dynamic State Estimator-Based Tolerance Control Method Against Cyberattack and Erroneous Measured Data for Power Systems
2021; IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics; Hassan Haes Alhelou, Paul Cuffe
Green hydrogen for heating and its impact on the power system
2021; International Journal of Hydrogen Energy; Genaro Longoria, Muireann Lynch, John Curtis
No real option for solar in Ireland: a real options valuation of utility-scale solar investment in Ireland
2021; Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews; Assereto, M. and Byrne, J.
Maximizing Branch Power Flows as a Descriptive Structural Metric for Electrical Networks
2021; IEEE Systems Journal; Paul Cuffe
Feature assessment frameworks to evaluate reduced-order grey-box building energy models
2021; Applied Energy; Mohammad Haris Shamsi, Usman Ali, Eleni Mangina, James O’Donnell
Which Re analysis Dataset Should We Use for Renewable Energy Analysis in Ireland?
2021; Atmosphere; Doddy-Clarke, E., Griffin, S., McDermott, F., Monteiro Correia, J. & Sweeney, C.
Optimal flexibility coordination for energy procurement in distribution networks
2021; IET Renewable Power Generation; Ehsan Hooshmand, Abbas Rabiee, Saeid Jalilzadeh, Alireza Soroudi
Gas Network’s Impact on Power System Voltage Security
2021; IEEE Transactions on Power Systems; A. Rabiee, I. Kamwa, A. Keane and A. Soroudi
Controllable transmission networks under demand uncertainty with modular FACTS
2021; International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems; Alireza Soroudi
Scenario-Based Stochastic Framework for Optimal Planning of Distribution Systems Including Renewable-Based DG Units
2021; Sustainability; A. Ramadan, M. Ebeed, S. Kamel, A. Abdelaziz, H. Haes Alhelou
Aggregated Model of Virtual Power Plants for Frequency and Voltage Stability Analysis
2021; IEEE Transactions on Power Systems; J. Chen, M. Liu, F. Milano
Coordinated Control of Virtual Power Plants to Improve Power System Short-Term Dynamics
2021; Energies; W. Zhong, J. Chen, M. Liu, M. A. A. Murad, F. Milano
On the Impact of Discrete Secondary Controllers on Power System Dynamics
2021; IEEE Transactions on Power Systems; T. Kërçi, M. A. A. Murad, I. Dassios, F. Milano
Operational challenges for low and high temperature electrolysers exploiting curtailed wind energy for hydrogen production
2021; International Journal of Hydrogen Energy; A. Chandrasekar, D. Flynn, E. Syron
Reconciliation of Measured and Forecast Data for Topology Identification in Distribution Systems
2021; IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery; Alireza Nouri, Mohammad Jafarian, Andrew Keane
Impact of Smart Transformer Voltage and Frequency Support in a High Renewable Penetration System
2021; Electric Power Systems Research; J. Chen, M. Liu, G. de Carne, R. Zhu, M. Liserre, F. Milano, T. O’Donnell
The Profitability of Energy Storage in European Electricity Markets
2021; The Energy Journal; Petr Spodniak, Valentin Bertsch and Mel Devine
A Contextual Ontology for Distributed Urban Data Management
2020; Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Smart Infrastructure and Construction; Cathal Hoare, Sergio Pinheiro, Shushan Hu, James O’Donnell
The impact of wind power and electricity demand on the relevance of different short-term electricity markets: The Nordic case
2020; Applied Energy; Petr Spodniak, Kimmo Ollikka, Samuli Honkapuro
Impact of Virtual Power Plants on Power System Short-Term Transient Response
2020; Electric Power Systems Research; W. Zhong, M. A. Adib Murad, M. Liu, F. Milano
The Implications of Policy Uncertainty on Solar Photovoltaic Investment
2020; Energies; Martina Assereto and Julie Byrne
Investigation of the multi-point injection of green hydrogen from curtailed renewable power into a gas network
2020; Energies; A. Ekhtiari, D. Flynn, E. Syron
A fundamental unified framework to quantify and characterise energy flexibility of residential buildings with multiple electrical and thermal energy systems
2020; Applied Energy; Adamantios Bampoulas, Mohammad Saffari, Fabiano Pallonetto, Eleni Mangina, Donal P. Finn
A statistically based fault detection and diagnosis approach for non-residential building water distribution systems
2020; Advanced Engineering Informatics; Hafiz Hashim, Paraic Ryan, Eoghan Clifford
Heat pumps and our low-carbon future: A comprehensive review
2020; Energy Research & Social Science; Ankita Singh Gaur, Desta Z. Fitiwi, John Curtis
Demand response through reject water scheduling in water resource recovery facilities: a demonstration with BSM2
2020; Water Research; Qipeng Liu, Recep Kaan Dereli, D. Flynn, E. Casey
Technical Barriers for Harnessing the Green Hydrogen: A Power System Perspective
2020; Renewable Energy; Abbas Rabiee, Andrew Keane, Alireza Soroudi
A looming revolution: Implications of self-generation for the risk exposure of retailers
2020; Energy Economics; Marianna Russo, Valentin Bertsch
Weather and wind farms
2020; Weather; Conor Sweeney
Development of a data driven FDD approach for building water networks: Water distribution system performance assessment rules
2020; Journal of Building Engineering; Sean Mulligan, Louise Hannon, Paraic Ryan, Sudeep Nair, Eoghan Clifford
A data-driven approach for multi-scale GIS-based building energy modeling for analysis, planning and support decision making
2020; Applied Energy; Usman Ali, Mohammad Haris Shamsi, Mark Bohacek, Karl Purcell, Cathal Hoare, Eleni Mangina, James O’Donnell
Filling the gap: Comparison of proxy measurement techniques for small data scenarios
2020; Journal of Cleaner Production; Dominik Seiler, Garret E. O’Donnell
Adaptive virtual synchronous generator considering converter and storage capacity limits
2020; CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems; J. Chen, M. Liu, F. Milano, T. O’Donnell
Optimal contracts for renewable electricity
2020; Energy Economics; Sarah Parlane, Lisa Ryan
Data-driven Predictive Control for Unlocking Building Energy Flexibility: A Review
2020; Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews; Kathirgamanathan A, De Rosa M, Mangina E, Finn DP,
Impact of Combined Heat and Power on the goal of decarbonizing energy use in Irish manufacturing
2020; Journal of Cleaner Production; Alessia Sgobba, Craig Meskell
Coordinating Demand Response Aggregation with LV Network Operational Constraints
2020; IEEE Transactions on Power Systems; V. Rigoni, D. Flynn and A. Keane
Impact of Current Transients on the Synchronization Stability Assessment of Grid-Feeding Converters
2020; IEEE Trans. Power Systems; Chen, Junru; Liu, Muyang; Odonnell, Terence; Milano, Federico
Closing the gap between simulation and measured energy use in home archetypes
2020; Energy and Buildings; Paul Beagon, Fiona Boland, Mohammad Saffari
A framework for uncertainty quantification in building heat demand simulations using reduced-order grey-box energy models
2020; Applied Energy; Shamsi, M., Ali, U., Mangina, E., & O’Donnell, J.
Synthetic natural gas production: Production cost, key cost factors and optimal configuration
2020; International Journal of Energy Production and Management; Devaraj D, Syron E, Donnellan P
100% Converter-Interfaced generation using virtual synchronous generator control: A case study based on the Irish system
2020; Electric Power Systems Research; Chen, J.; Liu, M.; Milano, F.; O’Donnell, T.
Feasibility analysis of community-based PV systems for residential districts: A comparison of on-site centralized and distributed PV installations
2020; Renewable Energy; Reihaneh Aghamolaei, Mohammad Haris Shamsi, James O’Donnell
Enhanced network effects and stochastic modelling in Generation Expansion Planning: insights from an insular power system
2020; Socio-Economic Planning Sciences; Fitiwi, Desta Z., Lynch, M.Á. and Bertsch, V.
Effect of the axial gap on the energy consumption of a single-blade wastewater pump
2020; Journal of Power and Energy; Federico Caruso, Craig Meskell
Power system impacts of community acceptance policies for renewable energy deployment under storage cost uncertainty
2020; Renewable Energy; Fitiwi, Desta Z., Lynch, M.Á. and Bertsch, V.
Co-treatment of leachate in municipal wastewater treatment plants: Critical issues and emerging technologies
2020; Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology; Recep Kaan Dereli, Eoghan Clifford & Eoin Casey
On the assessment and control optimisation of demand response programs in residential buildings
2020; Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews; Pallonetto F, De Rosa M, D’Ettorre F, Finn D
A data-driven approach to optimize urban scale energy retrofit decisions for residential buildings
2020; Applied Energy; Usman Ali, Mohammad Haris Shamsi, Mark Bohacek, Cathal Hoare, Karl Purcell, Eleni Mangina, and James O’Donnell
Towards Standardising Market-Independent Indicators for Quantifying Energy Flexibility in Buildings
2020; Energy and Buildings; Anjukan Kathirgamanathan, Thibault Péan, Kun Zhang, Mattia De Rosa, Jaume Salom, Michaël Kummert, Donal P. Finn
Virtual inertia control of variable speed heat pumps for the provision of frequency support
2020; Energies; Ibrahim I, O’Loughlin C, O’Donnell T
Sensitivity Analysis of the Impact of the Sub-Hourly Stochastic Unit Commitment on Power System Dynamics
2020; Energies; T. Kërçi, J.Giraldo, F.Milano
Towards renewable electricity in Europe: Revisiting the determinants of renewable electricity in the European Union
2020; Renewable Energy; Ciaran MacDomhnaill and Lisa Ryan
Use of fitted polynomials for the decentralised estimation of network variables in unbalanced radial LV feeders
2020; IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution; Valentin Rigoni ; Alireza Soroudi ; Andrew Keane
An investigation of the regional correlation gradients between Euro-Atlantic atmospheric teleconnections and winter solar short wave radiation in northwest Europe
2020; Meteorological Applications; Correia JM, McDermott F, Sweeney C, Doddy E, Griffin S.
Use of voltage limits for current limitations in grid-forming converters
2020; CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems; Junru Chen; Federico Prystupczuk; Terence O’Donnell
Hijacking internet-connected devices to provoke harmful oscillations in an electrical network: a feasibility assessment
2020; IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications; Hugh Gowing, Paul Cuffe
Is flexible and dispatchable generation capacity rewarded in electricity futures markets? A multinational impact analysis
2020; Energy; Petr Spodniak, Valentin Bertsch
Benchmarking Leachate Co-treatment Strategies in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants under Dynamic Conditions and Energy Prices
2020; Journal of Environmental Management; Dereli, R.K. Giberti, M., Liu, Q., Flynn, D., Casey, E.
Analysis of the impact of sub-hourly unit commitment on power system dynamics
2020; International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems; T. Kërçi, J.Giraldo, F.Milano
The psychology of energy efficiency labels: Trust, involvement, and attitudes towards energy performance certificates in Ireland
2020; Energy Research & Social Sciences; Schuitema, G., Aravena, C., & Denny, E.
Neutral Current Optimization Control for Smart Transformer-fed Distribution System under Unbalanced Loads
2020; IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics; Chen, J.; Zhu, R.; Ibrahim, I.; O’Donnell, T.; Liserre, M.
Strategic Scheduling of Discrete Control Devices in Active Distribution Systems
2019; IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery; A. Nouri, A. Soroudi and A. Keane
Fast Resource Scheduling for Distribution Systems Enabled With Discrete Control Devices
2019; IEEE Systems Journal; A. Nouri, A. Soroudi and A. Keane
Modelling demand response with process models and energy systems models: Potential applications for wastewater treatment within the energy-water nexus
2019; Applied Energy; Kirchem, D., Lynch, M. A., Bertsch, V., and Casey, E.
Analysis of Virtual Synchronous Generator Control and its Response Based on Transfer Functions
2019; IET Power Electronics; J. Chen, T. O’Donnell
The resilient decentralised control of inverter-interfaced distributed energy sources in low-voltage distribution grids
2019; IET Smart Grid; A. Nouri, A. Soroudi and A. Keane
Gas Networks, Energy Storage and Renewable Power Generation
2019; Chemical Engineering Transactions; Ali Ekhtiari, Damian Flynn, Eoin Syron
The role of power-to-gas in the future energy system: Market and portfolio effects
2019; Energy; Lynch M, Devine MT, Bertsch V
The future of forecasting for renewable energy
2019; Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment; Conor Sweeney, Ricardo J. Bessa, Jethro Browell, Pierre Pinson
Backbone – an adaptable energy systems modelling framework
2019; Energies; N. Helisto, J. Kiviluoma, J. Ikaheimo, T. Rasku, E. Rinne, C. O’Dwyer, Ran Li, D. Flynn
Cool Roof Impact on Building Energy Need: The Role of Thermal Insulation with Varying Climate Conditions
2019; Energies; Cristina Piselli, Anna Laura Pisello, Mohammad Saffari, Alvaro de Gracia, Franco Cotana and Luisa F. Cabeza
A Topological Sorting Approach to Identify Coherent Cut-sets within Power Grids
2019; IEEE Transactions on Power Systems; Beiranvand, Arash; Cuffe, Paul
Experimental investigation of flow pulsation waveforms in rectangular mesochannels for high heat flux electronics cooling
2019; Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science; J. McEvoy, S. Alimohammadi, T. Persoons
Predicting wastewater treatment plant performance during aeration demand shifting with a dual layer reaction settling model
2019; Water Science and Technology; M. Giberti, R. Dereli, D. Flynn, E. Casey
A generalization approach for reduced order modelling of commercial buildings
2019; Journal of Building Performance Simulation; Shamsi, Mohammad Haris, Usman Ali, and James O’Donnell
Mapping the energy flexibility potential of single buildings equipped with optimally-controlled heat pump, gas boilers and thermal storage
2019; Sustainable Cities and Society; D’Ettorre F, De Rosa M, Conti P, Testi D, Finn D
Modeling long-term performance of full-scale anaerobic expanded granular sludge bed reactor treating confectionery industry wastewater
2019; Environmental Science and Pollution Research; R.K. Dereli
Assessment of Grid-Feeding Converter Voltage Stability
2019; IEEE Transactions on Power Systems; Junru Chen, Federico Milano, Terence O’Donnell
Stochastic network constrained payment minimisation in electricity markets
2019; IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution; Nouri A, Hosseini SH, Keane A
Multi-objective layout optimization of a generic hybrid-cooled data centre blade server
2019; Applied Thermal Engineering; Assel Sakanova, Sajad Alimohammadi, Jaakko McEvoy, Sara Battaglioli, Tim Persoons
Who Pays for Renewables? Increasing Renewable Subsidisation due to Increased Data centre Demand in Ireland
2019; World Journal of Applied Economics; Lynch, M. Á. and Devine, M. T.
Industrial steam systems: Strategic frameworks with proxy measurements to evaluate the total cost of steam
2019; Journal of Cleaner Production; Dominik Seiler, Dan Donovan, Garret E. O’Donnell
The impacts of demand response participation in capacity markets
2019;Applied Energy; Lynch M, Nolan S, Devine MT, O’Malley M
Application of information gap decision theory in practical energy problems: A comprehensive review
2019; Applied energy; Majid Majidi, Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo, Alireza Soroudi
Augmented Ensemble Calibration of lumped-parameter building models
2019; Building Simulation; C Andrade-Cabrera, WJN Turner, DP Finn
Liquefied natural gas and gas storage valuation: Lessons from the integrated Irish and UK markets
2019; Applied Energy; Devine MT, Russo M
A novel approach to model a gas network
2019; Applied Sciences; Ekhtiari A, Dassios I, Liu M, Syron E
The effect of Demand Response and wind generation on electricity investment and operation
2019; Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks; Devine MT, Nolan S, Lynch M, O’Malley M
Coordination of Interdependent Natural Gas and Electricity Systems Based on Information Gap Decision Theory
2019; IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution; Farnaz Sohrabi, Farkhondeh Jabari, Behnam Mohammadi-ivatloo, Alireza Soroudi
Parameter Constraints for Virtual Synchronous Generator Considering Stability
2019; IEEE Transactions on Power Systems; J. Chen, T. O’Donnell
Calculating Nodal Voltages Using the Admittance Matrix Spectrum of an Electrical Network
2019; Mathematics; Dassios, Ioannis K.; Keane, Andrew; Cuffe, Paul
Blockchain Electricity Trading Under Demurrage
2019; IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid; Cuffe, P. and Devine, M.
Decentralised flexibility management for EVs
2019; IET Renewable Power Generation; AS Gazafroudi, J Corchado, A Keane, A Soroudi
Incorporation of LNG into small gas networks via FSRU’s
2019; International Journal of Energy Production and Management; Devaraj DI, Donnellan P, Syron E
A Comprehensive Survey of Flexibility Options for Supporting the Low-carbon Energy Future
2018; Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews; Marco R. M. Cruz, Desta Z. Fitiwi, Sergio F. Santos, Joao P. S. Catalao
Fault Detection in Distribution Networks in Presence of Distributed Generations Using a Data Mining Driven Wavelet Transform
2018; IET Smart Grid; Turaj Amraee ; Youness Mohammadnian ; Alireza Soroudi
Prospects of a Meshed Electrical Distribution System Featuring Large-Scale Variable Renewable Power
2018; Energies; Marco R. M. Cruz, Desta Z. Fitiwi, Sérgio F. Santos, Sílvio J. P. S. Mariano and João P. S. Catalão
Neutral Current Minimization Control for Solid State Transformers under Unbalanced Loads in Distribution Systems
2018; IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics; Junru Chen, Tao Yang, Cathal O’ Loughlin, Terence O’Donnell
A mathematical model for elasticity using calculus on discrete manifolds
2018; Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences; Dassios, I.K., Keeffe, G.O. and Jivkov, A.
Flexibility assessment of a combined heat-power system (CHP) with energy storage under a real-time energy price market framework
2018; Thermal Science and Engineering Progress; De Rosa, M., Carragher, M., Finn, D.P.
Multi-Flexibility Options Integration to Cope with Large-Scale Integration of Renewables
2018; IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy; Marco Cruz ; Desta Fitiwi ; Sergio Santos ; Silvio Mariano ; Joao P. S. Catalao
Caputo and related fractional derivatives in singular systems
2018; Applied Mathematics and Computation; Dassios, I.K. and Baleanu, D.
On-site renewable electricity production and self consumption for manufacturing industry in Ireland: Sensitivity to techno-economic conditions
2018; Journal of Cleaner Production; Sgobba, A., and Meskell, C.
A practical formula of solutions for a family of linear non-autonomous fractional nabla difference equations
2018; Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics; Dassios, I.K.
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A data-driven approach for multi-scale building archetypes development
2018; Energy and Buildings; Ali U, Shamsi MH, Hoare C, Mangina E, O’Donnell J
Review of district-scale energy performance analysis: Outlooks towards holistic urban frameworks
2018; Sustainable Cities and Society; Reihaneh Aghamolaei, Mohammad Haris Shamsi, Mohammad Tahsildoost, James O’Donnell
Recycling alone or protesting together? Values as a basis for pro-environmental social change actions
2018; Frontiers in Psychology; Sloot, D., Kutlaca, M., Medugorac, V. and and Carman, P.
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Clean energy investing in public capital markets: Portfolio benefits of yieldcos
2018; Energy Policy; La Monaca, S., Assereto, M. and Byrne, J.
Quantitative evaluation of deep retrofitted social housing using metered gas data
2018; Energy and Buildings; Beagon, P., Boland, F. and O’Donnell, J.
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End use level water and energy interactions: A large non-residential building case study
2018; Water; Nair, S., Hashim, H., Hannon, L. and Clifford, E.
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A weather regime characterisation of Irish wind generation and electricity demand in winters 2009-11
2018; Environmental Research Letters; Cradden, L.C. and McDermott, F.
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Energy efficiency in the food retail sector: barriers, drivers and acceptable policies
2018; Energy Efficiency; Dixon-O’Mara, C. and Ryan, L.
Forward Risk Premia in Long-term Transmission Rights: the Case of Electricity Price Area Differentials (EPAD) in the Nordic electricity market
2018; Utilities Policy; Spodniak, P. and Collan, M.
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A deterministic approach to locating series flow-controllers within transmission systems to alleviate congestion
2017; Electric Power Systems Research; Cuffe, P. and Keane, A.
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Identifying Stakeholders and Key Performance Indicators for District and Building Energy Performance Analysis
2017; Energy and Buildings; Yehong, L., O’Donnell, J., Garcia-Castro, R. and Vega-Sanchez, S.
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Validating Two Novel Equivalent Impedance Estimators
2017; IEEE Transactions on Power Systems; Cuffe, P. and Milano, F.
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Concurrency-Induced Transitions in Epidemic Dynamics on Temporal Networks
2017; Physical Review Letters; Onaga, T., Gleeson, J.P. and Masuda, N.
Solar PV where the sun doesn’t shine: Estimating the economic impacts of support schemes for residential PV with detailed net demand profiling
2017; Energy Policy; La Monaca, S. and Ryan, L.
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A 34-year simulation of wind generation potential for Ireland and the impact of large-scale atmospheric pressure patterns
2017; Renewable Energy; Cradden, L.C., McDermott, F., Zubiate, L., Sweeney, C. and O’Malley, M.
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The Triple Bottom Line for Efficiency: Integrating Systems Within Water and Energy Networks
2017; IEEE Power and Energy Magazine; E Casey, S Beaini, S Pabi, K Zammit, A Amarnath
The consumer’s role in flexible energy systems: an interdisciplinary approach to changing consumers’ behaviour
2017; IEEE Power and Energy Magazine; Schuitema, G., Ryan, L., & Aravena, C.
Investment analysis of gas-turbine combined heat and power systems for commercial buildings under different climatic and market scenarios
2019; Energy Conversion and Management; M. Carragher, M. De Rosa, A. Kathirgamanathan, D.P. Finn
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