Dr Ivana Kockar

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Electronic and Electrical Engineering

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Personal statement

I received my PhD degree from McGill University (Montreal, Canada), and currently am Reader within the Institute for Energy and Environment at the University of Strathclyde. In addition, worked in industry for several years.

Currently, with a team of PhD students and researchers, I lead a work that is looking at various aspect of developing new methodologies, approaches and tools to enable integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), including renewable resources, into power networks. This is a multidisciplinary work that includes development of new centralized and decentralised optimization tools for active network management of systems with distributed generation, demand participation and energy storage. Furthermore, my work includes development of new market designs and regulatory analyses of TSO-DSO coordination solutions brought on by significant increase in DERs and their participation in various electricity markets.

To evaluate behaviour of different market participants and evaluate their interactions, my team is also applying agent based modelling to evaluate new arrangements that can enable demand flexibility though market solutions and/or aggregators.

In addition, in collaboration with colleagues from Management science we are looking at applications of Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) to look at evolvement of future power networks, and also in development of decision tools that can help find solutions to improve and accelerate connections of distributed generators to already constrained distribution networks.

I am actively involved in IEEE Power and Energy society and my past roles include

  • Chair of the IEEE PES Computing and Analytical Methods Subcommittee (CAMS)
  • Co-Organizer and Co-Chair of the  IEEE PES Task Force: Agent-Based Modelling of Smart Grid Market Operations

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Publications

Towards resilient energy communities : evaluating the impact of economic and technical optimization
Gruber Lia, Kockar Ivana, Wogrin Sonja
International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems Vol 155 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2023.109592
Flexibility service design for mitigating voltage unbalance in the distribution network
Fan Jiabin, Kockar Ivana
2023 IEEE Belgrade PowerTech IEEE PowerTech 2023 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerTech55446.2023.10202728
Business models for virtual power plants and their impact on economic operation [poster & e-slides]
Howorth Gary, Kockar Ivana, Tuohy Paul, Flett Graeme, Bingham John
27th International Conference on Electricity Distribution (CIRED 2023) (2023)
The impact of forecasting accuracy on the economic performance of flexibility provision [poster & e-slides]
Howorth Gary, Kockar Ivana, Tuohy Paul, Flett Graeme, Bingham John
27th International Conference on Electricity Distribution (CIRED 2023) (2023)
Business models for virtual power plants and their impact on economic operation
Howorth Gary, Kockar Ivana, Tuohy Paul, Flett Graeme, Bingham John
27th International Conference on Electricity Distribution (CIRED 2023), pp. 11346 (2023)
The impact of forecasting accuracy on the economic performance of flexibility provision
Howorth Gary, Kockar Ivana, Tuohy Paul, Flett Graeme, Bingham John
27th International Conference on Electricity Distribution (CIRED 2023), pp. 11481 (2023)

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Teaching

My current teaching interests include:

  • Advanced Power System Analysis and Design
  • Power System Economics
  • Power Systems and Wind Integration (course for Doctoral Training Centre)
  • Supervision of undergraduate individual and group projects as well as MSc group and individual projects

 My previous teaching at Strathclyde included:

  • Power System Analysis and Design
  • Power Systems Engineering
  • Wind Energy and Distributed Energy Resources
  • Management of MSc group and individual projects and case studies
  • Integrating Studies will Laboratory for Power Engineering
  • Software Engineering
  • Professional Studies

 

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Research Interests

  • New approaches, models and tools for integration of DER resources
  • Operation of multi-vector energy systems, including heat, transport and hydrogen
  • TSO-DSO integration and coordination schemes, including transition towards a DSO
  • Aggregation of DER flexibility and local energy markets
  • Provision of reserve by different market participants both at transmission and distribution levels
  • Electricity market models, policy rules and pricing mechanisms
  • Application of agent-based modelling for analysis of aggregation and trading at different electricity markets
  • Power System operation, planning and economics
  • Application of HPC for power system analysis tools
  • Emissions trading and policies to achieve low carbon power systemsMulti Criteria Decision Analysis for policy decisions regarding network structures: centralized vs. decentralized power systems

Professional Activities

23rd Power Systems Computational Conference (PSCC) (Event)
Advisor
9/2023
IEEE PowerTech 2023
Participant
25/6/2023
IEEE PowerTech 2023
Participant
25/6/2023
Reliability Studies in Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-dominated Distribution Systems
Examiner
7/6/2023
IEEE PES ISGT Europe 2022 (ISGT Europe 2022)
Participant
10/10/2022
Electric Vehicle Aggregation Model: A Probabilistic Approach in Representing Flexibility
Speaker
27/6/2022

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Projects

Innovatium: Provision of Support/Tool for assessment of services
Kockar, Ivana (Principal Investigator) Tuohy, Paul Gerard (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2024
DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Yogo, Raymond Okinyi
Kockar, Ivana (Principal Investigator) Tuohy, Paul Gerard (Co-investigator) Yogo, Raymond Okinyi (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027
SIES 2022: Smart Integrated Energy Systems: Enhanced Virtual Power Plant VPP+ Energy Pool Intergration for Local and Regional Resistance
Tuohy, Paul Gerard (Principal Investigator) Burt, Graeme (Co-investigator) Kockar, Ivana (Co-investigator)
14-Jan-2019 - 14-Jan-2022
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Whittle, James
Kockar, Ivana (Principal Investigator) Stephen, Bruce (Co-investigator) Whittle, James (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2022
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Gill, Gareth
Kockar, Ivana (Principal Investigator) McArthur, Stephen (Co-investigator) Gill, Gareth (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2017 - 01-Jan-2022
TIC LCPE: Commercial Frequency Response From Wind
Kockar, Ivana (Principal Investigator) Nedd, Marcel (Co-investigator) McMillan, David (Co-investigator) Browell, Jethro (Co-investigator)
Investigating the demand for frequency response in the future and the opportunities for delivering a frequency response service using wind power plants.
01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2018

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Dr Ivana Kockar
Reader
Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Email: ivana.kockar@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3110