Professor Keith Bell

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Personal statement

Keith Bell joined the University of Strathclyde in 2005 having previously worked as a researcher in Bath, Manchester and Naples and as a system development engineer in the electricity supply industry in Britain. He was appointed to the ScottishPower Chair in Smart Grids in late 2013 and became one of the co-Directors of the UK Energy Research Centre in 2014. In July 2018, along with Ian Cotton, he became Scientific Director of the Electrical Infrastructure Research Hub established by the University of Strathclyde with the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and the University of Manchester. He is an invited expert member of CIGRE Study Committee C1 on System Development and Economics, a member of the Executive Board of the Power Systems Computation Conference and a member of the Executive Committee of the IET Power Academy, an initiative to promote electric power engineering as a graduate career in the UK. He is a Chartered Engineer and, at different times, has advised the Scottish Government, the Republic of Ireland government, Ofgem and the UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on power systems issues as well as being active in a number of engineering research projects in collaboration with UK and European industry and academic partners.

Prizes and awards

The CIGRE Technical Committee Award: Recipient; 2010
CIGRE Technical Committee Award: Recipient; 12/2010

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Publications

Innovation in regulated electricity distribution networks : a review of the effectiveness of Great Britain's low carbon network fund: Frame Damien, Hannon Matthew, Bell Keith, McArthur Stephen; Energy Policy Vol 118, pp. 121-132 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.02.033
Containing loss risk in a low inertia GB power system: Nedd Marcel, Bell Keith, Booth Campbell; 18th Annual Conference of the International Conference on Environmental and Electrical Engineering (2018)
Ofgem RIIO-2 Consultation : Response from the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC): Bell Keith, Gross Rob, Watson Jim; (2018)
Assessing domestic heat storage requirements for energy flexibility over varying timescales: Allison John, Bell Keith, Clarke Joe, Cowie Andrew, Elsayed Ahmed, Flett Graeme, Oluleye Gbemi, Hawkes Adam, Hawker Graeme, Kelly Nick, Manuela Marinho de Castro Maria, Sharpe Tim, Shea Andy, Strachan Paul, Tuohy Paul; Applied Thermal Engineering Vol 136, pp. 602-616 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.02.104
Energy system modelling to inform policy : necessity and challenges: Bell Keith; All-Energy Exhibition and Conference 2018 (2018)
Developing the market for electricity system services while avoiding paying too much: Bell Keith; All-Energy Exhibition and Conference 2018 (2018)

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Teaching

Contributor to EE576/976 (Power System Economics, Markets and Asset Management)
Module registar for EE807 (Managing Risk and Uncertainty in Grid Operation) delivered within the Centre for Doctoral Training on Future Networks
Contributor to EE986 (Assignment and Professional Studies)
Supervisor of 4th year undergraduate projects, MSc projects, and projects in the Centres for Doctoral Training on Wind Energy Systems and Future Networks
Strathclyde representative on the IET Power Academy Executive

Research interests

Power system planning and operation and 'smart grids'
Power system economics, markets and regulation
Energy policy and energy system modelling
Managing risk in power systems and use of statistical methods and intelligent systems
Grid integration of renewables

Professional activities

Reducing the cost of offshore wind: HVDC solutions: Contributor; 8/8/2018
Réduction d'un modèle de système électrique pour des études technico-économiques: Examiner; 19/6/2018
European Energy Research Alliance (External organisation): Advisor; 7/3/2018
Manchester Risk Day: Speaker; 6/3/2018
Brexit and the EU Energy Market. Which way forward?: Participant; 23/3/2018
Modelling the interactions between power systems and energy systems: Examiner; 2/10/2018

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Projects

OREC EIRH: Bell, Keith (Principal Investigator) Anaya-Lara, Olimpo (Co-investigator) Burt, Graeme (Co-investigator) Stewart, Brian (Co-investigator) Xu, Lie (Co-investigator); 04-Jan-2018 - 03-Jan-2023
Electricity system analysis and policy: Bell, Keith (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 03-Jan-2018
Value of Interconnection in a Changing Electricity System: Bell, Keith (Principal Investigator) Nedd, Marcel (Co-investigator) MacIver, Callum (Co-investigator) Bukhsh, Waqquas (Co-investigator) Fan, Fulin (Co-investigator); 02-Jan-2018 - 29-Jan-2019
The value of Interconnection in a Changing EU Electricity system: Bell, Keith (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2019
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Flower, Jack: Bell, Keith (Principal Investigator) Hawker, Graeme (Co-investigator) Flower, Jack (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2016 - 01-Jan-2020
ClimateXChange Post Doctoral Fellowship (Christian Calvillo): Turner, Karen (Principal Investigator) Bell, Keith (Co-investigator) McGregor, Peter (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2016 - 09-Jan-2019

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Address

Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Royal College Building

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