Professor Keith Bell

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Personal statement

Keith Bell is the ScottishPower Professor of Smart Grids at the University of Strathclyde and, since May 2014, one of the co-Directors of the UK Energy Research Centre. He joined the University 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 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, the Northern Ireland Executive, Ofgem and the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change 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

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

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Publications

Probabilistic real-time thermal rating forecasting for overhead lines by conditionally heteroscedastic auto-regressive models: Fan Fulin, Bell Keith, Infield David; IEEE Transaction on Power Delivery Vol 32, pp. 1881-1890, (2017); http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TPWRD.2016.2577140
'Scottish Energy Strategy: The Future of Energy in Scotland' Scottish Government, Edinburgh : Consultation Response by the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC): Watson Jim, Bell Keith, Hawker Graeme, Winskel Mark, Webb Janette, Tingey Margaret, Dodds Paul, Chilvers Jason, Pallett Helen, Pidgeon Nicholas, Demski Christina, Morton Craig, Scott Kate, Roelich Katy, Sakai Marco, Cotton Isabel, Sambrook Kate, Giesekam Jannik, Barrett John; (2017)
Application of enhanced thermal ratings to primary substation transformers: Elders Ian, Bell Keith, Smith Kevin, Collinson Alan; Proceedings of 24th International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution, (2017)
A Smart, Flexible Energy System : The UK Energy Research Centre's (UKERC) Response to the Ofgem / BEIS Call for Evidence: Bell Keith, Eyre Nick, Hawker Graeme, Gissey Giorgio Castagneto, Dodds Paul, Darby Sarah, Irvine James, Paul Greig, Watson Jim; (2017)
Modelling the potential impacts of locational versus system-wide strike prices in contracts for difference for low carbon generation: Pennock Shona, Gill Simon, Bell Keith; 14th International Conference on the European Energy Market, (2017)
Meeting Scotland’s peak demand for electricity: Gill Simon, Bell Keith; (2017)

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Teaching

Module registrar for 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)
Contributor to EE962 (Power Systems and Wind Integration 1) delivered within the Centre for Doctoral Training on Wind Energy Systems
Supervisor of 4th year undergraduate projects, MSc projects, and projects in the Centre for Doctoral Training on Wind Energy Systems
Strathclyde representative on the IET Power Academy Council and supporter of Strathclyde's Power Academy scholars

Research interests

Power system planning and operation
Power system economics, markets and regulation
Grid integration of renewables
Power systems applications of statistical methods and intelligent systems
Smart grids

Professional activities

Evaluation of offshore HVDC grid configuration options: Speaker; 30/3/2017

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Projects

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Leavy, Aaron: Finney, Stephen (Principal Investigator) Bell, Keith (Co-investigator) Leavy, Aaron (Research Co-investigator); Period 01-Oct-2015 - 01-Oct-2019
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | moretti, David: Galloway, Stuart (Principal Investigator) Bell, Keith (Co-investigator) moretti, David (Research Co-investigator); Period 01-Oct-2015 - 01-Oct-2019
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Dixon, James: Bell, Keith (Principal Investigator) Booth, Campbell (Co-investigator) Dixon, James (Research Co-investigator); Period 01-Oct-2015 - 01-Jan-2020
CXC fellowship: Effectiveness of Policies and Interventions: Galloway, Stuart (Principal Investigator) Bell, Keith (Co-investigator); Period 01-Sep-2016 - 31-Aug-2017
ClimateXChange Post Doctoral Fellowship: Turner, Karen (Principal Investigator) Bell, Keith (Co-investigator) McGregor, Peter (Co-investigator); Period 01-Oct-2016 - 30-Sep-2017
Security of Supply and Required Import Capabilities: Gill, Simon (Principal Investigator) Bell, Keith (Co-investigator); Period 21-Mar-2016 - 20-Apr-2016

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Address

Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Royal College Building

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