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

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); http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.02.033
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); http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.02.104
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)
Fabric integrated thermal storage : unlocking local energy systems: Hawker Graeme, Bell Keith, Flett Graeme Hamilton, Allison John, Cowie Andrew, Kelly Nicolas; UK Energy Storage Conference 2018, (2018)
Optimal operation of the western link embedded HVDC connection: Leavy Aaron S. C., Bukhsh Waqquas A., Bell Keith R. W.; 20th Power Systems Computation Conference, (2018)

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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 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

Low Carbon Networks Fund: what has been achieved to date and what does it mean for future innovation?: Speaker; 23/5/2017

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Projects

Electricity system analysis and policy: Bell, Keith (Principal Investigator); Period 01-May-2018 - 03-Aug-2018
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); Period 01-Oct-2016 - 01-Oct-2020
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Leavy, Aaron: Xu, Lie (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 - 30-Aug-2018

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Address

Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Royal College Building

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