The research group focuses on the planning, analysis, operation, and control of power systems in the context of the energy transition and the development of sustainable energy solutions. Its expertise includes strategic energy planning, the development and application of methods for power system analysis and expansion planning, and the optimization of power system operation and control. The group’s research aims to enhance the security of supply, reliability, efficiency, and flexibility of power systems while supporting the integration of emerging technologies and renewable energy sources.

• Energy sector planning
• Power system planning and analysis
• Power system operation and control

Laboratories

• Laboratories A247 and A325

Equipment

• Typhoon HIL 606 real-time digital simulator (RTDS) with the integrated Typhoon HIL Control Center software suite

Members of the research group have participated in the following research projects:

• Converged IT–OT Energy Management System (EMS) for the Transition of Port Communities into Smart Low-Carbon Energy Hubs (SPIN), 2024–2027
• Power System Disturbance Simulator and Non-Sinusoidal Voltage and Current Calibrator, Croatian Science Foundation, Project IP-2019-04-7292, 2020–2024
• Development and Operation of Power Systems with a High Penetration of Wind Power, Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia, Project No. 023-0361590-1654, 2007–2011
• Optimization of Planning and Operation of Hydropower Systems, Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia, Project No. 0023026, 2002–2006

The research group specializes in the planning, analysis, operation, and control of power systems, with particular emphasis on the challenges and opportunities arising from the energy transition, renewable energy integration, and the development of sustainable energy solutions.

 

Collaboration opportunities include joint research and development projects, the development and validation of novel methods and algorithms, modelling and simulation, laboratory and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing, demonstration projects, technical studies and analyses, as well as the preparation and implementation of national and international research projects.

 

Potential areas of collaboration include:

• Power system planning and development – transmission and distribution network expansion planning and power system development scenario analysis
• Renewable energy integration – analysis of technical and operational challenges associated with integrating large-scale and distributed renewable energy sources
• Power system flexibility and energy storage – optimization of energy storage systems, management of flexible resources, and development of new approaches to improving power system flexibility
• Modelling, simulation, and validation – development of mathematical models and computational tools for power system analysis, including real-time simulation and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) techniques for testing control systems, protection schemes, and energy equipment
• Microgrids and local energy systems – design, modelling, and optimization of microgrids, energy communities, and local energy systems with a high share of renewable energy sources and energy storage