The social factors shaping community microgrid operation
Survey-informed models reveal how fairness, essential services and local electricity markets affect emergency energy rationing.
Nature CommunicationsYang Energy Systems Group · SKL-IOTSC
Intelligent energy systems for a resilient world.
We connect operations research, power-system control, machine learning and human behavior to improve how modern energy systems are planned and operated.
About the group
Engineering decisions for energy systems that must work in the real world.
Led by Prof. Yang Yang, the group studies the operation and control of smart energy systems at the University of Macau.
Our research combines mathematical optimization with physical power-system models, machine learning and social data. We work on frequency-secure operation, resilient microgrids, electricity-market design and decision-making under uncertainty.
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Yang Yang · Assistant Professor
Principal investigator
Yang Yang 楊陽
Assistant Professor, State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City and Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau.
His research interests span operations research, power-system operation and control, machine learning, and socio-technical systems.
Our research
From grid physics to human decisions.
Four connected directions shape our work on reliable, efficient and socially aware energy systems.
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Operations Research
Optimization, planning and decision-making under uncertainty.
Power System Operation & Control
Frequency security, reserves, dispatch and system resilience.
Machine Learning
Data-enabled models for energy-system operations and forecasting.
Socio-technical Systems
Behavior, fairness and market rules in community energy systems.
Frequency-secure maintenance and operation
Optimization methods coordinate maintenance, unit commitment and reserves while accounting for uncertain frequency dynamics.
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Systems, models and communities.
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Recent work.
Automatica · Accepted
Online Planning of Power Flows for Power Systems Against Bushfires Using Spatial Context
J. Xu, Q. Sun, Y. Yang, H. Mo, D. Dong
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management · UTD24
Robust Generator Maintenance Schedule for Frequency-Secure Power Systems
Y. Yang, Q. Sun, J. C. H. Peng, Z. Ye, L. C. Tang
Nature Energy · Accepted
Shaping Residential Electricity Demand with Negative Pricing
Y. Yang, G. Raman, J. C. H. Peng
Nature Communications · 15, 6451
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The Social Factors Shaping Community Microgrid Operation
G. Raman, Y. Yang, J. C. H. Peng
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