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The integration of renewable sources poses challenges at the operational and economic levels of the power grid. In terms of keeping the balance between supply and demand, the usual scheme of supply following load may not be appropriate for…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-04-07 Ashutosh Nayyar , Matias Negrete-Pincetic , Kameshwar Poolla , Pravin Varaiya

Data centers have emerged as promising resources for demand response, particularly for emergency demand response (EDR), which saves the power grid from incurring blackouts during emergency situations. However, currently, data centers…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-04-29 Niangjun Chen , Xiaoqi Ren , Shaolei Ren , Adam Wierman

Cloud providers, like Amazon, offer their data centers' computational and storage capacities for lease to paying customers. High electricity consumption, associated with running a data center, not only reflects on its carbon footprint, but…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2011-02-16 Michele Mazzucco , Dmytro Dyachuk , Ralph Deters

A major challenge to implementing residential demand response is that of aligning the objectives of many households, each of which aims to minimize its payments and maximize its comfort level, while balancing this with the objectives of an…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Sleiman Mhanna , Archie Chapman , Gregor Verbic

It is known that demand and supply power balancing is an essential method to operate power delivery system and prevent blackouts caused by power shortage. In this paper, we focus on the implementation of demand response strategy to save…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-06-16 Kei Sakaguchi , Van Ky Nguyen , Yu Tao , Gia Khanh Tran , Kiyomichi Araki

The cloud datacenter has numerous hosts as well as application requests where resources are dynamic. The demands placed on the resource allocation are diverse. These factors could lead to load imbalances, which affect scheduling efficiency…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-11-07 Sakshi Chhabra , Ashutosh Kumar Singh

Recent increase in energy prices has led researchers to find better ways for capacity provisioning in data centers to reduce energy wastage due to the variation in workload. This paper explores the opportunity for cost saving utilizing the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Muhammad Abdullah Adnan , Ryo Sugihara , Yan Ma , Rajesh Gupta

The limited capacity of distribution grids for hosting renewable generation is one of the main challenges towards the energy transition. Local energy markets, enabling direct exchange of energy between prosumers, help to integrate the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-07-26 José Horta , Daniel Kofman , David Menga , Mathieu Caujolle

Improving the reliability of power distribution systems is critically important for both utilities and customers. This calls for an efficient service restoration module within a distribution management system to support the implementation…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-20 Shiva Poudel , Anamika Dubey

Recent boom in foundation models and AI computing have raised growing concerns on the power and energy trajectories of large-scale data centers. This paper focuses on the voltage issues caused by volatile and intensity of data center power…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-10 Yize Chen , Baosen Zhang

The Cloud Computing paradigm consists in providing customers with virtual services of the quality which meets customers' requirements. A cloud service operator is interested in using his infrastructure in the most efficient way while…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-03-04 Thomas Carli , Stéphane Henriot , Johanne Cohen , Joanna Tomasik

Renewable sources are taking center stage in electricity generation. However, matching supply with demand in a renewable-rich system is a difficult task due to the intermittent nature of renewable resources (wind, solar, etc.). As a result,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-02 Haris Mansoor , Naveed Arshad

Data centers form a key part of the infrastructure upon which a variety of information technology services are built. They provide the capabilities of centralized repository for storage, management, networking and dissemination of data.…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2012-06-06 Mueen Uddin , Azizah Abdul Rahman

In this paper, we consider the expansion of power grids under emerging large loads from data centers and electrified manufacturing. We develop a multi-period grid capacity expansion model to determine optimal investment profiles for power…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-29 Jiyong Lee , Melody Agustin , Joanne Langsdorf , Erhan Kutanolgu , Michael Baldea , Ilias Mitrai

To coordinate resources among multi-level stakeholders and enhance the integration of electric vehicles (EVs) into multi-microgrids, this study proposes an optimal dispatch strategy within a multi-microgrid cooperative alliance using a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-08 Yonghui Nie , Zhi Li , Jie Zhang , Lei Gao , Yang Li , Hengyu Zhou

Economic dispatch problem for a networked power system has been considered. The objective is to minimize the total generation cost while meeting the overall supply-demand balance and generation capacity. In particular, a more practical…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-05-01 Seungjoon Lee , Hyungbo Shim

The distribution of electrical energy faces global challenges, such as increasing demand, the integration of distributed generation, high energy losses, and the need to improve service quality. In particular, load imbalance-where loads are…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-08-18 Juan M. Bordón , Victor A. Jimenez , Adrian Will

Electric vehicle (EV) charging stations have experienced rapid growth, whose impacts on the power grid have become non-negligible. Though charging stations can install energy storage to reduce their impacts on the grid, the conventional…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-21 Dongxiang Yan , Yue Chen

This paper addresses a central challenge of jointly considering shorter-term (e.g. hourly) and longer-term (e.g. yearly) uncertainties in power system planning with increasing penetration of renewable and storage resources. In conventional…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-13 Chao Yan , Xinbo Geng , Zhaohong Bie , Le Xie

This study focusses on self-balancing microgrids to smartly utilize and prevent overdrawing of available power capacity of the grid. A distributed framework for automated distribution of optimal power demand is proposed, where all building…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-01-20 Meenakshi Chatterjee