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The alternating current optimal power flow (AC-OPF) problem is critical to power system operations and planning, but it is generally hard to solve due to its nonconvex and large-scale nature. This paper proposes a scalable decomposition…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-12 Shenyinying Tu , Andreas Waechter , Ermin Wei

This paper presents an adaptive stochastic spectral embedding (ASSE) method to solve the probabilistic AC optimal power flow (AC-OPF), a critical aspect of power system operation. The proposed method can efficiently and accurately estimate…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-22 Xiaoting Wang , Jingyu Liu , Xiaozhe Wang

High-level penetration of intermittent renewable energy sources (RESs) has introduced significant uncertainties into modern power systems. In order to rapidly and economically respond to the fluctuations of power system operating state,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-08 Pengfei Wu , Chen Chen , Dexiang Lai , Jian Zhong

Despite significant economic and ecological effects, a higher level of renewable energy generation leads to increased uncertainty and variability in power injections, thus compromising grid reliability. In order to improve power grid…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-24 Aleksander Lukashevich , Vyacheslav Gorchakov , Petr Vorobev , Deepjyoti Deka , Yury Maximov

In real-time applications involving power flow equations, measuring of voltage phase angle difference of the connected buses is essential. However, it needs special techniques to measure voltage angle difference, which may enlarge the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-06-21 Irfan Khan , Vikram Bhattacharjee

Optimal power flow (OPF) is an important tool for Independent System Operators (ISOs) to deal with the power generation management. With the increasing penetration of renewable energy into power grids, challenges arise in tackling the OPF…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-27 Jia Yang , Jun Song , Chaoyue Zhao

This paper proposes a learning-based approach to accelerate the interior-point method (IPM) for solving optimal power flow (OPF) problems by learning the structure of the IPM central path from its early stable iterations. Unlike traditional…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-05 Farshad Amani , Amin Kargarian , Ramachandran Vaidyanathan

In this paper, we develop a distributionally robust chance-constrained formulation of the Optimal Power Flow problem (OPF) whereby the system operator can leverage contextual information. For this purpose, we exploit an ambiguity set based…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-05 Adrián Esteban-Pérez , Juan M. Morales

The energy transition challenges operational tasks based on simulations and optimisation. These computations need to be fast and flexible as the grid is ever-expanding, and renewables' uncertainty requires a flexible operational…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-15 Jochen Stiasny , Jochen Cremer

For a timely decarbonization of our economy, power systems need to accommodate increasing numbers of clean but stochastic resources. This requires new operational methods that internalize this stochasticity to ensure safety and efficiency.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-02 Robert Mieth , H. Vincent Poor

There has been a significant growth of variable renewable generation in the power grid today. However, the industry still uses deterministic optimization to model and solve the optimal power flow (OPF) problem for real-time generation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-02 Xingpeng Li , Qianxue Xia

AC optimal power flow (AC-OPF) problems need to be solved more frequently in the future to maintain stable and economic power system operation. To tackle this challenge, a deep neural network-based voltage-constrained approach (DeepOPF-V)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-20 Wanjun Huang , Xiang Pan , Minghua Chen , Steven H. Low

Expanding on neural operators, we propose a novel framework for stochastic process learning across arbitrary domains. In particular, we develop operator flow matching (OFM) for learning stochastic process priors on function spaces. OFM…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Yaozhong Shi , Zachary E. Ross , Domniki Asimaki , Kamyar Azizzadenesheli

Optimal power flow (OPF) is an important problem for power generation and it is in general non-convex. With the employment of renewable energy, it will be desirable if OPF can be solved very efficiently so its solution can be used in real…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-09-27 Albert Y. S. Lam , Baosen Zhang , David Tse

The coordinated alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) for coupled transmission-distribution grids has become crucial to handle problems related to high penetration of renewable energy sources (RESs). However, obtaining all system…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-04 Wentian Lu , Kaijun Xie , Mingbo Liu , Xiaogang Wang , Lefeng Cheng

We investigate the distributed DC-Optimal Power Flow (DC-OPF) problem for a dynamic and uncertain environment. The unpredictable supply of renewable resources and varying prices of the electricity market are a few factors responsible for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-10 Sushobhan Chatterjee , Rachel Kalpana Kalaimani

In recent years, there has been a huge trend to penetrate renewable energy sources into energy networks. However, these sources introduce uncertain power generation depending on environmental conditions. Therefore, finding 'optimal' and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-26 Erfan Mohagheghi , Abebe Geletu , Nils Bremser , Mansour Alramlawi , Aouss Gabash , Pu Li

Reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms are increasingly used to solve the optimal power flow (OPF) problem. Yet, the question of how to design RL environments to maximize training performance remains unanswered, both for the OPF and the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Thomas Wolgast , Astrid Nieße

Alternative Current Optimal Power Flow (AC-OPF) is essential for efficient power system planning and real-time operation but remains an NP-hard and non-convex optimization problem with significant computational challenges. This paper…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-03 Ze Hu , Ziqing Zhu , Linghua Zhu , Xiang Wei , Siqi Bu , Ka Wing Chan

Energy market rules should incentivize market participants to behave in a market and grid conform way. However, they can also provide incentives for undesired and unexpected strategies if the market design is flawed. Multi-agent…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-02 Thomas Wolgast , Astrid Nieße