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Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) holds significant promise for managing voltage control challenges in simulated power grid environments. However, its real-world application in power system operations remains underexplored. This study…

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The decentralisation and unpredictability of new renewable energy sources require rethinking our energy system. Data-driven approaches, such as reinforcement learning (RL), have emerged as new control strategies for operating these systems,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-11 Marine Cauz , Adrien Bolland , Bardhyl Miftari , Lionel Perret , Christophe Ballif , Nicolas Wyrsch

This paper presents a novel federated reinforcement learning (Fed-RL) methodology to enhance the cyber resiliency of networked microgrids. We formulate a resilient reinforcement learning (RL) training setup which (a) generates episodic…

The exponential growth of digital services has positioned data centers among the most energy-intensive infrastructures in the modern economy, raising critical concerns regarding operational costs, carbon emissions, and the sustainable…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Abderaouf Bahi , Amel Ourici , Hasan Dincer , Serhat Yuksel , Akila Djebbar

Given its substantial contribution of 40\% to global power consumption, the built environment has received increasing attention to serve as a source of flexibility to assist the modern power grid. In that respect, previous research mainly…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-31 Gargya Gokhale , Niels Tiben , Marie-Sophie Verwee , Manu Lahariya , Bert Claessens , Chris Develder

This article proposes a model-based deep reinforcement learning (DRL) method to design emergency control strategies for short-term voltage stability problems in power systems. Recent advances show promising results in model-free DRL-based…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-07 Ramij R. Hossain , Tianzhixi Yin , Yan Du , Renke Huang , Jie Tan , Wenhao Yu , Yuan Liu , Qiuhua Huang

This paper introduces an efficient Residual Reinforcement Learning (RRL) framework for voltage control in active distribution grids. Voltage control remains a critical challenge in distribution grids, where conventional Reinforcement…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-30 Sarra Bouchkati , Ramil Sabirov , Steffen Kortmann , Andreas Ulbig

Power grid operation is becoming increasingly complex due to the rising integration of renewable energy sources and the need for more adaptive control strategies. Reinforcement Learning (RL) has emerged as a promising approach to power…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-16 Erica van der Sar , Alessandro Zocca , Sandjai Bhulai

As power systems are undergoing a significant transformation with more uncertainties, less inertia and closer to operation limits, there is increasing risk of large outages. Thus, there is an imperative need to enhance grid emergency…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-02-08 Renke Huang , Yujiao Chen , Tianzhixi Yin , Qiuhua Huang , Jie Tan , Wenhao Yu , Xinya Li , Ang Li , Yan Du

As an efficient way to integrate multiple distributed energy resources and the user side, a microgrid is mainly faced with the problems of small-scale volatility, uncertainty, intermittency and demand-side uncertainty of DERs. The…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-14 Jinsong Sang , Hongbin Sun , Lei Kou

Transformers are essential components for the reliable operation of power grids. The transformer core is constituted by a ferromagnetic material, and accordingly, depending on the magnetization state, the energization of the transformer can…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-31 Jone Ugarte Valdivielso , Jose I. Aizpurua , Manex Barrenetxea , Brian G. Stewart

With the growing need to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, Eco-driving strategies provide a significant opportunity for additional fuel savings on top of other technological solutions being pursued in the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-16 Lindsey Kerbel , Beshah Ayalew , Andrej Ivanco , Keith Loiselle

This paper presents a multi-agent Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) framework for autonomous control and integration of renewable energy resources into smart power grid systems. In particular, the proposed framework jointly considers demand…

The cost of the power distribution infrastructures is driven by the peak power encountered in the system. Therefore, the distribution network operators consider billing consumers behind a common transformer in the function of their peak…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-01 Wenqi Cai , Hossein N. Esfahani , Arash B. Kordabad , Sébastien Gros

Reinforcement learning (RL) can provide adaptive and scalable controllers essential for power grid decarbonization. However, RL methods struggle with power grids' complex dynamics, long-horizon goals, and hard physical constraints. For…

With the rapid development of distributed renewable energy, multi-microgrids play an increasingly important role in improving the flexibility and reliability of energy supply. Reinforcement learning has shown great potential in coordination…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-22 Rongxiang Zhang , Bo Li , Jinghua Li , Yuguang Song , Ziqing Zhu , Wentao Yang , Zhengmao Li , Edris Pouresmaeil , Joshua Y. Kim

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) is a machine learning-based method suited for complex and high-dimensional control problems. In this study, a real-time control system based on DRL is developed for long-term voltage stability events. The…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-12 Hannes Hagmar , Le Anh Tuan , Robert Eriksson

Traditional control theory-based methods require tailored engineering for each system and constant fine-tuning. In power plant control, one often needs to obtain a precise representation of the system dynamics and carefully design the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-21 Yixuan Sun , Sami Khairy , Richard B. Vilim , Rui Hu , Akshay J. Dave

As sensor networks for health monitoring become more prevalent, so will the need to control their usage and consumption of energy. This paper presents a method which leverages the algorithm's performance and energy consumption. By utilising…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-12-07 Michal Kozlowski , Ryan McConville , Raul Santos-Rodriguez , Robert Piechocki

The rising demand for electricity and its essential nature in today's world calls for intelligent home energy management (HEM) systems that can reduce energy usage. This involves scheduling of loads from peak hours of the day when energy…

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