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Personal Statement
Agustí Egea-Àlvarez is a Professor at the electronic & electrical engineering department and a member of the PEDEC (Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Conversion) group. Also, he is Network Operational Perfomance Manager in ScottishPower Energy Networks.
He obtained his BSc, MSc and PhD from the Technical University of Catalonia in Barcelona in 2008, 2010 and 2014 respectively. In 2015 he was a Marie Curie fellow in the China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI). In 2016 he joined Siemens Gamesa as converter control engineer working on grid forming controllers and alternative HVDC schemes for offshore wind farms. He is a member of IEEE, IET and has been involved in several CIGRE working groups.
Research Interests
His current research interests are:
- Grid forming and Virtual Synchronous Machine converter control algorithms.
- Control of Voltage Source Converters to weak grids and low inertia systems.
- Alternative HVDC connection schemes for offshore wind farm.
- Control and operation of DC-DC converters for HVDC systems.
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Early Warning of Oscillations in decarbonised Power Systems - NESO
Hong, Q. (Principal Investigator), Booth, C. (Co-investigator), Dysko, A. (Co-investigator), Egea Alvarez, A. (Co-investigator) & Stephen, B. (Co-investigator)
Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission PLC, National Energy System Operator Limited
1/04/26 → 30/09/27
Project: Research
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A UK–China Joint Effort on Energy Security: Advancing Monitoring and Protection in Decarbonised Distribution Grids via Distributed Sensing (NSFC)
Hong, Q. (Principal Investigator), Dysko, A. (Co-investigator), Egea Alvarez, A. (Co-investigator) & Liu, D. (Co-investigator)
1/01/26 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Assessment of converter control strategies regarding voltage and current source performance
Hackl, P., Egea-Alvarez, A., Harrison, S., Zhang, Z. & Schuerhuber, R., 27 Aug 2026, In: IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution. 20, 1, e70422.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Analysis of grid-forming controllers in distribution networks; communicating the strength of virtual oscillators
Harrison, S., Egea-Àlvarez, A., Hernández, M. D., Mañe, M. C. & Gomis-Bellmunt, O., 1 Mar 2027, In: Electric Power Systems Research. 264, 16 p., 113856.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Virtual Synchronous Machine (VSM) and Power Voltage Current Control + Inertia (PVCCI) Models and Initialisation Scripts
Harrison, S. (Creator) & Egea Alvarez, A. (Supervisor), University of Strathclyde, 6 Oct 2021
DOI: 10.15129/87efe3ab-c349-4354-9f76-aa9b4c21192f
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Data for: "Robustness testing of two impedance estimation techniques in weak grids"
Kervyn de Meerendre, M. (Creator) & Egea Alvarez, A. (Supervisor), University of Strathclyde, 17 Jun 2020
DOI: 10.15129/4a7c2b95-42d0-4d53-bd4e-fc98f1ac2cf0
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Prizes
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Best Paper wind integration workshop 2019
Egea Alvarez, A. (Recipient), 2020
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'Sustainable Impact by Design' Team, Strathclyde Medal
Egea Alvarez, A. (Recipient), Cunningham, M. R. (Recipient), Essex, J. (Recipient), Hendry, M. (Recipient), Ivaturi, A. (Recipient), Somorin, T. (Recipient), Yue, H. (Recipient) & Maddock, C. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems (Journal)
Egea Alvarez, A. (Peer reviewer)
2022Activity: Publication Peer-Review and Editorial Work › Editorial board member
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Demystifying grid forming converters: challenges and opportunities of a new converter control technology
Egea Alvarez, A. (Speaker)
6 Dec 2021Activity: Talk or Presentation › Invited talk