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Personal profile
Research Interests
- Power system planning and operation and 'smart grids'
- Power system economics, markets and regulation
- Energy policy and energy system modelling
- Managing risk in power systems and use of statistical methods and intelligent systems
- Grid integration of renewables
Personal Statement
Keith Bell joined the University of Strathclyde in 2005 having previously worked as a researcher in Bath, Manchester and Naples and as a system development engineer in the electricity supply industry in Britain. He was appointed to the ScottishPower Chair in Smart Grids in late 2013 and became one of the co-Directors of the UK Energy Research Centre in 2014. In July 2018, along with Ian Cotton, he became Scientific Director of the Electrical Infrastructure Research Hub established by the University of Strathclyde with the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and the University of Manchester and, in April 2019, became a member of the Committee on Climate Change. He is an invited expert member of CIGRE Study Committee C1 on System Development and Economics, a member of the Executive Board of the Power Systems Computation Conference and a member of the Executive Committee of the IET Power Academy, an initiative to promote electric power engineering as a graduate career in the UK. He is a Chartered Engineer and, at different times, has advised the Scottish Government, the Republic of Ireland government, Ofgem and the UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on power systems issues as well as being active in a number of engineering research projects in collaboration with UK and European industry and academic partners.
Teaching Interests
- Contributor to EE576/976 (Power System Economics, Markets and Asset Management)
- Module registar for EE807 (Managing Risk and Uncertainty in Grid Operation) delivered within the Centre for Doctoral Training on Future Networks
- Contributor to EE986 (Assignment and Professional Studies)
- Supervisor of 4th year undergraduate projects, MSc projects, and projects in the Centres for Doctoral Training on Wind Energy Systems and Future Networks
- Strathclyde representative on the IET Power Academy Executive
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Bath
Award Date: 1 Jan 1995
Bachelor of Engineering, University of Bath
Award Date: 1 Jan 1990
External positions
co-Director, UK Energy Research Centre
May 2014 → Apr 2019Fingerprint
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Projects
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Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee of the Scottish Parliament
25/02/20 → …
Project: Knowledge Exchange (Expert Witness)
Research output
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Assessing the value of increasing GB interconnection
Bukhsh, W., MacIver, C. & Bell, K., 31 Jan 2021, In: Electric Power Systems Research. 190, 8 p., 106691.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The impact of interconnectors on the GB electricity sector and European carbon emissions
MacIver, C., Bukhsh, W. & Bell, K., 6 Feb 2021, In: Energy Policy. 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
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SP Energy Networks 'Flexible Networks' Electricity Distribution System Measurements
Elders, I. (Creator), Bell, K. (Supervisor), Collinson, A. (Rights Holder) & Peat, W. (Rights Holder), University of Strathclyde, 30 Mar 2017
http://www.spenergynetworks.co.uk/pages/flexible_networks_for_a_low_carbon_future.asp and 2 more links, https://moss.strath.ac.uk/eee/team/SPEN-FN/SitePages/Home.aspx, https://www.spenergynetworks.co.uk/pages/flexible_network_data_share.aspx (show fewer)
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Prizes
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CIGRE Technical Committee Award
Bell, Keith (Recipient), Dec 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Bell, Keith (Recipient), 3 Mar 2020
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities
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Ofgem Invited Session (Research Hub Seminar): Presenting new evidence on heat decarbonisation (virtual)
Jack Flower (Speaker), Keith Bell (Contributor) & Graeme Hawker (Contributor)
21 Sep 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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2020 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM2020
Keith Bell (Invited speaker)
4 Aug 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference