Distribution System Modeling with Distributed Energy Resources: Local Energy Markets, Aggregators, Grid Services, and Flexibility

Salah Bahramara · Pouria Sheikhahmadi · Gianfranco Chicco

Jun 2025 · Elsevier

About this eBook

Distribution System Modeling with Distributed Energy Resources: Local Energy Markets, Aggregators, Grid Services, and Flexibility utilizes a wide range of modeling approaches to support DER integration into the energy grid. The book opens by introducing basic principles and challenges of modern energy systems and the role of DERs in resolving issues, as well as regulatory considerations and frameworks across a variety of distributions. It goes on to demonstrate and evaluate mathematical modeling and optimizing methods, including robust and adaptive robust methods, the two-stage stochastic method, and bi-level optimization approaches.This theory is then applied to a range of test-cases which use the DER aggregator as either price-maker or price-taker, apply Karush-Kahn-Tucker condition, dual theory approaches, and bilateral contacts, TSO-DSO cooperation, and decision-making tools. With a practical, holistic approach, this book supports graduate students, researchers, and industry engineers in energy systems modeling to design sustainable power grids for the future. - Combines theoretical and practical perspectives - Includes plenty of case studies and examples to illustrate principles - Provides tools and modeling methods for practical decision-making

About the author

Salah Bahramara is currently an Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering at Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch, Sanandaj, Iran. His research interests include flexibility in power systems, distributed energy resources, microgrids, optimization problems.Pouria Sheikhahmadi currently works at the Kurdistan Electricity Power Distribution Company (KEPDC), and as a Research Assistant at the University of Kurdistan, Iran. His research interests include electricity markets, active distribution networks, microgrids, and bi-level optimization. He received his M.Sc. degree from the University of Kurdistan, Iran in 2018.Gianfranco Chicco is a Professor of Electrical Energy Systems at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. He received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the Universities Politehnica of Bucharest and "Gheorghe Asachi of Iasi (Romania) in 2017 and 2018 respectively. He is the Chair of the IEEE R8 Italy Section. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Sustainable Energy Grids and Networks and a Subject Editor of Energy. He was the Conference Chair of WESC 2006, IEEE PES ISGT Europe 2017, UPEC 2020, and Co-Chair of IEEE Eurocon 2023. His research activities include Power System Analysis, Distribution System Analysis and Optimization, Electrical Load Management, Energy Efficiency and Environmental Impact of Multi-Energy Systems, Data Analytics Applied to Power and Energy Systems, and Power Quality.