This workshop gathers a selected number of international high-profile engineers and scientists to share their experience regarding the main challenges of the power system and their cutting-edge research results about the evolution of power systems. This workshop is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Elias Kyriakides.
Bulk power systems are based on fossil fuels power plants that increase the carbon dioxide emission causing environmental pollution. To achieve a climate neutral economy a complete transformation of the energy sector is needed. In this attempt, a significant amount of the electricity must be produced by unpredictable renewable sources, while huge changes are expected to the demand side due to the electrification of thermal loads and the massive deployment of electric vehicles. These changes can impose stability, quality, and integrity problems for the operation of power systems. In this sense, the smart and green evolution of power systems is required to face these challenges.
Elias Kyriakides was a leading expert in the areas of electric power systems and critical infrastructure systems with an emphasis on wide area monitoring and control, power system operations, and the integration of renewable energy sources. He was a member of the faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department of the University of Cyprus since 2004 and a co-founder of the KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence. Prof. Kyriakides has served as a Coordinator for several national and European projects and a partner in several others. In 2009, he was elected as the Action Chair of the ESF-COST Action IC0806: Intelligent Monitoring, Security, and Control of Critical Infrastructure Systems (IntelliCIS), spanning 30 countries and more than 185 researchers. He served as the Associate Editor for the IEEE Systems Journal and the Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. He was also the Chair of the IEEE Cyprus Section. Prof. Kyriakides was a talented teacher and a great mentor to his numerous students and researchers. His contributions were countless and will remain influential with the passage of time.
The EMPOWER Project is a flagship of Elias’s work for the Cypriot power systems and energy professional community. EMPOWER was also Elias’ vision to have Cyprus among the first power systems in the world to become fully observable at transmission level, using advanced monitoring technology such as phasor measurement units (PMUs).
The Project INTEGRATED/0916/0035 is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research and Innovation Foundation.
