DIISM Smart Grids Research Group

Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics

University of Siena

Smart Grids Research Group

1 People
2 Research topics
3 International collaborations
4 Projects
5 Awards
6 Publications

1 People

Faculty: Antonio Vicino, Andrea Garulli, Gianni Bianchini, Marco Casini, Antonio Giannitrapani, Simone Paoletti, Giovanni Gino Zanvettor
PhD students: Marta Stentati
Research associates: Milad Gholami
Former PhD students: Martina Bucciarelli, Daniele Pepe, Iacopo Savelli, Donato Zarrilli

2 Research topics

Current research focuses on the following topics:

Load, flexibility and renewables forecasting
Optimal bidding strategies for renewable power producers operating in electricity markets
Planning and operation of energy storage systems in electricity distribution networks
Optimal control of HVAC systems in buildings
Optimization techniques for load scheduling in households
Demand response aggregation for electricity markets
Electricity markets and power system economics
Energy communities and community microgrids
Optimal charging policies for plug-in electric vehicles

3 International collaborations

Bertrand Cornélusse, University of Liège, Belgium
Emiliano Dall'Anese, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA
Roy S. Smith, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

4 Projects

4.1 European Projects

"ADDRESS - Active distribution networks with full integration of demand and distributed energy resources"
European Commission, 7th Framework Programme, 2008-13.

4.2 National Projects

"MAGO - Monitoring and control of active distribution grid operation"
Siemens S.p.A., 2011-14.

5 Awards

Cristina Francioni, 2014 "Renato Mariani" award for graduated students in Engineering Master's programmes at the universities of Firenze, Pisa, Siena and Perugia
Title of the Master's thesis: "Metodologie per l'allocazione di sistemi di accumulo di energia su reti elettriche di bassa tensione"
Daniele Pepe, 2016 "Renato Mariani" award for graduated students in Engineering Master's programmes at the universities of Firenze, Pisa, Siena and Perugia
Title of the Master's thesis: "Model estimation for photovoltaic power generation forecasting on cloudy days"
Martina Bucciarelli, 2017 "Renato Mariani" award for graduated students in Engineering Master's programmes at the universities of Firenze, Pisa, Siena and Perugia
Title of the Master's thesis: "Dimensionamento di sistemi di accumulo di energia elettrica in reti di distribuzione attive"
Donato Zarrilli, 2017 SIDRA award for the best PhD theses in Systems and Control Engineering defended in Italian universities
Title of the PhD thesis: "Integration of low carbon technologies in smart grids - Planning, optimization and control for renewables, demand response and energy storage"
Also awarded publication in the Springer Thesis Series.
Giovanni Gino Zanvettor, 2018 "Renato Mariani" award for graduated students in Engineering Master's programmes at the universities of Firenze, Pisa, Siena and Perugia
Title of the Master's thesis: "An Integrated MPC approach for demand-response, HVAC and storage operation in smart buildings"

6 Publications

6.1 Books

	b.1	Losi, A., Mancarella, P., Vicino, A., Eds., "Integration of demand response into the electricity chain: Challenges, opportunities and smart grid solutions." Wiley-ISTE, 2015. doi: 10.1002/9781119245636
	b.2	Zarrilli, D., "Integration of low carbon technologies in smart grids." Ser. Springer Thesis, Springer Int. Publishing, 2019. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-98358-5

6.2 Book chapters

	e.1	Agnetis, A., Delgado Espinós, I., Jimeno Huarte, J., Pranzo, M., Vicino, A., "Active consumer characterization and aggregation." In: Integration of Demand Response into the Electricity Chain: Challenges, Opportunities and Smart Grid Solutions, Losi, A., Mancarella, P., Vicino, A., Eds., pp. 11-39, Wiley-ISTE, 2015. doi: 10.1002/9781119245636.ch2
	e.2	Agnetis, A., Brown, C., Detti, P., Jimeno Huarte, J., Vicino, A., "Distributed intelligence at the consumer’s premises." In: Integration of Demand Response into the Electricity Chain: Challenges, Opportunities and Smart Grid Solutions, Losi, A., Mancarella, P., Vicino, A., Eds., pp. 41-63, Wiley-ISTE, 2015. doi: 10.1002/9781119245636.ch3
	e.3	Consiglio, L., Di Fazio, A.R., Paoletti, S., Russo, M., Timbus, A., Valtorta, G., "Distribution control center: New requirements and functionalities." In: Integration of Demand Response into the Electricity Chain: Challenges, Opportunities and Smart Grid Solutions, Losi, A., Mancarella, P., Vicino, A., Eds., pp. 65-87, Wiley-ISTE, 2015. doi: 10.1002/9781119245636.ch4
	e.4	Losi, A., Mancarella, P., Vicino, A., "Looking forward: Gaps and enablers for wide scale demand response deployment." In: Integration of Demand Response into the Electricity Chain: Challenges, Opportunities and Smart Grid Solutions, Losi, A., Mancarella, P., Vicino, A., Eds., pp. 241-254, Wiley-ISTE, 2015. doi: 10.1002/9781119245636.ch10
	e.5	Bucciarelli, M., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., "Stochastic optimization for energy storage allocation in smart grids in the presence of uncertainty." In: Uncertainty in Complex Networked Systems, Basar, T., Ed., pp. 323-347, Birkhäuser, 2018. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-04630-9_9

6.3 International journal papers

	j.1	Agnetis, A., De Pascale, G., Detti, P., Vicino, A., "Load scheduling for household energy consumption optimization." IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 2364-2373, 2013. doi: 10.1109/TSG.2013.2254506
	j.2	Garulli, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., "Models and techniques for electric load forecasting in the presence of demand response." IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 1087-1097, 2015. doi: 10.1109/TCST.2014.2361807
	j.3	Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., Zarrilli, D., "Bidding wind energy exploiting wind speed forecasts." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 2647-2656, 2016. doi: 10.1109/TPWRS.2015.2477942
	j.4	Bianchini, G., Casini, M., Vicino, A., Zarrilli, D., "Demand-response in building heating systems: A model predictive control Approach." Applied Energy, vol. 168, pp. 159-170, 2016. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.01.088
	j.5	Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., Zarrilli, D., "Optimal allocation of energy storage systems for voltage control in LV distribution networks." IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 2859-2870, 2017. doi: 10.1109/TSG.2016.2602480
	j.6	Zarrilli, D., Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., "Energy storage operation for voltage control in distribution networks: A receding horizon approach." IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 599-609, 2018. doi: 10.1109/TCST.2017.2692719
	j.7	Pepe, D., Bianchini, G., Vicino, A., "Model estimation for solar generation forecasting using cloud cover data." Solar Energy, vol. 157, pp. 1032-1046, 2017. doi: 10.1016/j.solener.2017.08.086
	j.8	Savelli, I., Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., "An optimization model for the electricity market clearing problem with uniform purchase price and zonal selling prices." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 2864-2873, 2018. doi: 10.1109/TPWRS.2017.2751258
	j.9	Bucciarelli, M., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., "Optimal sizing of energy storage systems under uncertain demand and generation." Applied Energy, vol. 225, pp. 611-621, 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.03.153
	j.10	Savelli, I., Cornélusse, B., Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., "A new approach to electricity market clearing with uniform purchase price and curtailable block orders." Applied Energy, vol. 226, pp. 618-630, 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.06.003
	j.11	Bianchini, G., Casini, M., Pepe, D., Vicino, A., Zanvettor, G. G., "An integrated model predictive control approach for optimal HVAC and energy storage operation in large-scale buildings." Applied Energy, vol. 240, pp. 327-340, 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.01.187
	j.12	Cornélusse, B., Savelli, I., Paoletti, S., Giannitrapani, A., Vicino, A., "A community microgrid architecture with an internal local market." Applied Energy, vol. 242, pp. 547-560, 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.03.109
	j.13	Casini, M., Zanvettor, G. G., Kovjanic, M., Vicino, A., "Optimal energy management and control of an industrial microgrid with plug-in electric vehicles." IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 101729-101740, 2019. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2930274
	j.14	Bianchini, G., Pepe, D., Vicino, A., "Estimation of photovoltaic generation forecasting models using limited information." Automatica, vol. 113 (108688), 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.automatica.2019.108688
	j.15	Casini, M., Vicino, A., Zanvettor, G. G., "A receding horizon approach to peak power minimization for EV charging stations in the presence of uncertainty." International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol. 126 - part A (106567), 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2020.106567
	j.16	Casini, M., Vicino, A., Zanvettor, G. G., "A chance constraint approach to peak mitigation in electric vehicle charging stations." Automatica, vol. 131 (109746), 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.automatica.2021.109746
	j.17	Zanvettor, G. G., Casini, M., Smith, R. S., Vicino, A., "Stochastic energy pricing of an electric vehicle parking lot." IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 3069-3081, 2022. doi: 10.1109/TSG.2022.3160229

6.4 International conference papers

	c.1	Agnetis, A., Dellino, G., De Pascale, G., Innocenti, G., Pranzo, M., Vicino, A., "Optimization models for consumer flexibility aggregation in smart grids: The ADDRESS approach." 1st IEEE International Workshop on Smart Grid Modeling and Simulation, pp. 96-101, Oct. 2011. doi: 10.1109/SGMS.2011.6089206
	c.2	Paoletti, S., Casini, M., Giannitrapani, A., Facchini, A., Garulli, A., Vicino, A., "Load forecasting for active distribution networks." 2nd IEEE PES International Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, Dec. 2011. doi: 10.1109/ISGTEurope.2011.6162780
	c.3	Agnetis, A., Dellino, G., Detti, P., Innocenti, G., De Pascale, G., Vicino, A., "Appliance operation scheduling for electricity consumption optimization." Joint 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and 2011 European Control Conference, pp. 5899-5904, Dec. 2011. doi: 10.1109/CDC.2011.6160450
	c.4	Koponen, P., Ikaheimo, J., Vicino, A., Agnetis, A., De Pascale, G., Ruiz Carames, N., Jimeno, J., Sanchez-Ubeda, E.F., Garcia-Gonzalez, P., Cossent, R., "Toolbox for aggregator of flexible demand." 2012 IEEE International Energy Conference and Exhibition, pp. 623-628, Sep. 2012. doi: 10.1109/EnergyCon.2012.6348227
	c.5	Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., Zima, M., Timbus, A., Quadrelli, A., Petretto, G., Scalari, S., "Forecasting and validation tools for distribution networks with Active Demand." 2012 IEEE International Energy Conference and Exhibition, pp. 641-646, Sep. 2012. doi: 10.1109/EnergyCon.2012.6348231
	c.6	Valtorta, G., Consiglio, L., Morozova, E., Naso, F., Yarza Narro, J.M., Vlug, N., Glorieux, L., Timbus, A., Paoletti, S., "Medium voltage network control centre functionalities to enable and exploit active Demand." 2012 IEEE International Energy Conference and Exhibition, pp. 647-651, Sep. 2012. doi: 10.1109/EnergyCon.2012.6348232
	c.7	Paoletti, S., Garulli, A., Vicino, A., "Electric load forecasting in the presence of Active Demand." 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2395-2400, Dec. 2012. doi: 10.1109/CDC.2012.6426395
	c.8	Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., Zarrilli, D., "Optimal bidding strategies for wind power producers with meteorological forecasts". 2013 SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, pp. 13-20, Jul. 2013.
	c.9	Bianchini, G., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., Corti, F., Nebiacolombo, F., "Model estimation of photovoltaic power generation using partial information." 4th IEEE PES International Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, Oct. 2013. doi: 10.1109/ISGTEurope.2013.6695363
	c.10	Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., Zarrilli, D., "Exploiting weather forecasts for sizing photovoltaic energy bids." 4th IEEE PES International Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, Oct. 2013. doi: 10.1109/ISGTEurope.2013.6695355
	c.11	Bianchini, G., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., Corti, F., Nebiacolombo, F., "Estimation of a simple model of solar power generation using partial information." 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 996-1000, Dec. 2013. doi: 10.1109/CDC.2013.6760012
	c.12	Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., Zarrilli, D., "Wind power bidding in a soft penalty market." 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1013-1018, Dec. 2013. doi: 10.1109/CDC.2013.6760015
	c.13	Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., Zarrilli, D., "Bidding strategies for renewable energy generation with non stationary statistics." 19th IFAC World Congress, pp. 10784-10789, Aug. 2014. doi: 10.3182/20140824-6-ZA-1003.01268
	c.14	Moscetti, F., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., "Analysis and models of electricity prices in the Italian Ancillary Services Market." 5th IEEE PES International Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, Oct. 2014. doi: 10.1109/ISGTEurope.2014.7028755
	c.15	Bianchini, G., Casini, M., Vicino, A., Zarrilli, D., "Receding horizon control for demand-response operation of building heating systems." 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4862-4867, Dec. 2014. doi: 10.1109/CDC.2014.7040148
	c.16	Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., Zarrilli, D., "Computational methods for technical validation of demand response products." 15th IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, pp. 117-122, Jun. 2015. doi: 10.1109/EEEIC.2015.7165485
	c.17	Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., Zarrilli, D., "Algorithms for placement and sizing of energy storage systems in low voltage networks." 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 3945-3950, Dec. 2015. doi: 10.1109/CDC.2015.7402832
	c.18	Pepe, D., Bianchini, G., Vicino, A., "Model estimation for PV generation forecasting using cloud cover information." 2016 IEEE International Energy Conference and Exhibition, Apr. 2016. doi: 10.1109/ENERGYCON.2016.7513967
	c.19	Bucciarelli, M., Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., Zarrilli, D., "Energy storage sizing for voltage control in LV networks under uncertainty on PV generation." 2nd IEEE International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry Leveraging a Better Tomorrow, Sep. 2016. doi: 10.1109/RTSI.2016.7740580
	c.20	Zarrilli, D., Vicino, A., Mancarella, P., "Sharing energy resources in distribution networks: An initial investigation through OPF studies." 6th IEEE PES International Conference and Exhibition on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Asia, pp. 306-311, Nov. 2016. doi: 10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2016.7796403
	c.21	Zarrilli, D., Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., "Receding horizon voltage control in LV networks with energy storage." 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 7496-7501, Dec. 2016. doi: 10.1109/CDC.2016.7799427
	c.22	Bucciarelli, M., Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., Zarrilli, D., "Sizing of energy storage systems considering uncertainty on demand and generation." 20th IFAC World Congress, pp. 8861-8866, Jul. 2017. doi: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.1543
	c.23	Savelli, I., Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., "An exact solution to the market clearing problem with uniform purchase price." 7th IEEE PES International Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, Sep. 2017. doi: 10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260128
	c.24	Bucciarelli, M., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., "A scenario reduction approach for optimal sizing of energy storage systems in power distribution networks." 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4497-4502, Dec. 2017. doi: 10.1109/CDC.2017.8264322
	c.25	Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., Zarrilli, D., "Coordinated control of on-load tap changer and energy storage systems for voltage support in distribution networks." 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 825-830, Dec. 2017. doi: 10.1109/CDC.2017.8263762
	c.26	Bianchini, G., Casini, M., Pepe, D., Vicino, A., Zanvettor, G. G., "An integrated MPC approach for demand-response heating and energy storage operation in smart buildings." 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 3865-3870, Dec. 2017. doi: 10.1109/CDC.2017.8264228
	c.27	Pepe, D., Bianchini, G., Vicino, A., "Estimating PV forecasting models from power data." 2018 IEEE International Energy Conference and Exhibition, Jun. 2018. doi: 10.1109/ENERGYCON.2018.8398827
	c.28	Antonini, F., Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., "Optimal management of energy storage systems for residential customers with photovoltaic generation." 2018 IEEE International Energy Conference and Exhibition, Jun. 2018. doi: 10.1109/ENERGYCON.2018.8398806
	c.29	Savelli, I., Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., Cornélusse, B., "Introducing block orders in the Italian day-ahead electricity market." 15th International Conference on the European Energy Market, Jun. 2018. doi: 10.1109/EEM.2018.8469858
	c.30	Bucciarelli, M., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., "A scenario-based framework for technical validation of demand response." 8th IEEE PES International Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, Oct. 2018. doi: 10.1109/ISGTEurope.2018.8571424
	c.31	Savelli, I., Cornélusse, B., Paoletti, S., Giannitrapani, A., Vicino, A., "A local market model for community microgrids" 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2982-2987, Dec. 2019. doi: 10.1109/CDC40024.2019.9029414
	c.32	Casini, M., Vicino, A., Zanvettor, G. G., "A distributionally robust joint chance constraint approach to smart charging of plug-in electric vehicles." 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4222-4227, Dec. 2019. doi: 10.1109/CDC40024.2019.9029763
	c.33	Bucciarelli, M., Paoletti, S., Dall'Anese, E., Vicino, A., "On the greedy placement of energy storage systems in distribution grids." 2020 American Control Conference, pp. 1280-1285, Jul. 2019. doi: 10.23919/ACC45564.2020.9148024
	c.34	Dumas, J., Cornélusse, B., Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., "Stochastic and deterministic formulations for capacity firming nominations." 16th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, Aug. 2020. doi: 10.1109/PMAPS47429.2020.9183646
	c.35	Dumas, J., Cornélusse, B., Fettweis, X., Giannitrapani, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., "Probabilistic forecasting for sizing in the capacity firming framework." 2021 IEEE PowerTech, Jun. 2021. doi: 10.1109/PowerTech46648.2021.9494947

6.5 National journal papers

r.1

Valtorta, G., Di Marino, E., Russo, M., Losi, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., "I distributori di energia elettrica e la domanda attiva." Rivista Ufficiale AEIT, vol. 10, pp. 6-11, 2014.

6.6 National conference papers

	a.1	Paoletti, S., Quadrelli, A., Casini, M., Giannitrapani, A., Vicino, A., Facchini, A., Garulli, A., Rossi, R., Petretto, G., Scalari, S., "Predizione del carico e della generazione distribuita per reti di distribuzione attive." 2011 AEIT Annual Conference, Jun. 2011.
	a.2	Valtorta, G., Di Marino, E., Russo, M., Losi, A., Paoletti, S., Vicino, A., "DSOs and Active Demand: ADDRESS project outcomes and perspectives." 2013 AEIT Annual Conference, Oct. 2013. doi: 10.1109/AEIT.2013.6666787
	a.3	Bianchini, G., Casini, M., Pepe, D., Vicino, A., Zanvettor, G. G., "Optimal demand-response operation of heating and energy storage in smart buildings." 2017 AEIT Annual Conference, Sep. 2017. doi: 10.23919/AEIT.2017.8240555

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