EPSRC CASE PhD Scholarship

This PhD studentship, titled 'Investigating the impact of subharmonics induced by inverter-based resources to enable a renewables-led future power grid', is funded by an EPSRC Industrial Doctoral Landscape Award (IDLA) and industrial partner EDF Renewables UK&I. The project addresses a critical knowledge gap in understanding and mitigating subharmonic phenomena arising from the increased penetration of inverter-based resources (IBRs) such as solar and wind generation. The student will work closely with staff at EDF and benefit from their mentoring and supervision. The project aims to investigate the causes of subharmonic phenomena that appear unexpectedly in renewable energy systems, develop new models that can capture these behaviors, and design control methods to alleviate their effects. The research will take place in the Control and Power group at Imperial College London, which is ranked 3rd in the world (1st in Europe) in Automation and Control. The student will develop an in-depth understanding of large-scale nonlinear IBR models and investigate novel modeling techniques for large-scale multi-physics models with a focus on isolating and correcting grid sub-harmonic behavior. The project will be supervised by Dr. Giordano Scarciotti (Imperial - Academic Supervisor), Dr James Wylie (EDF Renewables - Industrial Supervisor), and Dr Frank Tutu (EDF R&D UK - Industrial Supervisor). The research offers the opportunity to tackle cutting-edge challenges in renewable energy integration, working at the forefront of power and nonlinear systems research while collaborating with world-class researchers and industry leaders.