Principles of Modeling, Simulation, and Control for Electric Energy Systems

As taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Spring 2021

As global energy demand grows, to mitigate climate change we must drive a swift
transition to clean energy resources and enhanced electric power grid
infrastructure.

In this course, you will explore systemic principles of future electric power system
management, such as the role of smart grids, data-enabled machine learning,
power electronics-control, and data-driven decision-making. You will learn how
energy technologies, including intermittent renewable energy technologies, can
be modeled and controlled at both the component and system level to achieve
sustainable, well-functioning, and economically sound results.

You will also learn about assumptions underlying today’s hierarchical control and
the innovations needed to support end-to-end flexible efficient electricity services
by conventional and new resources. A particular emphasis is on data-enabled
distributed cooperative systems solutions.

Throughout, you will examine examples of real-world industry problems and

solutions, such as methods for achieving stable integration of diverse power
resources, demand response, and fast storage at reasonable cost. Modeling can
be used for developing the next generation software needed to operate these
systems, and for implementing incentives for new technologies in electric energy
markets.