[TC Webinar] Power Grids Resilience Towards Extreme Weather Events
Wednesday 17 September 2025 at 3:00 PM CET, 9:00 AM EDT
By Joao Martins (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NOVA School of Sciences and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)
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Abstract:
The increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events, due to climate change, poses significant challenges to the resilience of power grids globally. Ensuring the reliability and robustness of these critical infrastructures has become a paramount concern for utility operators, policymakers and stakeholders. Multifaceted strategies are necessary to enhance the resilience of power grids against extreme weather phenomena, such as hurricanes, floods, heatwaves, and ice storms. Key approaches include the hardening of physical infrastructure, the integration of advanced grid technologies, the implementation of robust grid management practices, and the adoption of adaptive and proactive maintenance protocols. The deployment of distributed energy resources, the enhancement of microgrids and renewable energy systems, offers a great potential to increase localised power stability during centralised grid failures. Real data based impact forecast is a valuable tool in order to help Distribution System Operators better planning their long term investments in order to increase power grids resilience.
Presenter’s bio:
Prof. Martins received his MsC in 1996 and his PhD in 2003 from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal. Currently he is a Full Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NOVA School of Sciences and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. João Martins is senior researcher at UNINOVA-CTS, Portugal, where he coordinates the Energy Efficiency Group and integrates the Board of Directors. He is the co-author of more than 100 scientific articles in refereed journals and books and more than 200 articles in refereed conference proceedings. João Martins is an active member in various program committees of scientific conferences and serves as an associate editor of IEEE IES Industrial Electronics Magazine, Elsevier Sustainable Cities, IET Power Electronics and Society and Electric Power Components and Systems. He was and is involved as member and/or project coordinator in several national and international research projects. In addition, he is an evaluator of research proposals and projects for several national and European funding agencies. João Martins is a senior member of IEEE, member of CIGRE, effective member of Engineers Association (Portugal) and founding member of the Portuguese Society for Education in Engineering (SPEE). His research interests are mainly in energy efficiency, alternative energies and power quality, intelligent and energy efficient buildings, heritage buildings, energy awareness, smart grid renewables integration.