Peter Palensky is Professor for intelligent electric power grids at TU Delft, Netherlands, where he is head of the Electric Sustainable Energy department, chair of the Intelligent Electrical Power Grids (IEPG) section, chair of the Delft Energy Initiative and scientific director of the PowerWeb Institute. His research group IEPG works on smart electricity systems, while PowerWeb has a broader scope on intelligent and integrated energy. He is engaged in developing methods for intelligent and integrated energy systems. One of his main activities is developing hybrid numerical models and how to describe and use them. Using such models -sometimes called digital twins-, a formerly incomprehensible and complex energy system can be analyzed for efficiency, stability margins, optimality, and other expected features. With his team he works on industry and smart cities, transmission and distribution, security of supply and cyber security, hardware-in-the loop setups and number crunching for future and complex power systems.
