Increasing the hosting capacity of renewables, electrification of transportation, and the large-scale implementation of green hydrogen generation plants, are identified as key solutions to help meet net-zero emission targets. Yet, the mass deployment of low-carbon technologies is creating a paradigm shift in the way energy is generated, traded, distributed, and utilized and is accompanied by serious implementation challenges.
In this presentation, examples of the integration challenges for decarbonized energy and transport systems are briefly highlighted. An overview is given for the different configuration design options to electrify public bus fleets and new systematic and effective techniques are introduced to optimize these design options. Aspects related to the operation mechanisms of electric bus batteries and the potential participation of such aggregated battery storage systems in the provision of grid services are also discussed. Further, the presentation gives an overview about the available green hydrogen generation technologies and introduces novel mathematical techniques to optimize the configuration design and energy management systems of MW-scale water electrolysis and its associated storage and transportation systems for both on-site and off-site hydrogen systems. Ongoing research activities and future directions are also highlighted.
About the speaker
Hany E. Z. Farag (PhD, P.Eng, SMIEEE)–received the B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, in 2004 and 2007, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Waterloo, in 2013.
Since July 2013, he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, where he is currently an Associate Professor and York Research Chair in Integrated Smart Energy Grids. Dr. Farag is a Registered Professional Engineer in Ontario and a recipient of the Early Researcher Award (ERA) from the government of Ontario.
He is the principal investigator of over $3M projects funded from NSERC, Ontario Gov., MITACS, and several industry partners such as the IESO, Alectra Inc., EDA, TROES Inc., CUTRIC, and Hydrogenics.
His current research interests include the integration of distributed and renewable energy resources, transportation electrification, green hydrogen generation and storage, modeling, analysis, and design of microgrids, and applications of multi-agent, and blockchain technologies in smart grids.