Decarbonisation targets and widespread electrification are reshaping modern power systems, while rapid electric vehicle (EV) adoption adds significant demand to distribution networks. This talk examines accommodating large-scale EV penetration by managing charging and converting EVs from demanding loads into useful grid assets.

The first part studies slow charging in carpark environments and presents a cooperative hierarchical multi-agent system to reduce charging costs in a privacy-preserving manner while satisfying network limits and user needs. The second part addresses fast charging with limited flexibility and presents a model predictive control-based scheduling framework that promotes fairness under a heterogeneous customer mix. The talk concludes with the EV-Grid Integration-Participation-Orchestration vision, detailing how EVs evolve into flexible, coordinated assets supporting renewable transition and energy management.

Dr Saner is a Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore, where he earned his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2024. He also holds MSc degrees in Electrical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and Engineering Business Management from University of Sussex. He completed his BSc in Electrical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University.

His research focuses on modelling, optimisation, and control approaches for sustainable power system operation, with emphasis on EV charging management. His work has appeared in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid and IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, and received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE PES APPEEC 2023. Dr Saner serves on the Executive Committee of the IEEE Power and Energy Society Singapore Chapter.

For more information about the ESD Seminar, please email esd_invite@sutd.edu.sg