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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
UK
2022

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
86
Citations
36736
World Ranking
354
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2005 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to renewable energy systems.

Overview

Nick Jenkins is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom, specializing in engineering with a distinct focus on electrical and electronic engineering, control and systems engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, surgery, and energy engineering and power technology.

Their research topics encompass a range of areas related to energy systems and technologies, including:

  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Microgrid Control and Optimization
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Smart Grid Energy Management
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Phase Change Materials Research

Nick Jenkins has published extensively in venues such as Applied Energy, with four publications, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (four publications), British Journalism Review (three publications), IET Energy Systems Integration (two publications), and Energy (two publications).

Their recent papers include:

  • The implications of ambitious decarbonisation of heat and road transport for Britain's net zero carbon energy systems, 2021, Applied Energy
  • Blockchain Enabled Decentralized Local Electricity Markets With Flexibility From Heating Sources, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
  • Revenue stacking for behind the meter battery storage in energy and ancillary services markets, 2022, Electric Power Systems Research
  • Quantifying the value of distributed battery storage to the operation of a low carbon power system, 2021, Applied Energy
  • Two-layer optimal scheduling of integrated electric-hydrogen energy system with seasonal energy storage, 2024, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Frequent co-authors of Nick Jenkins include:

  • Meysam Qadrdan
  • Jianzhong Wu
  • Janaka Ekanayake
  • Carlos E. Ugalde-Loo
  • Mark P.S. Krekeler

Nick Jenkins has contributed to book publications with:

  • Microgrids and Local Energy Systems, published by IntechOpen in 2021
  • Renewable Energy Engineering, published by Cambridge University Press in 2024

In 2005, Nick Jenkins was awarded the IEEE Fellow recognition for contributions to renewable energy systems.

Best Publications

  • Wind Energy Handbook

    Tony Burton;David Sharpe;Nicholas Jenkins;Ervin Bossanyi

  • Integrating distributed generation into electric power systems: A review of drivers, challenges and opportunities

    J.A. Peças Lopes;N. Hatziargyriou;J. Mutale;P. Djapic

  • Wind Energy Handbook: Burton/Wind Energy Handbook

    Tony Burton;Nick Jenkins;David Sharpe;Ervin Bossanyi

  • Dynamic modeling of doubly fed induction generator wind turbines

    J.B. Ekanayake;L. Holdsworth;XueGuang Wu;N. Jenkins

  • Wind Energy Generation: Modelling and Control

    O. Anaya-Lara;N. Jenkins;Janaka Ekanayake;Phill Cartwright

  • Comparison of the response of doubly fed and fixed-speed induction generator wind turbines to changes in network frequency

    J. Ekanayake;N. Jenkins

  • Frequency support from doubly fed induction generator wind turbines

    G. Ramtharan;Janaka Bandara Ekanayake;Nicholas Jenkins

  • Combined analysis of electricity and heat networks

    Xuezhi Liu;Nicholas Jenkins;Jianzhong Wu;Audrius Bagdanavicius

  • Comparison of fixed speed and doubly-fed induction wind turbines during power system disturbances

    L. Holdsworth;X. G. Wu;Janaka Bandara Ekanayake;Nicholas Jenkins

  • A model of PV generation suitable for stability analysis

    Yun Tiam Tan;D.S. Kirschen;N. Jenkins

  • Control of DFIG-based wind generation for power network support

    F.M. Hughes;O. Anaya-Lara;N. Jenkins;G. Strbac

  • Peer-to-peer energy sharing through a two-stage aggregated battery control in a community Microgrid

    Chao Long;Jianzhong Wu;Yue Zhou;Nicholas Jenkins

  • A Spatial–Temporal model for grid impact analysis of plug-in electric vehicles ☆

    Yunfei Mu;Yunfei Mu;Jianzhong Wu;Nicholas Jenkins;Hongjie Jia

  • Wind Power Integration: Connection and system operational aspects

    Brendan Fox;Damian Flynn;Leslie Bryans;Nick Jenkins

  • A power system stabilizer for DFIG-based wind generation

    F.M. Hughes;O. Anaya-Lara;N. Jenkins;G. Strbac

  • Embedded Generation (Power & Energy Ser. 31)

    Nick Jenkins;Ron Allan;Peter Crossley;David Kirschen

  • Topologies of multiterminal HVDC-VSC transmission for large offshore wind farms

    O. Gomis-Bellmunt;Jun Liang;Janaka Bandara Ekanayake;Rosemary King

  • Handbook of wind energy

    Tony Burton;David Sharpe;Nick Jenkins;Ervin Bossanyi

  • Comparison of 5th order and 3rd order machine models for doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) wind turbines

    Janaka Bandara Ekanayake;Janaka Bandara Ekanayake;L. Holdsworth;Nicholas Jenkins;Nicholas Jenkins

  • Multi-time period combined gas and electricity network optimisation

    Modassar Chaudry;Nick Jenkins;Goran Strbac

  • Operation and Control of Multiterminal HVDC Transmission for Offshore Wind Farms

    Jun Liang;Tianjun Jing;O. Gomis-Bellmunt;J. Ekanayake

Frequent Co-Authors

Janaka Ekanayake
Janaka Ekanayake University of Peradeniya
Jianzhong Wu
Jianzhong Wu Cardiff University
Goran Strbac
Goran Strbac Imperial College London
Olimpo Anaya-Lara
Olimpo Anaya-Lara University of Strathclyde
Mike Barnes
Mike Barnes University of Manchester
Peter Crossley
Peter Crossley University of Manchester
Mark O'Malley
Mark O'Malley Imperial College London
Damian Flynn
Damian Flynn University College Dublin
Chengshan Wang
Chengshan Wang Tianjin University
Oriol Gomis-Bellmunt
Oriol Gomis-Bellmunt Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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