Summary
I am a 4th-year postgraduate researcher in the Control and Power group in DEEE. My research is co-supervised by Prof. Goran Strbac, Dr Fei Teng, and Dr Luis Badesa. Before my PhD, I studied at the University of Oxford, where I received a first-class master of engineering (MENG) degree. Please check out my website for a comprehensive list of my work and my CV.
My research focuses on designing and implementing novel methods to solve the operational challenges of future low-carbon power systems. My core modelling capabilities lie in formulating real-world energy problems in maths, to be solved either by convex optimisation or data-driven methods (or some combination of the two!). In particular, optimisation under uncertainty, including renewable forecast uncertainty; generator outage probability; and aggregated EV connection uncertainty.
Besides academic papers, I produce and present research for the IDLES program and the Innovate UK project E4Future.
I am also the founder and host of the Energy Future Lab podcast, 'Low Carbon Conversations', where I explore the challenges and opportunities presented by the clean energy transition with a host of experts from Imperial College London. Listen on Spotify. My PhD is funded by the National Grid ESO.
Publications
Journals
O'Malley C, Badesa L, Teng F, et al. , 2023, Frequency response from aggregated V2G chargers with uncertain EV connections, Ieee Transactions on Power Systems, Vol:38, ISSN:0885-8950, Pages:3543-3556
Badesa L, O'Malley C, Parajeles M, et al. , 2023, Chance-constrained allocation of UFLS candidate feeders under high penetration of distributed generation, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol:147, ISSN:0142-0615
O'Malley C, Badesa L, Teng F, et al. , 2021, Probabilistic scheduling of UFLS to secure credible contingencies in low inertia systems, Ieee Transactions on Power Systems, ISSN:0885-8950
Conference
O'Malley C, Aunedi M, Teng F, et al. , 2020, Value of Fleet Vehicle to Grid in Providing Transmission System Operator Services, 15th International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER), IEEE