Biography

Work Experience

  • Tenured Associate Professor
    July 2022 -
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

  • Associate Professor
    January 2017 - June 2022
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

  • Assistant Professor
    June 2016 - December 2016
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

  • Lecturer
    September 2016 - June 2016
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

  • Research Assistant
    December 2013 - March 2014
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, US

  • Research Assistant (Postdoctor)
    July 2012 - July 2014
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

  • Research Assistant
    October 2010 - July 2011
    School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, The University of Manchester, UK

Education

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
    September 2007 - July 2012
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
    Supervisor: Prof. Chongqing Kang, IEEE Fellow

  • B.E., Electrical Engineering
    September 2003 - July 2007
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Membership

  • IEEE Senior Member (from 2018)

  • IET Member (from 2012)

  • CIGRE Member (from 2016)

  • Journal of China Electric Power Research Institute, Committee of Expert (from 2016, Special Contribution Award 2017)

  • China Variable-Generation Integration Group (CVIG), Member (from 2014)

  • The Energy Systems Integration Group (EISG), Member (from 2018)

ESI Highly Cited Paper

  1. Ning Zhang, Xi Lu, Michael B. McElroy, Chris P. Nielsen, Xinyu Chen, Yu Deng and Chongqing Kang. Reducing curtailment of wind electricity in China by employing electric boilers for heat and pumped hydro for energy storage, Applied Energy, 2016, 184: 987-994. “Link” ESI hot paper (Top 0.1%)

  2. Wujing Huang, Ning Zhang, Chongqing Kang, Mingxuan Li and Molin Huo. From demand response to integrated demand response: review and prospect of research and application. Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems, 2019, 4(4): 148-150.“Link

  3. Wujing Huang, Ning Zhang, Jingwei Yang, Yi Wang and Chongqing Kang. Optimal Configuration Planning of Multi-Energy Systems Considering Distributed Renewable Energy, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2019, 10(2): 1452 - 1464 “Link

  4. Yi Wang, Ning Zhang, Yushi Tan, Tao Hong, Daniel Kirschen, and Chongqing Kang, “Combining Probabilistic Load Forecasts,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2019, 10(4): 3664-3674. “Link

  5. Yi Wang, Dahua Gan, Mingyang Sun, Ning Zhang, Zongxiang Lu, Chongqing Kang. Probabilistic individual load forecasting using pinball loss guided LSTM, Applied Energy, 2019, 235: 10-20. “Link

  6. Mingyu Yan, Ning Zhang, Xiaomeng Ai, Mohammad Shahidehpour, Chongqing Kang and Jinyu Wen. Robust Two-Stage Regional-District Scheduling of Multi-Carrier Energy Systems with a Large Penetration of Wind Power, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2019, 10(3):1227-1239. “Link

  7. Yi Wang, Ning Zhang, Chongqing Kang, Miao Miao, Rui Shi and Qing Xia. An Efficient Approach to Power System Uncertainty Analysis With High-Dimensional Dependencies, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2018, 33(3): 2984-2994. “Link

  8. Yi Wang, Jiangnan Cheng, Ning Zhang and Chongqing Kang. Automatic and linearized modeling of energy hub and its flexibility analysis, Applied Energy, 2018, 211: 705-714. “Link

  9. Yi Wang, Ning Zhang, Qixin Chen, Daniel S. Kirschen, Pan Li and Qing Xia. Data-Driven Probabilistic Net Load Forecasting With High Penetration of Behind-the-Meter PV, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2018, 33(3): 3255-3264. “Link

  10. Yi Wang, Ning Zhang, Zhenyu Zhuo, Chongqing Kang and Daniel Kirschen. Mixed-integer linear programming-based optimal configuration planning for energy hub: Starting from scratch, Applied Energy, 2018, 210: 1141-1150. “Link

  11. Yi Wang, Ning Zhang, Chongqing Kang, Daniel S. Kirschen, Jingwei Yang and Qing Xia. Standardized matrix modeling of multiple energy systems, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2017. accepted, in press. “Link

Honors & Awards

  • Career Award

  • Elsevier China's highly cited scholar in 2021. 2022.06

  • Excellent reviewers of the Excellence Action Plan for Chinese Sci-tech Journals in 2021. 2021.08.

  • Ministry of Education “Yangtze River Scholars Award Program” Young Scholars. 2021.03.

  • Wu Wenjun artificial Intelligence Outstanding Youth Award. 2020.12

  • China Electric Power outstanding young science and technology talent award, 2019

  • Tsinghua University Graduate Employment Improvement Award, 2018

  • The World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) Young Engineers for UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2018

  • Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by Chinese Association of Science and Technology, 2016

  • Research Award

  • The first prize, Energy Innovation Award of the China Energy Research Association, for the project of “Multi-time scale demand response theory and its application”. 2022

  • The first prize, Shanxi Science and Technology Progress Award, for the project of “Key technologies and demonstration application of planning and coordinated control of large multi-energy base”. 2022

  • Gold Medal, International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, for the project of “Carbon meter system for carbon emission measurement of electric power system”, 2022

  • Brown Medal, International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, for the project of “Cloud Energy Storage Mechanism and Optimization Platform for Power Systems”, 2022

  • The second prize, Shanxi Science and Technology Progress Award, for the project of “Operation mode, key technology and demonstration application of regional integrated energy systems”. 2021

  • Gold Medal, International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, for the project of “Panoramic operation simulation software platform for integrated energy systems”, 2021

  • The first prize, Jiangsu Science and Technology Progress Award, for the project of “Key technology and engineering application of large-scale energy storage”. 2020

  • The third prize, China Electric Power Science and Technology Award, for the project of “Key technologies and engineering demonstration of large-scale electrochemical energy storage application on power grid”. 2020

  • The first prize, Ministry of Education Science and Technology Award, for the project of “Key technology and engineering application of efficient modeling and optimization for large power grid dispatching”. 2019

  • The first prize, China Electric Power Science and Technology Award, for the project of “Key technology and engineering application of efficient modeling and optimization for large power grid dispatching”. 2019

  • The second prize, Guangdong Province Science and technology Award, for the project of “key technology, equipment R & D and engineering application for smart grid big data”, 2019

  • The first prize, China Electric Power Innovation Award, for the project of “key technologies and engineering demonstration of grid-side electrochemical energy storage”, 2019

  • The third prize, China Renewable Energy Society Science and Technology Award, for the project of “Research and development of operation simulation platform of renewable energy penetrated power system”, 2019

  • The first prize, State Grid Science and Technology Award, for the project of “key technologies and engineering demonstration of grid-side electrochemical energy storage”, 2019

  • The second prize, State Grid Science and Technology Award, for the project of “key technologies and applications of low carbon development of power grid for energy conservation and emission reduction”, 2019

  • Gold Medal, International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, for the project of “High renewable energy penetration power system operation simulation system”, 2019

  • The third prize, China Electric Power Science and Technology Award, for the project of “Key technology and application of power system optimal planning based on precise power system simulation”, 2018

  • The second prize, State Grid Science and Technology Award, for the project of “Key technology and application of power system optimal planning based on precise power system simulation” 2018

  • The third prize, State Grid Science and Technology Award, for the project of “Research and application of power system planning technology with large-scale renewable energy”, 2018

  • The second prize, Liaoning science and Technology Progress Award, for the project of “Grid adaptive wind power optimization planning and operation control technology and its application”, 2017

  • Silver Medal, International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, 2016

  • Silver award, Beijing Invention and Innovation Contest, 2016

  • Institute Prize, IEEE Global Energy Forecasting Competition 2015

  • Paper Award

  • First Prize of Excellent Paper of Automation of Electric Power Systems, for the paper of “Key Technologies and Developing Challenges of Power System with High Proportion of Renewable Energy”, 2022.

  • The Excellent Paper of Power System Technology, for the paper of “Key Scientific Problems and Research Framework for Carbon Perspective Research of New Power Systems”, 2022.

  • High impact paper award of Proceedings of the CSEE, for the paper of “Panoramic information perception and intelligent grid”, 2022.

  • Academic paper award of Beijing Association for science and technology, for the paper of “Panoramic information perception and intelligent grid”, 2022.

  • The paper “Long-term Coordination of Transmission and Storage to Integrate Wind Power” won the 2021 excellent paper of “CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems”. 2022.01.

  • The paper “Inheritance and development of current Energy Internet and Smart Grid Research topics” won the second prize of the excellent thesis of Power system Automation of the year. 2021.12.

  • The paper “Summary and Prospect of seasonal Energy Storage for High proportion Renewable Energy Power system” won the second prize of “Power system Automation”. 2021.12.

  • The paper “Generalized Circuit Analysis Theory of Multi-Energy Network– (1) Branch Model” won the third prize of “Power system Automation”. 2021.12.

  • The paper “Research Framework and typical Application of Block chain Technology in Energy Internet” won the academic paper award of Beijing Association for Science and Technology in 2020. 2021.04.

  • The paper “Incorporating Massive Scenarios in Transmission Expansion Planning with High Renewable Energy Penetration” was awarded the excellent paper of the year by IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 2021.02.

  • The paper “contribution Analysis method of influencing factors of Renewable Energy consumption” was awarded as an excellent paper of 2020 degrees in Chinese Proceedings of Electrical Engineering. 2021.01.

  • The paper “Research Framework and typical Application of Block chain Technology in Energy Internet” won the award of 100 most influential domestic academic papers in 2019. 2020.12.

  • The paper “Mixed-integer linear programming-based optimal configuration planning for energy hub Starting from scratch” won the Applied Energy Award for highly cited papers of the year. 2020.08.

  • The paper “Probabilistic individual load forecasting using pinball loss guided LSTM” won the Applied Energy Award for highly cited papers of the year. 2020.08.

  • The paper “Estimating the Flexibility Benefit of Concentrating Solar Plants in Electricity Markets” won the third best poster of students in the 2020 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM2020) Outstanding Paper Award. 2020.08.

  • The paper “Multi-Energy system for Renewable Energy consumption: review and Prospect” won the widely concerned academic paper award of Beijing Association for Science and Technology in 2020.2020.08.

  • The paper “the Integration of 5G Communications and ubiquitous Power Internet of things: application Analysis and Research Prospect” won the widely concerned academic paper award of Beijing Association of Science and Technology in 2020, winning time: 2020.09

  • Proceedings of the CSEE High Impact Award, for the paper of “Coordinated Planning of Multiple Energy Networks and Energy Hubs”, 2020.

  • Frontrunner 5000, Top Articles in Outstanding S&T Journals of China, for the paper of “Analysis of mid/long term random characteristics of photovoltaic power generation”, 2019

  • The third prize of CSEE best paper award, for the paper of Renewable energy trading in electricity market: review and prospect", 2019

  • Best Paper Award of IEEE Sustainable Power & Energy Conference (iSPEC 2019), for the paper of “A linear LMP model for active and reactive power with power loss”, 2019

  • Excellent Journal papers of China Association for science and technology, for the paper of “Electrical Consumer Behavior Model: Basic Concept and Research Framework”, 2019.

  • Best Paper of the Year of Automation of Electric Power Systems, for the paper of “Multi-energy System Towards Renewable Energy Accommodation: Review and Prospect”, 2019

  • Best Paper Award of IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting?PESGM2019?for the paper of “Stochastic Transmission Expansion Planning Considering the Transmission Overload Risk”, 2019

  • The second prize of CSEE best paper award, for the paper of “Review and prospect of optimal planning and operation of energy hub in energy internet”, 2018.

  • The third prize of CSEE best paper award, for the paper of “Blockchain technique in the Energy Internet: preliminary research framework and typical applications”, 2018.

  • Best Paper Award of 2017 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM2017) for the paper of “Modeling the transient security constraints of natural gas network in day-ahead power system scheduling”, 2017

  • The Twelfth Tsinghua University-Yokoyama Ryoji Outstanding Thesis Award, for the thesis of “Dependent probabilistic sequence operation in wind power outputs analysis”, 2015

  • Best Paper Award, Wind energy Grid-Adaptive Technologies Conference, for the paper of “Clustered wind farms planning considering the capacity credit using ordinal optimization technique”, 2014

  • Annual Award for Publishing a Paper of One-hundred Most Influential Scholar Papers, for the paper of “Impact of large-scale wind farm connecting with power grid on peak load regulation demand”, 2012

  • Frontrunner 5000, Top Articles in Outstanding S&T Journals of China, for the paper of “Impact of large-scale wind farm connecting with power grid on peak load regulation demand”, 2012

  • Excellent Doctoral Thesis of Tsinghua University, for the thesis of “Clustered wind power analysis and decision making methodology considering spatial dependency”, 2012