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Mostafa Vahedipour dahraie

Mostafa Vahedipour dahraie

Associate Professor

Full-Time Faculty Member

Faculty: Ferdows Technical College

Department: Electrical Engineering-Power

Degree: Doctoral

Birth Year: 1982

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Mostafa Vahedipour dahraie

Associate Professor Mostafa Vahedipour dahraie

Full-Time Faculty Member
Faculty: Ferdows Technical College - Department: Electrical Engineering-Power Degree: Doctoral | Birth Year: 1982 |

Dr. Mostafa Vahedipour received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Birjand in 2017. His doctoral research focused on demand management in smart microgrids with an emphasis on ensuring system security. During this period, he was awarded a prestigious scholarship from the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, which enabled him to conduct research as a visiting researcher at Aalborg University, Denmark, from 2016 to 2017.

After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Vahedipour continued his academic career as an Assistant Professor at the University of Birjand, where he played an active role not only in research but also in educating and training future generations of engineers. In 2020, he was awarded an international research fellowship at the University of Salerno, Italy, where he focused his research on energy management in smart grids. This collaboration expanded his research expertise and led to stronger interactions with the University of Vaasa, Finland where he was a post doc researcher.

Currently, Dr. Vahedipour is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Birjand, Ferdows Faculty of Engineering. ALso, now, he is working as a team leader at Nowocert, research and Innovation Division, Dublin, Ireland. 

In parallel, he serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Saha Niroo Savis Company, a technology-based company operating in the field of energy management in Iran. His dual roles in academia and industry have enabled him to bridge the gap between research and practical solutions in energy management.

My affiliation

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran

Nowocert, research and Innovation Division, Dublin, Ireland. 

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Investigating the Impact of External Demand Response Flexibility on the Market Power of Strategic Virtual Power Plant

AuthorsMostafa Vahedipour-Dahraie
JournalIEEE Access
Page number84960-84969
Serial number10
Volume number1
Paper TypeFull Paper
Published At2022
Journal TypeTypographic
Journal CountryIran, Islamic Republic Of
Journal IndexISI،JCR،Scopus
KeywordsDemand response (DR), decision, making problem, market power, regulating market (RM), virtual power plant (VPP).

Abstract

In this paper, a decision-making framework is proposed for a virtual power plant (VPP) to participate in day-ahead (DA) and regulating market (RM) considering internal demand response (IDR) flexibility. In the proposed model, a DR exchange market (DRXM) is also introduced to cover deviations of uncertain resources and decrease VPP’s imbalance penalties in the RM. The VPP can optimize its procurement expenditures by providing DR services from both IDR providers and DRXM. A market inefficiency index (MII) is defined to analyze the effect of trading energy in the DRXM on the market power of the VPP. The proposed model is formulated as a bi-level problem, in which at the upper level, the VPP maximizes its profit while at the lower level, the distribution system operator (DSO) strives to clear both DA and RM markets to maximize social welfare. The proposed problem is nonlinear and converted into a linear single-level problem through Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) optimality conditions and duality theory. The simulation results show that in high external demand response (EDR) participants, the expected profit of the VPP augments about 3% which is a substantial value for the one-day scheduling horizon. Furthermore, by providing EDR services, MII reduces which implies the EDRs preserve their economic surplus