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Gen Li received the B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin, China, in 2011, the M.Sc. degree in Power Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2013 and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Cardiff University, Cardiff, U.K., in 2018.
He is now an Associate Professor at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark. From 2013 to 2016, he has been a Marie Curie Early Stage Research Fellow funded by the European Commission’s MEDOW project. He has been a Visiting Researcher at China Electric Power Research Institute and State Grid Smart Grid Research Institute, Beijing, China, at Elia, Brussels, Belgium and at Toshiba International (Europe), London, U.K. He was a Research Associate at the School of Engineering, Cardiff University from 2018 to 2022. His research interests include control and protection of HV and MV DC technologies, offshore wind, offshore energy islands, reliability modelling and evaluation of power electronics systems.
Dr. Li is a Chartered Engineer in the U.K., a Young Editorial Board Member of Applied Energy, an Associate Editor of the CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems and IET Energy Systems Integration, an Editorial Board Member of CIGRE ELECTRA and Global Energy Interconnection and an IET Professional Registration Advisor. He received the CIGRE NGN Significant Contribution Award in 2024. His Ph.D. thesis received the First CIGRE Thesis Award in 2018. He is now a Steering Committee Member of CIGRE Denmark NGN, a Member of CIGRE Working Group B4.96 and a Member of IEEE PELS Publicity Committee.
Research and teaching information
62775 Applied electrical engineering
62700 Protection of electrical power systems
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Keywords
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- HVDC
- Offshore Wind Energy
- DC Grid
- DC protection
- Energy Islands
- Power system protection
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A bi-level peer-to-peer interactive trading optimization model and distributed solution algorithm for rural distributed energy system group based on Stackelberg-Nash game strategy
Qi, X., Ju, L., Yang, S., Gan, W., Li, G. & Bai, X., 2025, In: Energy. 318, 21 p., 134767.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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A Cascaded Multi-Port Converter with Energy Storage Units for Large-scale Photovoltaic Systems
Wang, F., Xu, J. & Li, G., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Adaptive Droop Control in VSC-based MT-MVDC Distribution Systems Considering ESS Participation
Sun, P., Pinthurat, W., Li, G., Khalid, M., Town, G. & Konstantinou, G., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Analysis of Converter Valve-Side Single-Phase-to-Ground Faults in Symmetrical Monopolar MMCs
Li, G., Sun, P., Azad, S. P. & Konstantinou, G., 2025, Proceedings of 50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. IEEE, 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Analytical Calculation Models for Bipolar MMC-HVDC Systems under Valve-side Single-phase-to-ground Faults
Sun, P., Li, G., Zhang, H., Liang, J. & Konstantinou, G., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Coordinated control of energy storage units and grid-forming converters in energy islands
July, A. (PhD Student), Savaghebi, M. (Main Supervisor), Cutululis, N. A. (Supervisor) & Li, G. (Supervisor)
01/04/2023 → 31/03/2026
Project: PhD
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Activities
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IEEE (External organisation)
Li, G. (Member)
2023 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of commitees, commissions, boards, councils, associations, organisations, or similar
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Global Energy Interconnection (Journal)
Li, G. (Editor)
2023Activity: Editorial work and peer review › Journal editor › Research
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CIGRE Denmark Next Geration Network (External organisation)
Li, G. (Member)
2022 → 2023Activity: Membership › Membership of commitees, commissions, boards, councils, associations, organisations, or similar
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CIGRE (External organisation)
Li, G. (Member)
2022Activity: Membership › Membership of commitees, commissions, boards, councils, associations, organisations, or similar
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19th International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission (Event)
Li, G. (Editor)
2022Activity: Editorial work and peer review › Journal editor › Research
Prizes
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2nd Prize, Excellent Paper Award, Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering, 2022
Li, G. (Recipient), 2022
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2nd Prize, Student Presentation Competition, Energy Institute South Western & South Wales Branch, UK, 2014
Li, G. (Recipient), 2014
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3rd Prize, Excellent Paper Award, Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering, 2021
Li, G. (Recipient), 2021
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3rd Prize, IET RPG Best Conference Paper Award, 2019
Li, G. (Recipient), 2019
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Best paper of 3rd IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration, 2019
Li, G. (Recipient), 2019
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