Overview
ACTIVE RESEARCH GRANTS

1.  Dynamic Equivalencing Using Machine Learning (DEML): HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF-101275382: €276k, 2026-2028.

2. Wind-Connect: Wind farm control and integration in sector-coupled power systems:HORIZON-MSCA-2024-DN-01-01-101227683, EESC-PB4917, €697k, 2026-2029
3. Wind Farm Modelling for Advanced Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Testing, ORE CATAPULT, £70k , PhD top up, 2025-2029
4. FITNESS: For actIve disTribution NEtworks in Smart gridS : HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01-101168796- EESC PB0404, £525k, 2025-2028.
5. Protection Technologies for the OWF-MMC System: HORIZON-MSCA-2023- 101145934, EESC PA9695, £220k, 2024-2026.



COMPLETED RESEARCH GRANTS Innovative Tools for Cyber Physical Energy Systems (InnoCyPES) : H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020 EESC-P85490- 956433, €606k, 2021-2025. 

Renewable Energy EMPOWERing European and InDian communities ( RE-EMPOWERED), H2020-LC-SC3-2020-NZE-RES-CC-IA: EESC- P89162- 101018420, €562k, 2021-2024. 
Cyber Resilient Micro Grid: European Commission: H2020-MSCA-IF-2020 EESC-P89866-101026657, €225k, 2021-2023
MiDER European Commission: H2020-MSCA-IF-2019 EESC-P83616-891035, €212k, 2020-2022
Resilient Operation of Sustainable Energy Systems (ROSES) EPSRC-NSFC Programme on Sustainable Energy Supply (EP/T021713/1 (EESC-P83130)) £775k. Prof. Pal leads the UK side of this six-university (Imperial, Southampton and Warwick, Hohai, NCEPU and Tsinghua) consortium project, 2020-2023.
WinGrid: European Commission: H2020-MSCA-ITN-2019 EESC-P79159-861398, €606k, 2019-2024
A Novel Hybrid Microgrid Control Framework Including Multi-Mode Large Scale EVs Integration, TGOOD, Hong Kong, £500k, 2018-2022
Joint UK-India Clean Energy Centre (JUICE): EP/P003605/1: £5M, 2016-2020. Prof leads Imperial on this multi-university programme with Imperial's share of £1M.
PV Control and Integration (PVCI): European Commission: H2020-MSCA-IF-2016 Marie Curie programme: £ 158k, 2017-2019
Stability and Control of Power Networks with Energy Storage (STABLE-NET) UK-China Grid Scale Storage, EPSRC, UK, £1.1M, (01/07/2014- 30/06/2016. Prof. Pal leads this three-university consortium.
Reliable and Efficient System for Community Energy Solution- RESCUES, UK-India Smart Grid programme, EPSRC, UK; (01/01/2014-31/12/2016) (£953k); PI of the consortium with share of (£315k).
Advanced Communication and Control for the Prevention of Blackouts (ACCEPT), UK-India Smart Grid programme, (01/01/2014-31/12/2016), EPSRC, UK; (£310k); PI from Imperial.
PV2025 - Potential Costs and Benefits of Photovoltaics for UK-Infrastructure and Society, (01/07/2013-31/03/2016), EPSRC, UK, (£308k); PI from Imperial.
Stability and Performance of Photovoltaics (STAPP), Funded by EPSRC under UK-India Solar Energy programme ( EP/H040331/1), Dr Pal as Co-I with a share of £571K ( 01/1/2011-31/12/2013)
Modelling and control of AC-DC system with significant generation from wind, top up funding National Grid, UK, P33528 (£45K),01/10/2010-30/09/2013
Using real-time measurements for monitoring and management of power transmission dynamics for the Smart Grid, CEC: FP7 IAPP programme. £178K,01/10/2010-30/09/2014.
Control for Sustainability and Energy, Funded by EPSRC, UK, (EP/G066477/1), PI Prof R Vinter, Dr Pal as one of the Co Is with Prof R Vinter (Co-I) (£ 5.78M)(01/10/2009-30/09/2014)
SUPERGEN Flexnet Top up from Beit Trust: £33K (01/03/2008-28/02/2011)
Power System Wide-area GPS Synchronized Monitoring with PhasorMeasurements and Low-Frequency Oscillation Mitigation Analysis: PIEF-GA-2009-235880: CEC FP7 Marie Curie grant (01/06/2010 - 30/11/2011); Dr Pal as Co-I with Prof Tim Green (PI)
SUPERGEN Flexnet: Funded EPSRC UK (EP/E04011X/1), Dr Pal as one of the Co PIs with a share of £330K, 1/10/2007-30/09/2011)
A Wide-Area System for Power Transmission SecurityEnhancement using a Process Systems Approach Funded by EPSRC, UK (EP/E3032435/1), PI: Dr Pal ( £272K) ( 01/09/2007-28/02/2011
Risk Assessment of Distribution System for Operation purposes: Funded by EDF Energy, UK ( EESC P10176) PI: Dr. Pal and Prof G Strbac Co-I (£454K) (01/01/2007-31/07/2011)
State Estimation in power distribution network: Methodologies and applications ( £400,000) (04/2006-08/2008) Dr Pal (PI) and Prof G Strbac Co-PI
"Future Network Technologies for Sustainable Energy Generation " Funded by EPSRC GR/S28082/01 (£5,20,000) Dr Pal (Co-I) and Dr. Green (PI) (03/2003-02/2006)
"Measurement Based FACTS Control" Funded by ABB Switzerland ($300,000 USD) (07/2004-06/2007) Dr Pal (PI) and Dr Green (Co-I).
Feasibility of Risk assesment in EDFE distribution network operation (£48,370) (01/2006-06/2006) Dr Pal (PI) and Dr
"Single and Multiple UPFCs as Aids to the Improvement of Supergrid Dynamic and Transient Performance" Funded by EPSRC (GR/R31676) (£3,50,000) (01/2002-12/2007) Dr Pal (CI) Dr. Green (CI) and Dr. Jaimoukha (PI)
"Single and Multiple UPFCs as Aids to the Improvement of Supergrid Dynamic and Transient Performance" Funded by ABB USA (EESC PX0231) (£2,04,600) (01/2002-12/2004) Dr Pal (CI), Dr. Green (PI) and Dr. Jaimoukha (Co-I)
"Robust Damping of Oscillations in Large Power Grid Through FACTS Controllers Employing Global Signals" Funded by EPSRC (GR/S06158) (£1,23,000) (01/2003-12/2005) Dr Pal (PI)
ACTIVE RESEARCH AREAS
Wide Area Monitoring
Robust Control of Power System
FACTS Controllers
System Modelling and Control of Renewable Energy Sources
Small Signal Stability Analysis of Power Systems
State estimation in power systems
Grid Integration of Solar Energy
Industrial Research and Technology Transfer
-Technical methodology and tool development to support Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), United

-Nations Framework on Climate Change. Appointed as technical consultant to review and recommend

-revised methodology and tool for transmission constraint and losses calculation, United Nations, Bonn,Germany Aug-Oct 2017.

- Small scale energy storage (SSES), UK Power Networks, 2016-2017

- Windfarm dynamic equivalencing, GE Grid Solutions UK Ltd, 2016-2019.

- Technical investigation of sub-synchronous interaction between wind turbine generators and series capacitors, National Grid, UK, 2014-2015.

- Aggregated wind farm dynamic interconnection model and analysis involving Type-IV turbines, ALSTOM

UK, 2015-2016.

- Aggregated wind farm dynamic interconnection model and analysis involving Type-III turbines, ALSTOM

UK, 2014-2015.

- Investigation of synchronisation problem of o shore wind farm with the grid, ALSTOM, UK, 2013-

2014.

- North Sea power grid vision for Norwegian power grid operator, STATNET, Norway, 2012.