Prof. Andrew Keane

Personal Background

Andrew Keane is Director of NexSys and the Energy Institute at University College Dublin. Andrew is a Professor in the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at UCD where he leads a group focussed on power system planning and operation, especially distribution networks. Andrew’s research interests include the impact of new energy resources on the power system from the residential network up to the high voltage transmission system. Current research topics focus upon the interaction between power electronic systems and the power system, often arising from renewable and distributed energy resources. Other interests include multi energy systems and their co-simulation and co-optimisation. Andrew is Director of NexSys an All Island major research programme involving 42 academics from across nine universities on the Island of Ireland. NexSys targets the development of credible pathways to a Net Zero Carbon Energy System. Previously, Andrew has served as Head of the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at UCD and held positions in industry with ESB Networks in Dublin and Smarter Grid Solutions in Glasgow. In 2015 he co-founded NovoGrid a grid automation company developing software solutions for renewable generators and utilities. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and past chair of the IEEE Power and Energy Society UK and Ireland Chapter.