Professor Komla Folly

Power Network Optimization, Control and Stability

MSc(Eng) Beijing PhD Hiroshima MIEEJ SMIEEE MSAIEE

Research Interests

  • Power Network Optimization
  • Control and Stability

Postgraduate Supervision

PhD

  • Qin Chen, Integration of Vehicle-to-Grid System and Renewable Energy using Artificial Intelligence
  • Mkhutazi Mditshwa, An Investigation of the Integration of Distributed Energy Resources in an Adaptive Energy Market-Based AGC System to Improve Grid Stability in the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP)
  • Okafor Chukwuemeka Emmanuel, Multi-purpose Applications of Energy Storage system in a distribution Network
  • Ratshitanga Mukovhe,  Energy Management of Renewable Microgrids in Restructured Power Systems

Masters

  • Keith Tinashe Katyora, A techno-economic evaluation of large-scale Renewable Integration in the SAPP Electricity Market
  • Mathunjwa Nonhlelo Zinhle, Active Management of Voltage and Frequency Stability in Emerging Distributed Grids with High PV Penetration
  • Radebe Sizwe Wandile, Technical and Economical Assessment of Wave Powered Desalination Plants along the South African Coastline
  • Skunana Nkululeko Justice, Deployment of Battery Energy Storage System for voltage enhancement in distribution networks with penetration of Photovoltaic Generation
  • Kirari John Kimani, An assessment of the effectiveness of renewable energy feed-in tariffs (FITs) on Renewable energy development in Kenya

Current Undergraduate Teaching 

  • Power Systems Engineering: EEE3100S
  • Energy System and Grids II: EEE4126F​​​​​​