Biography:
Enrique Lobato Miguélez obtained the “Ingeniero Industrial” and “Doctor Ingeniero Industrial” degrees from Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICAI) of Madrid in 1998 and 2002 respectively. He is Full Professor at the the School of Engineering of Universidad Pontificia Comillas. He has extensive teaching experience in various fields (Physics, Electromagnetic Fields, Circuits, Electrical Engineering, Analysis and Control of Electric Power Systems) within the graduate and postgraduate degrees in Industrial Engineering. He has been Head of the Course on Power System Operation jointly developed with Red Eléctrica de España in the period 2007-2011 and Director of the Master on Electrical Tecnhnology jointly developed with Endesa in the period 2011-2014.Professor Lobato develops his research activities at the Institute of Research in Tecnology(IIT) where he has participated in several national and international research and consulting projects for different private companies and official organizations. The main research areas and results are: power system operation (2 PhD, 11 JCR papers, 2 tools for Red Eléctrica de España company), electricity markets (1 PhD, 3 JCR papers, different optimal supply planning models of electrical markets for Viesgo company), frequency-power control (1 PhD, 3 JCR papers), control of renewable energy sources (1 PhD, 7 JCR publications, Eolo annual innovation prize in May 2016 awarded by the AEE Wind Enterprise Association), application of storage devices in electrical systems (2 JCR publications, 2 models of optimal battery management in self-consumption applications, generation and network support for Naturgy company) and sustainability of island electrical systems (1 book, 5 JCR publications, two planning models for isolated Spanish electricity systems for the company Endesa). He has made short research stays at Energy Control Center of Sophya University in Tokyo (Japan), and the Energy Research Center (ERC) of University College Dublin (Ireland).
Areas of interest:
Analysis, planning, operation and economics in electric power systems.
H. Nemati, P. Sánchez, A. Ortega, L. Sigrist, E. Lobato, L. Rouco, "Flexible robust optimal bidding of renewable virtual power plants in sequential markets under asymmetric uncertainties", Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, Vol. 43, pp. 101801, September 2025. [Online: July 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.segan.2025.101801
M. Sarvarizadeh, M. Rajabdorri, E. Lobato, L. Sigrist, B. Kazemtabrizi, M. Troffaes, "Under frequency load shedding aware unit commitment in island power systems", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 170, pp. 110884, September 2025. [Online: July 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2025.110884
M. Rajabdorri, M. Troffaes, B. Kazemtabrizi, M. Sarvarizadeh, L. Sigrist, E. Lobato, "Data-driven estimation of the amount of under frequency load shedding in small power systems", Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 139, nº. Part B, pp. 109617, January 2025. [Online: November 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.engappai.2024.109617
M. Rajabdorri, E. Lobato, L. Sigrist, j Aghaei, "Data-driven continuous-time framework for frequency-constrained unit commitment", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 162, pp. 110327, November 2024. [Online: October 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2024.110327
H. Nemati, A. Ortega, E. Lobato, L. Rouco, "A multi-bound robust optimization approach for renewable-based VPP market participation considering intra-hourly uncertainty exposure", Applied Energy, Vol. 426, nº. Part C, pp. 128765, December 2026. [Online: September 2026] doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2026.128765
M. Sarvarizadeh, L. Sigrist, A. Rouco, M. Rajabdorri, E. Lobato, "A corrective frequency-constrained unit commitment with data-driven estimation of optimal UFLS in island power systems", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 181, pp. 112154, August 2026. [Online: September 2026] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2026.112154
M. Sarvarizadeh, M. Rajabdorri, E. Lobato, L. Sigrist, B. Kazemtabrizi, M. Troffaes, "Under frequency load shedding aware unit commitment in island power systems", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 170, pp. 110884, September 2025. [Online: July 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2025.110884
H. Nemati, P. Sánchez, A. Ortega, L. Sigrist, E. Lobato, L. Rouco, "Flexible robust optimal bidding of renewable virtual power plants in sequential markets under asymmetric uncertainties", Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, Vol. 43, pp. 101801, September 2025. [Online: July 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.segan.2025.101801
M. Rajabdorri, M. Troffaes, B. Kazemtabrizi, M. Sarvarizadeh, L. Sigrist, E. Lobato, "Data-driven estimation of the amount of under frequency load shedding in small power systems", Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 139, nº. Part B, pp. 109617, January 2025. [Online: November 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.engappai.2024.109617
M. Rajabdorri, A. Rouco, L. Sigrist, E. Lobato, "Unit commitment with analytical under-frequency load-shedding constraints for island power systems", IEEE Access, Vol. 12, pp. 72337 - 72344, 2024. [Online: May 2024] doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3401854
M. Rajabdorri, E. Lobato, L. Sigrist, j Aghaei, "Data-driven continuous-time framework for frequency-constrained unit commitment", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 162, pp. 110327, November 2024. [Online: October 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2024.110327
M. Rajabdorri, B. Kazemtabrizi, M. Troffaes, L. Sigrist, E. Lobato, "Inclusion of frequency nadir constraint in the unit commitment problem of small power systems using machine learning", Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, Vol. 36, pp. 101161, December 2023. [Online: September 2023] doi: 10.1016/j.segan.2023.101161
M. Rajabdorri, E. Lobato, L. Sigrist, "Robust frequency constrained uc using data driven logistic regression for island power systems", IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, Vol. 16, nº. 24, pp. 5069 - 5083, December 2022. [Online: November 2022] doi: 10.1049/gtd2.12658
P. Santurino, L. Sigrist, A. Ortega, J. Renedo, E. Lobato, "Optimal coordinated design of under-frequency load shedding and energy storage systems", Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 211, pp. 108423, October 2022. [Online: July 2022] doi: 10.1016/j.epsr.2022.108423
M. Rajabdorri, L. Sigrist, E. Lobato, "Liquid air energy storage model for scheduling purposes in island power systems", Energies, Vol. 15, nº. 19, pp. 6958, October 2022. [Online: September 2022] doi: 10.3390/en15196958
O. Oladimeji, A. Ortega, L. Sigrist, L. Rouco, P. Sánchez, E. Lobato, "Optimal participation of heterogeneous, RES-based virtual power plants in energy markets", Energies, Vol. 15, nº. 9, pp. 3207, May 2022. [Online: April 2022] doi: 10.3390/en15093207
K. Doenges, L. Sigrist, I. Egido, E. Lobato, L. Rouco, "Wind farms in AGC: modelling, simulation and validation", IET Renewable Power Generation, Vol. 16, nº. 1, pp. 139 - 147, January 2022. [Online: September 2021] doi: 10.1049/rpg2.12273
M. Rajabdorri, L. Sigrist, E. Lobato, M.C. Prats, F.M. Echavarren, "Viability of providing spinning reserves by RES in Spanish island power systems", IET Renewable Power Generation, Vol. 15, nº. 13, pp. 2878 - 2890, October 2021. [Online: May 2021] doi: 10.1049/rpg2.12216
E. Lobato, I. Egido, L. Rouco, "Performance evaluation of ancillary services in the Turkish power system", Przeglad Elektrotechniczny, Vol. 88, nº. 01a, pp. 122 - 126, 2012.
E. Saiz, E. Lobato, "Optimal voltage control by wind farms in distribution networks using regression techniques", Przeglad Elektrotechniczny, Vol. 88, nº. 01a, pp. 117 - 121, 2012.
D. Fuente Pascual, M. Rajabdorri, E. Lobato, L. Sigrist, "Frequency stability assessment of deloaded wind turbines in Spanish island power systems", presented at 4th International Conference on Smart Grid and Renewable Energy - SGRE 2024, Dawhah, Qatar, 08-10 January 2024. In: SGRE 2024: Conference proceedings, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SGRE59715.2024.10428718
O. Oladimeji, A. Ortega, L. Sigrist, P. Sánchez, E. Lobato, L. Rouco, "Modeling demand flexibility of RES-based virtual power plants", presented at IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting - IEEE PES GM 2022, Denver, United States of America, 17-21 July 2022. In: IEEE PES GM 2022: Conference proceedings, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PESGM48719.2022.9916893
P. Santurino, L. Sigrist, A. Ortega, J. Renedo, E. Lobato, "Optimal coordinated design of under-frequency load shedding and energy storage systems", presented at 22nd Power Systems Computation Conference - PSCC 2022, Porto, Portugal, 27 June - 01 July 2022. In: Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 211, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1016/j.epsr.2022.108423
M. Rajabdorri, E. Lobato, L. Sigrist, "Viability of including frequency metrics in short-term scheduling of island power systems", presented at International Conference on Control System, Power and Electrical Engineering - ICCSPEE 2021, Istanbul, Turkey, 05 December 2021. In: International Journal of Industrial Electronics and Electrical Engineering, vol. 10, nº. 1, pp. 10-13
L. Rouco, E. Lobato, "Grid access of non-synchronous generation: review of the Spanish regulation", presented at 19th International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality - ICREPQ '21, Almería, Spain, 28-30 July 2021. In: Renewable Energy & Power Quality Journal, vol. 19, nº. 1, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.24084/repqj19.pl2
I. Egido, L. Sigrist, E. Lobato, L. Rouco, A. Barrado, P. Fontela, J. Magriñá, "Energy storage systems for frequency stability enhancement in small-isolated power systems", presented at International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality - ICREPQ '15, Corunna, Spain, 25-27 March 2015. In: Renewable Energy & Power Quality Journal, vol. 13, nº. 1, pp. 820-825, doi: 10.24084/repqj13.002
J. García-González, A. Contreras, E. Saiz, C. Fernandes, M. Vallés, E. Rivero, E. Lobato, A. Ramos, P. Frías, I. Egido, P. Sánchez, A. Altiparmakis, M. Litong-Palima, N. A. Cutululis, P. Sørensen, M. Stryg, J. Hansen, N. Detlefsen, J.C. Villumsen, J. Andersen, S. Wöllner, K.L. Falk, P. Ostos, J. Rivier, I. Azpiri, et al., "Economic impact analysis of the demonstrations in task-forces TF1 and TF3". Project: TWENTIES / WP15 / D15.1. Funded by Comisión Europea whitin "FP7-ENERGY". Nov/2013. IIT-15-016I
F.M. Andersen, P.E. Grohnheit, P. Mancarella, D. Pudjianto, G. Strbac, L. Olmos, T. Gómez, E. Lobato, "Recommendation of policy and regulatory options - for facilitating large shares of intermittent RES into the power supply system". Project: RESPOND / WP5 / D7. Funded by Comisión Europea whitin "Intelligent Energy-Europe (IEE)". Jul/2009. IIT-09-093I
E. Lobato, L. Olmos, T. Gómez, F.M. Andersen, P.E. Grohnheit, P. Mancarella, D. Pudjianto, F. Van Oostvoorn, A. van der Welle, "Regulatory and other barriers in the implementation of response options to reduce impacts from variable RES sources". Project: RESPOND / WP4 / D6. Funded by Comisión Europea whitin "Intelligent Energy-Europe (IEE)". Jan/2009. IIT-09-092I