Jiajia Yang

Jiajia Yang is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy at James Cook University, Australia.

His research focuses on renewable-dominated power systems, electricity market design, transmission planning, distributed energy resources (DERs), climate-resilient power systems, and AI-enabled power system operation.

Prior to joining JCU, he worked at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and in Australia's electricity industry, contributing to flagship Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) and transmission network planning projects.

He is actively engaged in international research leadership through editorial roles, IEEE professional activities, and industry collaborations. His research is supported by the Queensland Government through the Advance Queensland Industry Research project, where he serves as the Lead Chief Investigator of an AUD 1.13 million project on resilient transmission grid planning and operation.

Funding

1. Lead Chief Investigator, Advance Queensland Industry Research project (AUD 1.13M)

Professional Leadership

1. Chair, IEEE PES Northern Australia Chapter
2. Secretary, Australasian Committee for Power Engineering (ACPE)
3. Technical Activities Coordinator, IEEE PES Region 10 South Zone

Editorial Leadership

1. Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
2. Associate Editor, IEEE Data Descriptions
3. Associate Editor, IET Energy Conversion and Economics
4. Associate Editor, IET Artificial Intelligence for Engineering

Selected Invited Talks

1. “Localized Electricity Market and its Operational Strategies”, Invited panel session presentation, the 2023 IEEE Conference on EI2, Hangzhou, China, Dec. 2023.
2. “Australian Energy Transition and the National Electricity Market”, Tsinghua University, Oct.31, 2023.
3. “Operation of Flexible Load Demand and DERs in Renewable-Rich Power Systems”，2023 International Industry-Academia-Research-Application Cooperation Conference (Changchun) Smart Energy Sub-forum, Sept.29, 2023.
4. “Operation of Australian electricity retail markets and the data-driven retail electricity price customization,” South China University of Technology, Jul. 2023.
5. “Distribution Network Power Market and Its Operation Strategy,” South China University of Technology, Aug. 2023.
6. “AC Network-Constrained Local Electricity Market Mechanism in Low-voltage Distribution Networks,” IEEE PES General Meeting, Jul. 2022.
7. “Operations of Electricity Retail Markets in Australia,” webinar, State Grid Electric Power Research Institute, Nanjing, China, Mar. 2022.
8. “AC Network Constrained Local Electricity Trading Mechanism for DERs and Flexible Demand-side Resources,” webinar, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin, China, Sept. 2022.
9. “An Electricity Spot Market Mechanism for Hybrid Bidding of Fossil-fueled and Renewable Generators,” The International Conference on Smart Grids and Energy Systems, Nov. 2020.
10. “Localized Energy Market for Future Digital Grid System,”, webinar, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Aug. 2020.
11. “Localized energy transaction market mechanism for future digital grid system,” Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, Jan. 2020.
12. “Localized energy transaction market mechanism for future digital grid system,” Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, China, Jan. 2020.
13. “A Fully Decentralized Distribution Market Mechanism Using ADMM,” IEEE PES General Meeting, Aug. 2019.
14. “Mining the Big Data of Residential Appliances in the Smart Grid Environment,” IEEE PES General Meeting, July 2016.

1. Organizing Committee Member, the 2025 IEEE 35th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, Brisbane, Australia, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2025. 
2. Organizing Committee Member, the 2025 International Conference on Advanced Robotics, Control and Artificial Intelligence, Nadi, Fiji, Nov. 23-26, 2025. 
3. Organizing Committee Member, the 2023 IEEE Conference on EI2, Hangzhou, China, Dec 15-18. 2023.
4. Organizing Committee Member, the 2023 4th International Conference on Smart Grid and Energy Engineering (SGEE 2023), Zhengzhou, China, Nov 24-26, 2023.
5. Session Chair, the 2023 2nd International Conference on Frontiers of Energy and Environment Engineering (CFEEE 2023), Sanya, China, September 1-3, 2023.
6. Session Chair, the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Energy Technologies for Future Grids (IEEE ETFG 2023), 3 – 6 December 2023, Wollongong, Australia.
7. Guest Editor (lead), the journal of IET Renewable Power Generation (IF: 3.930), Special issue on “Enhancing Hosting Capability for Renewable Energy Generation in Active Distribution Networks”.
8. Guest Editor (lead), the journal of Sustainability (IF: 3.251), Special issue on “Renewable Energy-Enabled Power System: Realizing Low-Carbon Transformation of Electricity”.
9. Guest Editor (lead), the journal of Frontiers in Energy Research (IF: 4.008), Special issue on “User-centric Local Electricity System towards a Carbon Neutral Future”.
10. Guest Editor (lead), the journal of Energies (IF: 3.252), Special issue on “Analysis of Electricity Distribution Network and Electricity Markets”.
11. Guest Editor, the journal of Frontiers in Energy Research (IF: 4.008), Special issue on “Key Technologies, Markets, and Policies towards A Smart Renewables-Dominated Power System”.
12. Guest Editor, the journal of Frontiers in Energy Research (IF: 4.008), Special issue on “: Increasing Penetration of Renewable Sources in Power Systems: Opportunities and Challenges”.
13. Guest Editor, the journal of IET Energy Systems Integration, Special issue on “Local Energy Markets for Local Energy Systems Integration”.
14. Guest Editor, the journal of Electric Power Construction, Special issue on “Transactive Energy Systems”.
15. Invited Special Session Chair, 2023 IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration, December 15-18, Hangzhou, China.
16. Technical committee member, the 2024 International Conference on Power Electronics and Energy System (ICPEES 2024), 1-3 Mar. 2024, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
17. Technical committee member, the 5th International Conference on Smart Power & Internet Energy Systems, 1-4 Dec. 2023, Shenyang, China.
18. Technical committee member, the 3rd International Conference on Smart Power & Internet Energy Systems, September 25-28, 2021, Shanghai, China.
19. Technical committee member, the 2020 International Conference on Smart Grids and Energy Systems (SGES 2020), Nov. 23-26, 2020, Perth, Australia.
20. Technical committee member, the 2020 International Conference on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS 2020), 28-29 Dec. 2020, Chennai, India.
21. Technical committee member, the 2020 International Conference on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, 28-29 Dec. 2020, Chennai, India.
22. WG Member of the IEEE P2781TM/D5.2 Standard “Guide for Load Modelling and Simulations for Power Systems” Working Group”.
23. WG Member of the CIGRE Working Group of C4.7 “Accurate line and cable models for steady-state and transient studies”.

Data science in smart grids

Electricity markets for renewable-rich power systems

Network modelling/planning for renewable integration

Localized / P2P electricity trading

Power system operation and optimization

Hydrogen economy

Renewable Energy

Power Engineering