Miguel Heleno

Miguel Heleno

Energy/Environmental Policy Research Scientist/Engineer
(510) 486-6779
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Bio

Miguel Heleno is a Research Scientist at LBNL. He currently leads the Grid Planning and Economics team at the Grid Integration Group and coordinates the LBNL participation in the Microgrid R&D and the Advanced Grid Modeling Programs from the DOE Office of Electricity. He holds a MSc degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems from the University of Porto within the MIT Portugal Program. Miguel has more than 10 years’ experience in energy systems research and innovation, both in Europe and the United States, in the areas of grid optimization and planning, power systems economics and energy policy.

Publications

2023

Distribution Grid Impacts of Community Solar

Authors: Heleno, Miguel; Juan Pablo Carvallo; Alan Valenzuela; Greg Leventis; Chandler Miller, and Jeff Deason.
09/2023

Final Project Report: Building Healthier and More Energy-Efficient Communities in Fresno and the Central Valley

Authors: Wei, Max; Kaiyu Sun; Henry Willem; Patricia Kusumah; Lino Sanchez; Sang Hoon Lee; Miguel Heleno, and Tianzhen Hong.
08/2023

Integration of Hybrids into Wholesale Power Markets

Authors: Singhal, Nikita G.; Rajni Kant Bansal; Julie Mulvaney Kemp; Erik Ela, and Miguel Heleno.
08/2023

Resilience Training for the Southeast

Authors: Schwartz, Lisa C.; Joe Paladino; Peter H. Larsen; Cecilia Klauber; Tom Short; Scott Sternfeld, and Miguel Heleno.
05/2023

A Scalable Approach to Large Scale Risk-Averse Distribution Grid Expansion Planning

Authors: Moreira, Alexandre; Miguel Heleno; Alan Valenzuela; Joseph H. Eto; Jaime Ortega, and Cristina Botero.
04/2023

Multi-period design optimization for a 5th generation district heating and cooling network

Authors: Wirtz, Marco; Miguel Heleno; Hannah Romberg; Thomas Schreiber, and Dirk Muller.
02/2023

5th generation district heating and cooling network planning: A Dantzig–Wolfe decomposition approach

Authors: Wirtz, Marco; Miguel Heleno; Alexandre Moreira; Thomas Schreiber, and Dirk Muller.
01/2023

2022

Solving Market-Based Large-Scale Security-Constrained AC Optimal Power Flows

Authors: Moreira, Alexandre; Alan Valenzuela, and Miguel Heleno.
12/2022

Optimizing equity in energy policy interventions: A quantitative decision-support framework for energy justice

Authors: Heleno, Miguel; Benjamin Sigrin; Natalie Popovich; Jenny Heeter; Anjuli Jain Figueroa; Michael Reiner, and Tony Reames.
11/2022

Quantifying Locational Net Benefits of DER for Distribution Systems

Authors: Frick, Natalie Mims; Andrew Satchwell, and Miguel Heleno.
09/2022

Risk-constrained multi-period investment model for Distributed Energy Resources considering technology costs and regulatory uncertainties

Authors: To, Thanh; Miguel Heleno, and Alan Valenzuela.
08/2022

Distribution System Research Roadmap

Authors: McDermott, Thomas E.; Killian McKenna; Miguel Heleno; Bilal Ahmad Bhatti; Michael Emmanuel, and Sydney Forrester.
02/2022

Decentralized Frameworks for Future Power SystemsTransactive control for residential demand-side management

Authors: Marques, Luciana; Miguel Heleno, and Wadaed Uturbey.

2021

A Risk-Averse Approach for Distribution Grid Expansion Planning

Authors: Moreira, Alexandre; Miguel Heleno, and Alan Valenzuela.
12/2021

An Integer Non-Cooperative Game Approach for the Transactive Control of Thermal Appliances in Energy Communities

Authors: Marques, Luciana; Wadaed Uturbey, and Miguel Heleno.
10-2021

Including Dynamic Line Rating Into the Optimal Planning of Distributed Energy Resources

Authors: Morozovska, Kateryna; Miguel Heleno; Alan Valenzuela Meza, and Patrik Hilber.
08/2021

Strategies for microgrid operation under real-world conditions

Authors: Gust, Gunther; Tobias Brandt; Salman Mashayekh; Miguel Heleno; Nicholas DeForest; michael stadler, and Dirk Neumann.
07/2021

LCA driven solar compensation mechanism for Renewable Energy Communities: the Italian case

Authors: Rossi, Federico; Miguel Heleno; Riccardo Basosi, and Adalgisa Sinicropi.
07-2021

The flexibility gap: Socioeconomic and geographical factors driving residential flexibility

Authors: Ribó-Pérez, David; Miguel Heleno, and Carlos Álvarez-Bel.
06/2021

Designing Pareto optimal electricity retail rates when utility customers are prosumers

Authors: Saumweber, Andrea; Lars Wederhake; Gonçalo Cardoso; Gilbert Fridgen, and Miguel Heleno.
06/2021

Self-consumption for energy communities in Spain: A regional analysis under the new legal framework

Authors: Gallego-Castillo, Cristobal; Miguel Heleno, and Marta Victoria.
03/2021

2020

Probabilistic impact of electricity tariffs on distribution grids considering adoption of solar and storage technologies

Authors: Heleno, Miguel; David Sehloff; Antonio Coelho, and Alan Valenzuela.
12/2020

Multi-energy Microgrid Planning Considering Heat Flow Dynamics

Authors: Heleno, Miguel, and Zhengwei Ren.
12/2020

Bottom-up energy supply optimization of a national building stock

Authors: Kotzur, Leander; Peter Markewitz; Martin Robinius; Gonçalo Cardoso; Peter Stenzel; Miguel Heleno, and Detlef Stolten.
12/2019

Environmental and economic optima of solar home systems design: A combined LCA and LCC approach

Authors: Rossi, Federico; Miguel Heleno; Riccardo Basosi, and Adalgisa Sinicropi.
11/2020

The microgrid investment and planning in rural locations

Authors: Heleno, Miguel; Carmen Bas Domenech; Gonçalo Cardoso, and Salman Mashayekh.
07/2020

The effect of rate design on power distribution reliability considering adoption of distributed energy resources

Authors: Maheshwari, Aditya; Miguel Heleno, and Michael Ludkovski.
06/2020

A Multi- Period Investment Model for Behind-the-Meter PV and Storage

Authors: Lindberg, Julia; Miguel Heleno; Gonçalo Cardoso, and Alan Valenzuela.
02/2020

2019

Optimal sizing and placement of energy storage systems and on-load tap changer transformers in distribution networks

Authors: iria, , jose; Miguel Heleno, and Gonçalo Cardoso.
09/2019

A Fully Distributed Coordination Method for Fast Decoupled Multi-Region State Estimation

Authors: Ren, Zhengwei; Ying Chen; Shaowei Huang; Miguel Heleno, and Yue Xia.
09/2019

Estimating the Value of Second Life Batteries for Residential Prosumers

Authors: Domenech, Carmen Bas, and Miguel Heleno.
08/2019

Comparing Values of Second Life Batteries to Different Classes of Prosumers in California

Authors: Domenech, Carmen Bas, and Miguel Heleno.
07/2019

2018

Battery aging in multi-energy microgrid design using mixed integer linear programming

Authors: Cardoso, Gonçalo; thomas brouhard; Nicholas DeForest; Dai Wang; Miguel Heleno, and Leander Kotzur.
12/2018

A Stochastic Optimal Power Flow for Scheduling Flexible Resources in Microgrids Operation

Authors: Grover-Silva, Etta; Miguel Heleno; Salman Mashayekh; Gonçalo Cardoso; Robin Girard, and George Kariniotakis.
11/2018

Advanced Energy Management for Demand Response and Microgeneration Integration

Authors: Abreu, , C.; D. Rua; P. Machado; J. A. Pecas Lopes, and Miguel Heleno.
08/2018

ROMDST - An Optimal Design Support Tool for Remote, Resilient, and Reliable Microgrids, Phase II - Final Report

Authors: Cardoso, Gonçalo; Miguel Heleno, and Nicholas DeForest.
07/2018

2017

Optimal Sizing and Placement of Distributed Generation: MILP vs PSO Comparison in a Real Microgrid Application

Authors: Heleno, Miguel; Salman Mashayekh; Michael Stadler; Gonçalo Cardoso, and Rodrigo De Luis.
09/2017

Security-Constrained Design of Isolated Multi-Energy Microgrids

Authors: Mashayekh, Salman; Michael Stadler; Gonçalo Cardoso; Miguel Heleno; Sreenath Chalil Madathil; Harsha Nagarajan; Russell Bent; Marc Mueller-Stoffels; Xiaonan Lu, and Jianhui Wang.
08/2017

Coordinated Microgrid Investment and Planning Process Considering the System Operator

Authors: Armendariz, M.; Miguel Heleno; Gonçalo Cardoso; Salman Mashayekh; Michael Stadler, and L. Nordström.
08/2017

AnyPLACE — An energy management system to enhance demand response participation

Authors: Abreu, , C.; D. Rua; T. Costa; P. Machado; J.A. Peças Lopes, and Miguel Heleno.
07/2017

A Mixed Integer Linear Programming Approach for Optimal DER Portfolio, Sizing, and Placement in Multi-Energy Microgrids

Authors: Mashayekh, Salman; Michael Stadler; Gonçalo Cardoso, and Miguel Heleno.
02/2017

2016

Automation and user interaction schemes for home energy management - a combined approach

Authors: Rua, David; Claudia Abreu; Tiago Costa, and Miguel Heleno.
11/2016

A bottom-up approach to leverage the participation of residential aggregators in reserve services markets

Authors: Heleno, Miguel; Manuel A. Matos, and J.A. Peças Lopes.
07/2016

2015

Estimation of the flexibility range in the transmission-distribution boundary

Authors: Heleno, Miguel; R. Soares; J. Sumaili; R.J. Bessa; L. Seca, and Manuel A. Matos.
09/2015

Optimizing PV self-consumption through electric water heater modeling and scheduling

Authors: Heleno, Miguel; D. Rua; C. Gouveia; A. Madureira; M. A. Matos; J. P. Lopes; Nuno Silva, and Sergio Salustio.
09/2015

Availability and Flexibility of Loads for the Provision of Reserve

Authors: Heleno, Miguel; Manuel A. Matos, and J. A.Pecas Lopes.
03/2015

2014

Impact Assessment of a Massive Integration of Electric Vehicles through the Fuzzy Power Flow Analysis

Authors: Heleno, Miguel; J. Meirinhos; J. Sumaili; M.A. da Rosa, and M.A. Matos.
12/2013

Estimating the flexible residential load using appliances availability

Authors: Heleno, Miguel; Manuel A. Matos; J. A.Pecas Lopes, and J. P. Iria.
05/2014

Availability of household loads to participate in demand response

Authors: Iria, J. P.; F. J. Soares; A. G. Madureira, and Miguel Heleno.
05/2014

A linearized approach to the Symmetric Fuzzy Power Flow for the application to real systems

Authors: Heleno, Miguel; Jean Sumaili; José Meirinhos, and Mauro A. da Rosa.
01/2014

2013

Availability of thermal loads to provide reserve services

Authors: Heleno, Miguel; Manuel A. Matos, and J. A.Pecas Lopes.
11/2013

2012

A Hybrid Approach to Investigating the Distributional Aspects Associated with Reliability System Indices

Authors: Rosa, M. A.D.; Miguel Heleno; D. Issicaba, and M. A. Matos.
06/2012

2011

Reliability impact on bulk generation system considering high penetration of electric vehicles

Authors: da Rosa, M. A.; Miguel Heleno; V. Miranda; M. A. Matos, and R. Ferreira.
09/2011