Pawan Sharma
Job description
Dr. Pawan Sharma is an Associate Professor in Electrical Energy Systems at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Narvik Campus, and a member of the ARC Centre. He received his PhD in Electrical Power Engineering from IIT Delhi, India, and has more than 13 years of experience in research and higher education.
His research focuses on smart grids, power system dynamics and control, renewable energy integration, distributed generation, energy storage systems, microgrids, electric vehicles, and offshore energy management systems. His expertise includes real-time simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, cyber-physical energy systems, co-simulation, digital twins, and optimization methods for modern power systems.
Dr. Sharma has led and contributed to several national and international research projects related to the energy transition and the development of resilient, sustainable, and intelligent power systems. He serves on the editorial boards of international journals and has authored numerous scientific publications, with more than 3,000 citations to his research work.
His current teaching activities include Power Systems and Distributed Generation courses at the Master's and PhD levels.
Please refer to the attached CV file for his education, past and current funded and applied projects.
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Publications outside Cristin
Google scholar citations:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Pakmjp8AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&gmla=AJsN-F7jJvsOVUJsthXJCO_XAmjL41wZf0dFTCmLulG2r4Jp7uILa2rWIY6Y3JHa1uLpT4eYKBSdcAj-kJZkVw03mISo29k2n8IVf5dLWUrQyRXfEBePSUU
Total number of citations-3000
Journals:
1. Raju Wagle, Pawan Sharma, Charu Sharma, Terje Gjengedal, Chittaranjan Pradhan, “Bio‐inspired hybrid BFOA‐PSO algorithm‐based reactive power controller in a standalone wind‐diesel power system” International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, Vol. 31, Issue 3, 2021, Impact Factor-2.639.
2. Shiraliyan, Mahyar; Sharma, Pawan; Sharma, Charu. Automatic reactive power control of isolated wind–diesel hybrid power system using artificial bee colony and gray wolf optimization, International Journal of Green Energy 2018. 1 - 16. Impact Factor-3.206.
3. Isaac Kweku Aidoo, Pawan Sharma, Bjarte Hoff, “Optimal Controllers Designs for Automatic Reactive Power Control in an Isolated Wind-Diesel Hybrid Power System”, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 81, 2016, pp. 387-404. Impact Factor-5.659
4. Pawan Sharma, Waldemar Sulkwoski, Bjarte Hoff, "Dynamic Stability Study of an Isolated WindDiesel Hybrid Power System with Wind Power Generation using IG, PMIG & PMSG: a Comparison”, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 53, 2013, pp. 857-866. Impact Factor-5.659
5. Pawan Sharma, T. S. Bhatti, “Performance Investigation of Isolated Wind-Diesel Hybrid Power Systems with WECS having PMIG”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 60, Issue 4, 2013, pp. 1630-1637. Impact Factor-8.162
6. Pawan Sharma, T. S. Bhatti, “A review on electrochemical double- layer capacitors,” Energy Conversion and Management, Vol.51, 2010, pp. 2901-2912. Impact Factor-11.533
7. Pawan Sharma, T. S. Bhatti, and K. S. S. Ramakrishna, “Performance of STATCOM in an Isolated Wind-Diesel Hybrid Power System,” International Journal of Green Energy, Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2011, pp. 163-172. Impact Factor-3.206
8. Pawan Sharma, T. S. Bhatti, and K. S. S. Ramakrishna, “Study of an Isolated Wind-Diesel Hybrid Power System with STATCOM by Incorporating a New Mathematical Model of PMIG,” European Transaction on Electrical Power, Vol. 22, Issue 3, 2012, pp. 351-363. Impact Factor-2.639.
9. Pawan Sharma, “Application of ultra-capacitors in an electric toy vehicle,” Journal of Electrical Engineering, Vol. 9, Edition 2, 2009, pp. 95-100. Impact Factor- 0.967.
10. Pawan Sharma, T. S. Bhatti, K. S. S. Ramakrishna, “Reactive power control of the isolated hybrid power systems with STATCOM,” Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (JEEE), Vol. 3, No. 1, 2010, pp. 191-196.
11. Pawan Sharma, Nitin Saxena, T. S. Bhatti, K. S. S. Ramakrishna, “Reactive Power Compensation of Isolated Wind-Diesel Hybrid Power Systems with STATCOM and SVC,” International Journal of Electrical Engineering and Informatics,” Vol. 2, No. 3, 2010, pp. 192-203.
12. K. S. S. Ramakrishna, Pawan Sharma, T. S. Bhatti, “Automatic generation control of interconnected power system with diverse sources of power generation,” International Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology, Vol. 2, No. 5, 2010, pp. 51-65 .
13. Pawan Sharma, T. S. Bhatti, K. S. S. Ramakrishna, “Doubly-fed induction generators: an overview,”
Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (JEEE), Vol. 3, No. 2, 2010, pp. 189-194.
14. Pawan Sharma, “Transient Stability Investigations of the Wind-Diesel Hybrid Power Systems,”
International Journal of Energy, Information and Communications, Vol.1, Issue1, 2010, pp. 49-63 .
15. Pawan Sharma, T. S. Bhatti, and K. S. S. Ramakrishna, “Performance of a wind-diesel hybrid power system with STATCOM as a reactive power compensator”, Journal of Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, Vol.1, No.3, 2010, pp.153-159 .
16. Pawan Sharma, T. S. Bhatti, and K. S. S. Ramakrishna, “Permanent-Magnet Induction Generators: an Overview,” Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2011, pp. 332-338.
17. Pawan Sharma, T.S. Bhatti, K.S.S. Ramakrishna, “Compensation of Reactive Power of Isolated Wind- Diesel Hybrid Power Systems,” Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India) : Series B (March – June 2012, Vol. 93, Issue1, pp. 1-6.
18. Pawan Sharma, T. S. Bhatti, and K. S. S. Ramakrishna “bibliographic review of PMSG and its applications in wind energy” Majesi Journal of Energy Management, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2012.
19. Sreedevi P.R, Aparna Thampi, Pawan Sharma, Reactive Power Compensation of Hybrid System Having Induction Motor Load, International Journal of Advanced Research in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Vol. 3, Special Issue 5, December 2014, pp. 216-222.
Book Chapters:
1. Raju Wagle, Pawan Sharma, etc Cyber-Physical Co-simulation Framework between Typhon HIL and OpenDSS for Real-Time Applications, Book Chapter, Springer Nature, 2022, Accepted.
2. Raju Wagle, Pawan Sharma, etc Real-Time Price Based Optimal Energy Mix in Smart Distribution Network Recent Developments in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Lectures Notes in Electrical Engineering, 2022, Springer.
Conferences:
1. Raju Wagle, Pawan Sharma, etc, Co-simulation frameworks between Typhoon HIL and OpenDSS for Real-Time simulation, IEEE IEEE ISGT Asia 2022, Accepted.
2. S. Agrawal, B. Tyagi, V. Kumar, Pawan Sharma, Interlinking Converter Operation in Hybrid Microgrid as a Tie-Line, IEEE Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2022.
3. S. Agrawal, B. Tyagi, V. Kumar, Pawan Sharma, “3ph qZSI Controller Design using PI for DC side and PR for AC side Controller including Droop Characteristic in standalone mode” International conference on “Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (PESGRE 2022)”.
4. Raju Wagle, Pawan Sharma, Charu Sharma, Chittaranjan Pradhan, “Perturbation and Observer Based Sliding-Mode Controller for Excitation control in Single-Machine Infinite Bus System” Accepted in IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), 2021.
5. Hamid, Pawan Sharma, Intelligent Controller Technique for Reactive Power Control in an Isolated Micro-Grid, 2019 Accepted, NORPIE, Norway.
6. Shwetank Agrawal, Barjeev Tyagi, Vishal Kumar, Pramod Agarwal and Pawan Sharma, “A Simplified and Effective GMPP Tracking Algorithm for Solar Photovoltaic System, Accepted, 2019, 51th NAPS, USA.
7. Pawan Sharma , Charu Sharma, Automatic Reactive Power Compensation of an Isolated Wind-Diesel Hybrid Grid, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT) 2018, Lyon, France.
8. Wondwosen Eshetu, Pawan Sharma, Charu Sharma, ANFIS Based Load Frequency Control in an Isolated Micro Grid, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT) 2018, Lyon, France.
9. Bjarte Hoff, Pawan Sharma and Trond Østrem, “Thyristor Based Short Circuit Current Injection in Isolated Grids,” ECCE 2016, USA.
10. Pawan Sharma, Bjarte Hoff, and Ramkesh Meena, “ANN based reactive power control of an autonomous wind diesel hybrid power plant using PMIG and SG” Power and Energy Systems: Towards Sustainable Energy (PESTSE), 2014, pp.1-6 .
11. Bjarte Hoff, Waldemar Sulkowski and Pawan Sharma, " Cascaded Model Predictive Control of Voltage Source Inverter with Active Damped LCL Filter", IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo, 2013 Colorado, USA, pp. 4119-4125 .
12. Pawan Sharma, T. S. Bhatti , K. S. S. Ramakrishna, “ Control of Reactive Power of Autonomous Hybrid Power Systems,” Proceedings of the IEEE PEDES, 2010, IIT Delhi, India .
13. Pawan Sharma, Nitin Saxena, T. S. Bhatti , “Study of an autonomous hybrid power system using STATCOM and SVC ,” IEEE PES conference Proceedings, 2009 ,pp.1-5 .
14. Pawan Sharma, T. S. Bhatti, K. S. S. Ramakrishna, “Reactive Power Compensation of the Isolated Wind- Diesel Hybrid Power Systems using STATCOM,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Renewable Energy (ICARE-2010), MANIT, Bhopal, India,2010.
15. Pawan Sharma, “Study of an Ultra-capacitor Cell,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Renewable Energy (ICARE-2010), MANIT, Bhopal, India, 2010.
16. Pawan Sharma, T. S. Bhatti, K. S. S. Ramakrishna, “ Study of STATCOM in the Autonomous Wind- Diesel Hybrid Power System,” International Conference on Renewable Energy (ICRE) 2011, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India.
17. Gaurav Goel, Pawan Sharma, “ Pick and Place Unit Controlled by PLC with SCADA Interface,” Accepted in International Conference on Renewable Energy (ICRE) 2011, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India.
18. Ramkesh, Pawan Sharma, “Study of Power Management by using DEA,” Accepted in International Conference on Renewable Energy (ICRE) 2011, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India.
19. Pawan Sharma, T. S. Bhatti, “STATCOM in an isolated wind-diesel hybrid power system”, Proceedings of the NCPES, Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, 2011.
20. Gaurav Goel, Pawan Sharma, “Particle swarm optimization: an approach inspired by nature,”Proceedings of the NCPES, Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, 2011.
21. Pawan Sharma, K. S. S. Ramakrishna, T. S. Bhatti , “Autonomous hybrid power system using STATCOM
22. Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Advances in Electrical & Electronics Engineering,NIT, Hamirpur, India, 23rd December, 2009.
23. Sheeraz Kirmani, Pawan Sharma, T. S. Bhatti, “Optimal Placement of Capacitors for Radial Distribution Systems Using Heuristic Search Strategies,” Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Advances in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, NIT, Hamirpur, India, 23rd December, 2009.
24. Sheeraz Kirmani, Pawan Sharma, TS Bhatti, “Capacitor Placement in Distribution Systems Using Fuzzy Technique,” Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Advances in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, NIT, Hamirpur, India, 23rd December, 2009.
Research interests
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Smart Grids • Distributed Energy Resources • Renewable Energy Integration • Microgrids • Power System Dynamics and Control • Real-Time Simulation • Cyber-Physical Co-Simulation • Offshore Energy Systems • Energy Management Systems • Grid Resilience • Future Power Systems
Teaching
Master's
- Power System Fundamentals (10 credits), Department of Technology UiT, Narvik, Norway.
- Distributed Generation and Micro grids: Role and Concepts, Department of Technology UiT, Narvik, Norway (5 credits), from 2019.
- Special PhD Course on Distributed Energy Resources and its Integrations to Grid: Department of Technology UiT, Narvik, Norway (10 ECTS)
Member of research group / centre
Member of project
CV
Associate Professor | Electrical Energy Systems | Smart Grids | Renewable Energy Integration
UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Narvik, Norway
Email: pawan.sharma@uit.no
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Associate Professor and researcher in Electrical Energy Systems with over 20 years of professional experience and 14+ years of post-PhD academic experience. Expertise in smart grids, distributed energy resources, power system dynamics and control, renewable energy integration, microgrids, cyber-physical co-simulation, real-time simulation, offshore energy systems, and grid resilience. Strong track record of leading nationally and internationally funded research projects, supervising doctoral candidates, and publishing in leading power and energy journals.
EDUCATION
PhD in Power Systems, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, 2012
Dissertation: Automatic Reactive Power Control of Isolated Hybrid Power Systems Including STATCOM and PMGs.
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
Project 1
Title: DigiTwinLab (Digital Twin Power System Laboratory) – National Research Infrastructure
Funded by: RCN
Amount: 37.65 MNOK (UiT Partner)
Duration: 2026–2031
Project 2
Title: Energy Management System (EMS) for Offshore Platforms and Onshore Grids
Funded by: Research Council of Norway (RCN), Industrial PhD Scheme
Amount: funding for 4 year PhD
Duration: 2025–2029
Project 3
Title: Multi-disciplinary Study of Atmospheric Ice Accretion Physics & Developing Optimal Technological Solutions to Minimize Ice Accretion Effects (nICE)
Funded by: Research Council of Norway (RCN)
Amount: 25.7 MNOK
Duration: 2022–2026
Completed Funded Projects
Project 4
Title: Wave Energy Research Center in Northern Norway (WENor)
Funded by: Arktis 2030
Amount: 1.37 MNOK
Duration: 2024–2025
Project 5
Title: Challenges and Future Perspectives of Smart Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Control Technology Solutions at the Arctic Region, Norway
Funded by: ARC, UiT
Amount: 0.37 MNOK
Duration: 2020–2021
Project 6
Title: Ice Free Power Transmission
Funded by: Research Council of Norway (RCN)
Amount: 0.55 MNOK
Duration: 2020–2021
Project 7
Title: Design and Development of Hybrid Renewable Energy Micro Grid with Value Chain Applications for Agricultural and Dairy Farm
Funded by: Mission Innovation
Amount: 29.3 Million INR
Duration: 2018–2021
Project 8
Title: Cooperative Isolated Renewable Energy Systems for Enhancing Reliability of Power in Rural Areas
Funded by: Mission Innovation
Amount: 29.8 Million INR
Duration: 2018–2021
Project 9
Title: Consumers Determine the Expansion of the Smart Grid Market Through Informed Decisions and Collective Actions (CODEX)
Funded by: PES H2020 Funding
Amount: 70,000 NOK
Duration: 2019
Project 10
Title: Advanced Distribution Level Intelligence by Controllability Enhancement (ADVICE)
Funded by: PES H2020 Funding
Amount: 0.2 MNOK
Duration: 2019
Project 11
Title: Deployment of Renewable Energy Resources in Arctic Region
Funded by: UArctic Allocation
Amount: 0.25 MNOK
Duration: 2017–2018
Project 12
Title: Smart Arctic Building
Funded by: Enova
Amount: 2 MNOK
Duration: 2018–2019
Project 13
Title: Low Carbon Energy Self-Sufficient Community (Arctic Energy)
Funded by: Interreg Nord
Amount: 2 MEUR
Duration: 2016–2018
Project 14
Title: Effective Use of Renewable Energy Resources in Remote Communities Using Smart Grid Technology
Funded by: Interreg NPA Preparatory Funding
Amount: 25,000 EUR
Duration: 2016
Project 15
Title: NOSEG (Nordic Smart Energy Simulation Group)
Funded by: Botnia-Atlantica EU Programme
Amount: 5.9 MNOK
Duration: 2012–2014
Project 16
Title: Strategic Project to Improve Competence in Alternative Distributed Energy Systems in the Low Populated Arctic Environment of Northern Norway
Funded by: Research Council of Norway (RCN)
Amount: 4.2 MNOK
Duration: 2012–2013
SUPERVISION
PhD Supervision
Main supervisor for 3 PhD candidates (1 completed, 2 ongoing).
PhD graduate: Raju Wagle (2023).
Current PhD candidates: Isaac Aidoo and Segid Tedla.
Co-supervisor of an additional completed PhD candidate at IIT Roorkee,
M.Tech. in Energy Engineering, MANIT Bhopal, India, 2008.
Master's Supervision
Supervised 24+ MSc theses in smart grids, renewable energy integration, microgrids, power system operation, energy storage, and machine learning applications
PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH IMPACT
3,357+ Google Scholar citations.
Author/co-author of 50+ peer-reviewed journal and conference publications.
Publications in leading journals including:
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
Energy Conversion and Management
IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution
Recipient of the Best Paper Award Europe 2025 for research on real-time cyber-physical co-simulation for reactive power control in smart distribution networks.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Editorial Board Member, Electrical Engineering (Springer) and International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems.
Reviewer for IEEE Transactions and major Elsevier journals since 2011.
IEEE Member and Technical Program Committee member for international conferences in power and energy systems
RESEARCH EXPERTISE
Smart Grids • Distributed Energy Resources • Renewable Energy Integration • Microgrids • Power System Dynamics and Control • Real-Time Simulation • Cyber-Physical Co-Simulation • Offshore Energy Systems • Energy Management Systems • Grid Resilience • Future Power Systems